making ornaments with leftovers

everyday in December we are working on creating ornaments, some to keep, some for our Jesse Tree and some to give away...
on December 1st we created these very simple stocking ornaments...

they are a GREAT way use up leftover paper scraps (mine are from the December kit) and what was the best part was what we put inside... i asked each of my children to write an encouraging note to someone who they thought could use one this holiday season. they quickly thought of neighbors and even a friend who has terminal cancer. it was refreshing and heartwarming at a time when children can be thinking about what they want for the holidays. they delivered their ornaments with their little notes tucked inside with a chocolate and were so excited. and the recipients seemed very thankful we thought of them. we will be dong this again next year....