Today is the last school day before the holidays, and our children had a festive breakfast where classmates were supposed to prepare food for each other based on the lottery results. Here’s what Masha and I prepared for Sky. Also today I was supposed to take down all the Christmas decorations, and with the help of three moms, we managed! So the podium now looks like this. And for my teacher colleagues, I prepared sweet Christmas sleighs. Everyone truly enjoyed it.

This year I haven’t made many cards, but I did make one today.

As a gift to a classmate undergoing leukemia treatment, I put together a comprehensive gift—a crocheted hat and scarf, a Christmas tree made of candies, and a pendant made of wooden beads.

Here’s what our school looks like this year, which a few parents and I managed to decorate in half a day.

Today I bought my first simple LOL doll. She’s not articulated and barefoot, but a very cute redhead.

Made an origami pencil holder as a surprise gift for Sinterklaas from Masha to her classmate Mishella. Since the girl loves field hockey, we arranged a surprise in the form of illuminated hockey goals.

Lately, I just don’t feel like doing crafts at all. But then I saw a pattern online and decided to crochet a little angel.

Here is the rainbow bracelet I braided from a bead set.

I continue to expand my collection of Harry Potter dolls from Mattel. New characters arrived today—articulated Cedric Diggory and Draco Malfoy.

My colleague Danita is filming a Christmas movie and asked me to design a frame for the shoot. Here’s what I came up with.