2 cups Milk
1/3 cup Chocolate Syrup
1/4 tsp Ground Nutmeg
1/8 tsp Ground Allspice
Whipped Cream
· 2 sticks melted butter
· 1 c. Chopped nuts
· 1 tsp. Vanilla
· 1/2 c. Peanut butter
· 1 box confectioners' sugar
· 1/2 box graham cracker crumbs
· 1/2 block paraffin wax
· 1 pkg. Butterscotch or chocolate chips
Mix first 6 ingredients in a bowl. Shape into 2-inch balls. Melt wax and chocolate or butterscotch chips in a double boiler. Dip the balls into the mixture and place on waxed paper to harden.
It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
With news of joy foretold,
"Peace on the earth, good will to men
From heaven's all gracious King."
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come,
Love's banner all unfurled;
And still their heavenly music floats
Over all the weary world.
Above its sad and lowly plains
Old echoes plaintive ring,
And ever over its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the Angel-strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man at war with man hears not
The love-song which they bring;
O! hush the noise, ye men of strife,
And hear the Angels sing.
O ye, beneath life's crushing load
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow;
Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;
O rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing.
For lo! the days are hastening on,
By prophets seen of old,
When with the ever-circling years
Shall come the time foretold,
When the new heaven and earth shall own
The Prince of Peace their King,
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.
Pine Cone Reindeer
What would Christmas be without your very own Pine Cone Reindeer! This is a really easy craft to make and it looks even better when the reindeer are pulling a Candy Cane Sleigh!
Ages: 6 and up
Here's what you'll need...
• Small or medium sized pine cone
• 4 brown pipe cleaners
• Google eyes (you could also use small white paper circles)
• Red or pink pom pom (you could also used a crumpled up piece of construction paper)
Here's how you make it...
1.
First you need to make the reindeer's legs. Wrap the ends of a brown pipe cleaner around each other to make a circle.
2. With the joint in the center, bend and squish the circle so that it's flat. Basically you are just doubling up the pipe cleaner. Repeat steps 1 & 2 twice to make the other set of reindeer legs and antlers. You should have 3 strips of "double" pipe cleaners with the joint in the middle.
3. The reindeer's body is the pine cone placed sideways. The smallest end of the pine cone is the face. Wrap one pipe cleaner around the front end of the pine cone and another pipe cleaner around the back end of the pipe cleaner. Make sure you put the pipe cleaner joint in the pine cone (that way there's no pokey ends sticking out). Bend the ends to make the feet.
4. To make the antlers wrap your last pipe cleaner around the front of the pine cone, sticking up from the top. Twist it like a twist tie at the top of the pine cone. Spread the antlers apart a bit.
5. Cut small lengths of pipe cleaner about 1" long. Fold them in half.
6. Glue the small pieces of pipe cleaner on the antlers.
7. Glue on your eyes and nose and your reindeer is complete!
This craft works really well with our Candy Cane Sleigh craft, and it will make your reindeer happy!
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