Fudge and Cookie were at the table the other day giggling and laughing. They were also going through tons of paper. I asked what they were doing and they replied, “Oh we got bored so we decided to draw pictures to go along with some Christmas songs.”
I thought what a great activity! It kept them entertained for hours.
As I was looking through their drawings I had to laugh. Sometimes the words we sing get lost in translation.
One of our favorite songs to sing is The Shepherd’s Carol. It is sung as a round. You can listen to it here. The Shepherd’s Carol.wma
Cookie illustrated the first verse, cut the pictures apart, then stapled them together for a little book.
Mary, Mary, hush, see the child
Joseph, Joseph, look, see how mild!
This is Jesus. This is our King.
This is the Savior, His praises we sing.
Then dear, sweet Fudge illustrated the second verse. This is where I had to laugh at her translation of the words in the song.
All God’s children come to adore bringing gifts of love ever more. But Fudge wrote “come to a door” (see how the door is shiny with light coming from it?)
This is Jesus. This is our King. This is the Savior, His praises we sing.
If your children get bored suggest illustrating some Christmas songs. You might just be surprised by how they interpret the words of a song!
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I love that version! It’s SO cute! That’s a fantastic idea. I may have to have my kids do that since they get “bored” all the time! 😉
This was so adorable. I love the drawings for Christmas. I think maybe you should consider having them illustrate a book.
Blessings to you for a fun post.
Love this!
How precious! My oldest loves to do that sort of thing and it would be a good project for her. I recall being in high school choir and one girl finally realized that the song says “My Bonnie lies over the ocean” not “My BODY lies over the ocean”!!! Ha!
I am suddenly reminded of listening to my (then) 4 year old reciting the Our Father….”Our Father who art in heaven, Halloween is your name”
I’d worked so hard to make sure he knew not to say “our father who farts in heaven” and I never considered the next line!
What adorable children you have 🙂
😀 Awesome!
LOL@Deirdre’s comment! 🙂
This is a great idea. I am going to use it tomorrow. How fun.
How Sweet! Scarlett LOVES Christmas songs…she’d really enjoy this!
Oh that is priceless! Beautiful artwork too. Thanks for sharing.
LOL. “come to a door.” That is priceless. It fits with the picture of Christ knocking at the door, where we have to let him in.
Fun children to use their time and talents well…
What beautiful illustrations! I like the idea of drawing out a song. We did nativity paintings yesterday and it was amazing how silent everyone was (unlike cookie decorating)