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One of our Christmas Songs to
Learn
'Away in a Manger'
Away in a manger,
No crib for His bed
The little Lord Jesus
Laid down His sweet head
The stars in the bright sky
Looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep on the hay
The cattle are lowing
The poor Baby wakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying He makes
I love Thee, Lord Jesus
Look down from the sky
And stay by my side,
'Til morning is nigh.
Be near me, Lord Jesus,
I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever
And love me I pray
Bless all the dear children
In Thy tender care
And take us to heaven
To live with Thee there
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Some of Our Work
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CRAFTY
STUFF
Making
a Folded Paper Fortune Teller
These
directions look complicated, but it is quite easy to make
(just difficult to describe!).
- Start
with a square piece of paper. (Use a standard
sheet of paper. Take a bottom corner and diagonal
fold it across to the opposite side of the page.
Cut off the 2.5 inch strip at the top of the page
to create an 8.5 x 8.5 sheet of paper)
- Fold
the paper along the diagonal and crease. Then
open it back up. Fold along the opposite diagonal
and crease. Open it back up. Fold the paper in
half along a straight edge and crease. Open it
back up. Turn the paper 1/4 (90 degrees) and fold
in half again, and crease. Open it back up. You
should have a flat piece of paper with the
creases forming a star in the center of the page.
- Take
one corner and fold it in to the center of star.
Repeat with each corner. When you are done, you
will have a six inch square, with four open flaps
on the top.
- Flip
the piece of paper over. Take one corner and fold
it in to the center of star. Repeat with each
corner. Your square will now be about four inches
on each side, with four flaps.
- Flip
the paper over so that the top side has square
flaps. Fold the paper in half along a straight
edge and crease. Open it back up. Turn the paper
1/4 (90 degrees) and fold in half again, and
crease. Open it back up.
- Put
your thumb and index finger on your right hand
under the two square flaps on the right hand
side. Put your thumb and index finger on your
left hand under the two square flaps on the left
hand side. As you pinch your finger tips
together, the fortune teller will take shape.
- At this
point you can write numbers, colors, or letters
on the flaps and fortunes under the flip up
pieces.
- To work
the fortune teller, put your fingers back in the
flaps. Pinch your thumb and index fingers
together, then gently pull apart to open the
center. Then bring the four fingers back
together. Pinch together the two index fingers
and the two thumbs. Gently pull apart to open the
center.
This will
work with any size square sheet of paper. These
instructions use an 8.5 inch square so that other
measurements can be used as guidelines in the
instructions.
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