Service Project: Drool Rags

This time of year when my kids are thinking about

lists of things they want for Christmas, I am trying to keep it balanced with

remebering how abundantly we are blessed!

So....time for a service project!!

There is no better way to forget yourself than by

diving into service for others!

We made drool rags for my sons special needs classroom.

They go through a ton of these each day.

We took a bandana or 20" square piece of fabric and

sewed a washcloth to the back of it.

The younger kids had fun pinning the washcloths on and

even got in on the sewing.

We were able to make 40 of them!

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