Easy
Crafts: Best Grandma - Hands Down!
A
decorated apron for Grandma could be a little bit
messy, but will surely be fun!
Help the your children put fabric paint on their hands,
and carefully place their handprint on the apron.
Follow paint manufacturer's direction to set the paint
so the apron will be washable. Use fabric markers
to write "Best Grandma - Hands Down!" You
may want to label the children's handprints with their
names.
You'll
need:
Cloth apron (can be purchased for just a few dollars
at a discount store)
Fabric paint and markers.
Paper plate
Children!
Include
this poem with the apron gift to Grandma:
Grandma's
Apron
The
principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the
dress underneath, but along with that, it served as
a holder for removing hot pans from the oven; it was
wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion
was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From
the chicken-coop the apron was used for carrying eggs,
fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be
finished in the warming oven.
When
company came those old aprons were ideal hiding places
for shy kids; and when the weather was cold, grandma
wrapped it around her arms.
Those
big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent
over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling-wood were
brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From
the garden it carried all sorts of vegetables. After
the peas had been shelled it carried out the hulls.
In
the fall it was used to bring in apples that had fallen
from the trees. When unexpected company drove up the
road, it was surprising how much furniture that old
apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When
dinner was ready, Grandma walked out on the porch
and waved her apron, and the men knew it was time
to come in from the fields for dinner.
It
will be a long time before anyone invents something
that will replace that old-time apron that served
so many purposes.
Source
of idea: Rebecca, Becky, and Colleen, Author of poem
unknown
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This article may be freely distributed with the following information:
Leslie Sausage lives with her husband in rural Texas. She is the mom of four grown children, a freelance writer, and has a degree in business administration. You are invited to visit her online for more creative, practical and fun ideas -- http://heart4home.net.
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