We started off our Winter Solstice study by creating a crown using yule greens, (or what we could come up with here that look like or are similar to yule greens). Since people celebrating the solstice (which is around December 21st) are known to dress up, I thought this might be right up Zoey's alley since she loves dressing up. In celebrating Yule, some say you should enjoy yourself as much as possible on the Winter Solstice (this including dressing up) because this will bring back the light (and lightness) into the world. The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year.
For our project of making a Winter Solstice crown we gathered as many natural materials as we could find from our woods and I bought some floral tape and wire at our local dollar store.
We measured Zoey's head and looped several loops of the wire into a circle and Zoey covered all the loops with the green floral tape, creating her bare crown.
We started creating a base for the crown by attaching evergreen using little bits of wire that Zoey looped throughout the greenery so it was snug on the crown. She then added other bits here and there doing the same with little lengths of wire that we cut.
She wanted a simple crown and I think it turned out just sweet as can be!
Our first project was a hit! I'm feeling thankful that we had nice weather to work on this project together outside today. It really was a nice way to spend the afternoon.
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