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Family Christmas Activities

That time of year is coming soon. Christmasinvaluable gift that they will display with
that is. I love Christmas. My favorite partpride every single year.A great resource for
of Christmas is the excitement that the kidscrafting ideas and plans is a book that I
have. Children view Christmas as a veryfound on the Internet called "The Ultimate
magical time. When I look at the excitementChristmas Craft Collection". It has over 80
on a child's face, I know that it takes magicgreat craft plans.Making Christmas dinner can
to put it there. In fact, I love a child'sbe a family activity as well. For many
excitement so much that I try to dofamilies, Christmas is the most celebrated
everything that I possible can to get more ofmeal of the year. Including everyone in the
it. I will come up with every family activitypreparations will be a great learning
that I possibly can to get my family to theexperience as well as a bonding experience.
peak of excitement. So, here are some of myEach person can select some of his/her
ideas.In a previous article, I discussed thefavorite recipes to include on the festive
benefits of baking cookies at Christmas time.table. A good place to find recipes for
This has been a long tradition in my family.traditional, non-traditional, and
In this article, I would like to present somechild-friendly dishes is a book called, "The
other Christmas activities for the family.Ultimate Christmas Recipe Collection." Some
Some of these may seem obvious. However, newof the recipes include the traditional: baked
parents may not realize how quick and easyham, egg nog and fruitcake. Non-traditional
some of these activities can be.One of therecipes like baked oysters and basil-stuffed
most popular Christmas activities islamb roast. Child-friendly recipes such as
crafting. Crafting covers a large area. Themacaroni and cheese, Christmas pudding, fudge
key here is to break down the crafts by ageand cookies are included as well.Lastly, I
group and occasion. For instance, I have alove to read the children Christmas stories.
toddler. For her, I would look for ChristmasClassic Christmas stories warm the heart. You
crafts that would include coloring and usingcan read them to a room full of guests or to
a glue stick. You can find a number ofa child while you snuggle under a warm
activities for her on the Internet or at ablanket together. What a wonderful feeling. A
crafting store. I have gotten some greatgreat place to get stories is the
ideas from an online book called "Christmas"Traditional  Christmas  Story  Collection".
Fun Activity Book for Kids". It has pages to
color, mazes, connect the dots, easier craftsI hope that your Christmas season is full of
and favorite Christmas songs.The olderblessings.This article was written by Sandy.
children in the family, ages 7-10, like toI am a parent who is concerned with giving my
create the crafts and then give them aschildren the best start in life. Since my
gifts. Some of the items that they have madefirst child didn't come with a manual, I have
include candy holders, ornaments, giftfound other parents' advice invaluable. I
baskets, cookie jars and other decorations.would like to pass on what I have learned and
Crafting is a great opportunity for familyhope that other parents would like to do the
bonding. When finished, the children are verysame. I have recently been reminded of how
proud of themselves. Creating these itemsimportant my family is and that my family
really helps to build self confidence in ashould always come first. Please visit my
child.Then if/when your child gives an itemblog at The Family Comes First. Hope to see
as a gift, the person getting the gift (i.e.you there.
Mom, Dad, Grandma & Grandpa) has an



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