One day Briony...made Christmas cards

Well as you can see I am very behind in posting these photos to the blog! I had every intention of adding these before Christmas but Christmas preparations just got in the way. So I decided it was better late than never...

One day Holly, Briony's kindness elf, left things for her to make some Christmas cards. I used my Sizzix die cutter to cut Christmas trees out of green card. We made very similar cards last year and it was interesting this year to see her increased skill as she carefully applied the glue. Last year my husband eventually banned us from using glitter as it got everywhere. This year he didn't even notice we'd used it.

Having a look at what Holly has left

Posing for the camera - this is the grin we get nowadays!

Careful gluing - I love her concentrating face

Adding the glitter - the best part!!

And finally lots of finished cards all ready to write on another day.

One day Briony...got a kindness elf

Last year I saw lots of ideas on Pinterest and blogs that I follow about kindness elves but Briny was too young for me to do it with her (I had already decided that I didn't want to have an 'elf on the shelf'') and at nearly 3 years old this year I was excited to start it with her. I found Holly, the name I gave to her elf, in the shop Tiger for £1. I cut some notelets with my Sizzix and decorated them with Holly and faux stitching. The first notelet I put in an envelope for Briony to open put the other days I have just put the notelet next to Holly. 

For the first day Holly introduced herself and left Briony a new pack of pens and some blank notelets for her to draw pictures for whoever she wanted. We had stayed at my parents the night before as they were looking after Briony while I was supply teaching for the day, so I didn't want it to be anything too tricky for them. 

Briony loved Holly and was excited to open her letter.

She got straight into drawing pictures with Holly watching!