How to make a pretty dove ornament-

This is a pretty ornament for  your Christmas Tree! 

The supplies you are going to need to make the pretty dove ornament are:

• White Index Cards
• White Paper 
• A Gold Pen
• Glue
• Ribbon
• A Hole Puncher
• Scissors
• A crafty person like you! 

1. The first step to making a dove is drawing a dove on one of the white index cards. Before you cut it out; draw things on your dove. Maybe an eye, a beak and a pretty tail design. 
2. Next, you cut out your dove and cut a little slit in the middle of the dove's back. Make sure not to make the slit too large.
3. Then fold your piece of paper. Fold front and back, front and back until the whole piece of paper is folded like a fan.
4. For the next step, cut in the middle of the paper a semicircular edge. ( Do not unfold before cutting!!!!) This will be the  wings of your dove. Now, glue all your non - semicircular edges together. Then cut a slit in the middle of the glued edges. This is a very hard step!
5. Then, you put the slits together. The slits won't stay together FOREVER, so you need to glue down both of the sides of the wings to the sides of the dove.
6. After you glue down your sides, fan the wings out and glue them down to the dove also.
7. Finally, punch a hole into the top of the wing with your hole puncher. Then cut some ribbon about 7 inches long.  Take your ribbon and put it through the hole and make a knot at the top of the ribbon.

You can enjoy the dove ornament hanging from your tree, just in time for Christmas!

Heaven is for Real

     A few weeks ago,  I read a book called, Heaven is for Real.  Heaven is for Real is written by Todd Burpo, a pastor from Nebraska.  Todd Burpo wrote this book because he and his family were hearing stories about heaven from his four year old son, Colton Burpo.

     Colton was telling stories of when he had surgery done on his stomach.  He said that he went up to heaven for three minutes and came back down to Earth. You're probably thinking three minutes isn't a very long time, but Colton says that he saw many things in those three minutes.

     I think what Todd Burpo really wanted to tell his readers is that Heaven is for real. I also think he was trying to let his readers feel touched by how extraordinary Colton's story is.

     My favorite part of this book was when Todd told about all the different things Colton had seen. I thought it was really touching when Colton said that his unborn sister was in Heaven and that she was excited to see him.

     I think you should read this book and feel the mercy put into it.

      

A Family Apart

      Recently,  I read a book called A Family Apart.  A Family Apart is written by Joan Lowery Nixon. It is about an orphan train. This book is one of the many books in the series.
       A Family Apart is about 6 children that are sent on an orphan train by their widow mom before the Civil War. Frances is the oldest. She promised her mother that she would protect her little brother, but how can she do that if they are separated? Frances decides that she will act like a boy so she and her little brother will be allowed to stay together. In this book there is a part that includes the Underground Railroad.

      

      I think you should read this book because once you start, you won't stop and you'll find that you'll be in the story with the characters too. If you love thrillers you should you should read this book!