Kathy Zengolewicz

Here is what you will need to get started:

• A plain glass jar with a removable top
• Plaid glass paint in Wicker White and Engine Red
• Rubbing Alcohol or an ammonia glass cleaner
• A hot glue gun
• Red satin ribbon

Clean the glass jar with the rubbing alcohol or window cleaner. Your jar should be clean and grease free. Using the Wicker White glass paint randomly paint about 8 to 10 snowflakes on the jar. Make the snowflakes different sizes. To make a snowflake, paint a horizontal line, a vertical line and two more diagonal lines. Let them dry for about an hour and then paint dots on the end of each snowflake line.

Using the handle of the paint brush and Engine Red, paint dots around the edge of the jar lid and let it dry. Paint a few snowflakes on the jar lid and let that dry.

To make the candy cane I used a candy cane stencil, tape the stencil to the side of the jar and paint it using the Wicker White, let it dry. When it’s dry, use the Engine Red to paint the stripes on the candy cane.

Cut two pieces of red satin ribbon to fit around the top and the bottom of the jar. Use your hot glue gun to adhere the ribbon to the glass. Fill your jar with candy, pop the lid on and there you have it. It looks great when it’s finished.

This is a very inexpensive and nice looking finished project. You can fill it with candy, cookies or any other type of goodies. It’s also nice enough to give as a gift.

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Christmas Candy Jar

We woke up to 5 inches of snow this morning and wondered if school would be delayed.  However, when the grandchildren checked (we live in a three generation household), it was school as usual for them and substitute teaching for me. 

The youngsters in the classes I taught were excited by this actual snowfall since we’d only had flurries before here in New Hampshire. 

They made tracks on the playground, talked of snowmen they’d make at home, thought of upcoming holidays, mentioned that there would be snow on the ski slopes, and reveled in the excitement of something different in their day.

What types of snow activities does your family participate in throughout the winter?  (That’s assuming you live in snow country or a hemisphere that’s experiencing winter.)

• Sledding
• Ice skating
• Skiing
• Snow boarding
• Cross-country skiing
• Making snow ice cream
• Snowshoeing
• Looking for animal tracks in the snow
• Making snowmen
• Drawing snowy pictures
• Making paper snowflakes
• Studying about snowflakes 
• Reading beside a fireplace and watching it snow outside
• Baking gingerbread cookies that look like snowmen

Share with us your snowy day activities

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Snow! Snow Everywhere!