Cornerstone Crafts: Lolly Stick Snowman

This cheerful snowman makes a cute bookmark.  Children could make these as gifts.

You will need:

• a popsicle stick
• white paint
• black pen
• scraps of black and orange paper
• piece of thin ribbon, string, or felt
• glue

Paint the stick white and leave it to dry.

Use the black pen to draw on eyes, mouth, and buttons. 

Cut out a hat out of black paper and a carrot nose from orange paper.  Glue them on. 

Finally, tie a piece of ribbon around the stick as a scarf and secure it in place with a small amount of glue.  You may want to write the year on the back of the stick and encourage the child to sign his or her name.

Thanks for the craft activity village.

Cornerstone Crafts: Plastic Spoon Snowman

This snowman is quick and easy to make. 

You will need:

• white plastic spoon
• scrap of orange craft foam, felt or paper
• scrap of black craft foam, felt or paper
• felt or ribbon for a scarf (optional)
• black marker pen
• white glue

Cut the appropriate nose and hat shapes out of the scraps.  Using tiny dabs of white glue, attach the features carefully.  Use a marker pen to draw a mouth.

Thanks to activity village for the craft.

Parents and Tots Update

Parents and Tots will be closed Remembrance Day Week and reopen on Nov 17.  Please contact Jenny at 453-6061 for more information.

AT Home Alone

The CFY will be running the At Home Alone program on Nov 16, 23 and 30 at the Carlyle Elementary School in partnership with CES. In this program children learn what to do in an emergency situation. They receive a first aid kit and instructions on  how to use them. Visits by the RCMP, Ambulance and Fire Truck are also scheduled. Contact Kristal at the Carlyle Community School office to register or return the registration forms that will be going home with grades 5and 6 this coming week.  To register contact Krystal at 453-2098.

WHAT THE DICKENS!!!!

This year the Cornerstone Family and Youth will be holding a live auction as well as their traditional silent auction at the Dickens Festival on Sat. Dec 5.  After the evening performance of the Cornerstone “Muppet Christmas Carol”ends (about 10 pm),  you are invited to come downstairs and join the fun.  Do your Christmas shopping!  (tax deductible receipts available)

We will be putting up photos of items as they arrive in the office.

Trick or Treat…..

This year Oct.31 falls on a Saturday!

Younger children and their parents will have the opportunity  to go “Trick or Treating” and be home before dark.

In order to make “Trick of Treating” in the downtown easier, the CFY has asked businesses to display the Pumpkin Picture in their window if they are handing out treats.

Have a Happy and Safe Hallowe’en!

Cornerstone Crafts: Balloon Spider

You will need:

• 1 small balloon
• 1 large balloon
• 4 pipe cleaners
• 1 permanent marker

Blow up both balloons and tie a knot in each.

Take the knot on both balloons and tie them together.  The small balloon is the spider head.  The larger balloon is the spider’s body.

Find the middle of one pipe cleaner and twist it around the balloon knots.  Repeat this step with the second, third  and fourth pipe cleaners.  Then bend the pipe cleaners to look like spider legs.

With the help of an adult, draw a face onto the small balloon.

Shauna Earle Postponed

Due to the poor roads this morning, Shauna Earle’s presentation on Positive Parenting will be postponed.

Pictures from the Bookmates Family Learning Olympics

Playing the Tarp Game

Streetwise Event (Map reading)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playing Word Twister

Bowling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twelve families who included 20 children and 14 adults attended the Family Learning Olympics on Oct 8 at the Elementary School.
Families had fun making their family tree, learning to play twister,making a family crest,bowling and playing with puppets. We hope to run this event again next year.

Cornerstone Crafts: Tissue Ghosts

These easy to make tissue ghosts make a great Halloween craft.

You will need:

• 2 tissues per ghost
• 1 small elastic or piece of string
• 1 black marker

Bunch up one tissue.  Place it in the center of the second tissue and fold around the balled up kleenex.

Use an elastic to hold the second tissue around the first, making the ghost shape.  Use the maker to give your ghost a face.