CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS--Manufacturing Memories

Written by Teresa Hansen


Continued from page 1

Use your children’s artwork (which most families have in great abundance) to decorate wrapped packages. Your children will feel pride inrepparttar fact that their work is contributing torepparttar 110733 holiday decorations.

Each Christmas of my childhood we would go “Santa Clausing”. My dad dressing up as Santa we children would dress as elves or reindeer. We would then deliver plates of Christmas goodies to friends and neighbors as we caroled. And of course, Santa had a candy cane in his bag for each child he encountered.

Give a new ornament to each child each year. Store each child’s collection in a special box that he can take with him when he leavesrepparttar 110734 nest. Not only will it give your child a few ornaments to decorate his tree, but it will be a reminder of past Christmases.

Take lots of pictures throughoutrepparttar 110735 holidays. Each year create several new scrapbook pages that can be put into a special Christmas scrapbook album. It is wonderful to have out at holiday family gatherings for everyone to enjoy!

Several years we have been onrepparttar 110736 giving andrepparttar 110737 receiving end of “The 12 Days of Christmas”. Pick an individual or family that may be having a difficult holiday season, or that you just want to friendship. Each night anonymously leave a small gift with a note or poem onrepparttar 110738 receivers porch. (It can be exciting and tricky trying not to get caught 12 nights in a row!)

Another option is to compilerepparttar 110739 12 gifts all atrepparttar 110740 same time. Be sure they are small and lay them on a 4 to 5 foot piece of colored plastic wrap. Enclose gifts in wrap and make a long rope separating each gift with ties of ribbon. Each nightrepparttar 110741 receivers can cut off a new gift, and you only have one chance of being caught!

Use traditions to create lasting, happy memories for your family that can be looked forward to every year.

Teresa Hansen is the creator of Moms Making It! http://www.momsmakingit.com sharing creative ideas to save time, save money, and enrich your life! She is a wife, and mother of five children, and always looking for new ideas and products for moms “making it!” Get "Christmas Neighborhood Gift Ideas" ebook FREE by signing up for the newsletter at her site.


Nurturing Play

Written by Vicki Durr


Continued from page 1
·No showers except for an occasional bath inrepparttar nearby stream ·Hikes to discover wild animals, flowers and tall meadow grass ·Gathering firewood forrepparttar 110732 campfire to roast hotdogs or marshmallows, bake campfire pies or Smores ·Flashlight tag played inrepparttar 110733 dark, stories told or songs sung aroundrepparttar 110734 campfire ·Cooking in or onrepparttar 110735 fire, a brown paper sack, or on a propane stove The kitchen is a great place to communicate and re-connect with your child as you prepare meals and snacks. Reading recipes and measuring ingredients teaches math concepts in a hand on fun environment. This is a perfect opportunity to find out what's going on in your child’s life while spending quality time together.

We want to give our childrenrepparttar 110736 best to help them learn and grow. Educational toys and kids crafts are a great way to accomplish this goal while both you and your children have fun. Educational toys and crafts come in many different forms and will vary according to your child’s needs, age, and preferences. Sprinkling a combination of these nurturing play activities throughout your child’s daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly schedule are proven and time-tested to produce happy, healthy, confident children in a securely rooted family. What better way to spend a childhood than with parents who care, support, and love unconditionally…all throughrepparttar 110737 power of play!!!



I come from a family of 8 siblings, have been married for 26 years, raised two girls, and have been actively involved in the raising of numerous children.


    <Back to Page 1
 
ImproveHomeLife.com © 2005
Terms of Use