Welcome to Jayson's preschool class. I helped them make these angels from palm fronds. This craft tied into our Christmas lesson on the angel appearing to Mary. The inspiration came from Luke who, seeing the pattern in the leaves, suggested they would make good angels.
The angels standing on the chairs are Leah, Violet, Jayson, Isaac
and Jake. To give you a cross section of life here: Leah's mom is the school principal and her father oversees construction at the orphanage. Violet's father is a family practice doc like Jay. Her mom does a weekly Bible study with kids from town. Isaac's father is an anesthetist and his mom is a pediatrician. Jake's grandmother is the preschool teacher and his grandpa is a jungle pilot for ministry projects.
The preschool is Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings. I help the teacher, Sharon LaBouef, by teaching part of the lessons, reading to the kids, helping with projects that challenge little hands and whatever else needs to be done.
Here's my palm branch inspiration - a silhouette of the nativity. This palm frond covered our little outdoor table. I looked at images on the computer, drew a rough sketch on each branch and then cut them out. We use this outdoor space as an extra room daily.
Jay helped me hang the set on the wall of our home under the carport roof.
Hope your holidays are filled with the reason for the season!
Lynnelle