Even “big kids” like Donna Anderson (from left) and Barbara Larsen joined in the fun of snowflake making with Adrienne Gervais (far right) and her daughter, Natalia Reniszewski.
Mary Hope Griffin and son Bennett Thomason (who has recently lost several baby front teeth) proudly display their handmade snowflake.
Pals Sonja de Jong and Bennett Thomason make snowflakes to show their compassion for the Sandy Hook Elementary School community.
Evan de Jong (back row, from left), Isabel Coberly, Beatrice Spell (front row, from left) and Sonja de Jong, show off their handiwork posted on windows inside Grace Church’s Parish Hall.
Evan and Sonja de Jong’s dad, David, shows off his skills.
To Sandy Hook Elementary, with love from Grace Church, Oak Park.
Two-year-old Evelyn Wells enjoys bonding time with her mother, Raquel Wells.
One of Grace’s littlest cherubs.
Seminarian Walter Thorne demonstrates that no one is too big to enjoy making snowflakes.
Mom Sarah Stein works with her son at cutting an intricate snowflake pattern out of construction paper.
Two of Grace Church’s littlest members.
Grace Church’s snowflake project was a great way to engage first-time visitors to the church, like this mom and her two sons.
Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park hosted a project Jan. 7 allowing local residents to make snow flakes to support those mourning the victims lost in the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting last month.
All photos courtesy of Susan Montgomery