Bear's First Christmas: Woodworking

My favourite book of the season is overdue at the library, so we did a quick woodworking project based on the story of Bear's First Christmas.

Both O and Baby C were presented with a wood disk, nail and hammer.
They had to find the center of the disk and hammer in a nail to create a hole.
Once complete, they wanted a scrap chunk of wood to continue to hammering!

The original idea is a place setting prop. http://juliasroomfordessert.blogspot.ca/2010/12/christmas-table-style.html
You could also decorate your tree with mini paper garlands etc. and use in small world play.
But after I introduced the hammer and nails, no one wanted to stop in the wood shop!