When I go to the toy store or Wal-Mart with my three years I know exactly what he will say. “Oh,” he’ll exclaim with a mixture of excitement and surprise. “I want for Christmas!” What boy toddler does not want a new train, truck, race car or jet fighter? It’s a safe guess your toddler has a long list too. The question is how parents can make the last Christmas? How can you help your child enjoy and appreciate his new things for many days instead of five minutes of fame? Here are some ideas that have worked for us and our friends: 1. Enjoy 12 days of Christmas. Did you this pile of grandma, grandpa, aunts and uncles? Or maybe you bought this 5 or 6 for Junior yourself. Try to start Christmas December 13 and allow your toddler to open one present each day until Christmas. This will spread the excitement and allow your toddler enjoy each gift. Why have just one day of Christmas, when you can have twelve? Now, many of us do not have enough gifts stacked so as to begin to open on December 13. Try to open one gift per day effective December 20, or one that just opened on Christmas Eve, most of the gifts on Christmas day, and record a gift for the new year. The idea is to spread the joy of Christmas. 2. If you’re traveling, open some gifts before and after your trip. If you head towards the house of grandmother, the last thing you want to do is load your bag already packed with new bike for your child. You can open your gifts at home before or after. It is always fun to save a gift to the house so when you need encouragement for your child to perform well during the trip by plane something, you have to offer. 3. Do something special for someone else. Teach your child to give gifts to less fortunate so that it can be more grateful for the avalanche of things he will receive. This year, our family has filled a shoebox filled with toys for Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. This shoe box will be delivered to a boy who may live in the slums of Calcutta, or an orphanage in Johannesburg. Your child will remember the shoe box and begin to understand that there are many children around the world that has very little. 4. Re-gift! Find a forgotten toy in the house, something that your toddler used to love playing with six months ago. Wrap It Up, and give him again. You’ll be amazed how much fun he’ll have with her long lost friend or toy. Your child will have a Christmas to remember as you try these gift ideas!
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Try Scrapbooking Supplies to Make Elegant and Personalized Christmas Ornaments in Less Than 10 Minutes
Have you ever looked through those boxes of Christmas ornaments of yours either before or after Christmas, and wondered how in the world you might be able to add some sparkle to them, yet still keep it traditional with your Christmas theme? Taking a few of your plain ornaments every new Holiday season and adorning them with easy to find scrapbooking items to make personalized Christmas ornaments will add some new life to your selection in a custom way, and leave your guests thinking that you spent a fortune on your ornaments. For this project we decided to just use a large plastic satin finished ornament. As was previously mentioned, you can also look through your existing collection and find some of your plain solid color ornaments to use. It is important to stick to solid color ornaments because of the designs you will be adorning them with. You don’t want to take away from the design. Apply peel and stick crystal stickers typically used for scrapbooking to the ornament. Stickers can be applied to cover the entire ornament, or you may want to apply them vertically, horizontally, or diagonally to create a pattern. Next, tie a satin ribbon , ¾ inch or smaller works best, to the top of the ornament creating a bow. Try using a plaid ribbon with colors that compliment the color of your ornaments. Simple! You have a new personalized Christmas ornament. Supplies: Medium to Large solid color plastic ornaments with a satin finish. We used gray. 1 package of clear crystal-looking stickers used for scrapbooking. Satin Ribbon – ¾ inch or smaller. Plaid or stripes in two colors work best for contrast. Scissors
