* Ortiz Family Grinchmas *

Today was the day to get Grinchy!  Our family started this tradition last year when we realized how much we all loved The Grinch story. 

This year our Grinchmas party became an all day event complete with Grinchy slime, fun crafts, games and writing activities. Our day started off with a yummy breakfast with none other than some green Grinchy toppings and green milk.   Here are the kids ready to start their day. 

We dove right in to our morning work since this was a home study day for us.   We began first by discussing some Grinch characteristics and facts that we know about him.  Here are the children working on their ideas. 

Then we had a little bit of fun and practiced some spelling with how the Grinch stole words! 

We then moved on to one of my favorite activities of the day.  We talked about being a friend to the Grinch and how that would make him feel.  The kids each wrote about how they could be a friend to the Grinch and how being kind is important. 

They then got to decorate their written note about the Grinch to make it look like he was hugging their letter.   So sweet!

We love making flubber!  Today we used a little bit of green food coloring to make it a bit more Grinchy.  We practiced measuring and mixing and following a recipe.  Here's our bouncy, sticky, slimy and green Grinchy flubber. 

It's not a complete party for us if we don't throw in a craft or two.  Today we tried painting ornaments for the first time and they came out so adorable.   We made them green of course with a red sparkly heart to show our love for the Grinch and to remind us that his heart grew when he chose to be kind. 

 

 We decided that while our ornaments dried we would play a game of pin the heart on the Grinch.  Sam won and his prize was kisses (as in Hershey kisses and we all really ate some anyway).  

 

Later when dad got home we enjoyed our tradition of a Grinch themed dinner.  Here is a copy of the menu I made last year. 

Here are the kids ready to eat their Who Hash, Roast Beast and Who Pudding for dessert!   We ended our night by watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas.  

 

This is such a fun family tradition and we had a fun home study day as well.  Most of my activities I found on Pinterest.  I did make my own worksheets using Publisher and a free Grinched font.  I also made the large Grinch for the game and had it laminated so that we could use it again and again.  The cups I found at Ross and our Grinch shirts were from Christmas last year.  (Shop after Christmas for the best deals and buy a size or two larger for the kids)   From our family to yours.   MERRY GRINCHMAS!