Christmas Break is almost upon us, and though most of us love the idea of having our children at home during this busy season, the idea of bored children can also be maddening! Here are some simple scrappy activities you can do with your children over the break. Hopefully the right mix of these will help keep the doldrums at bay.
- Make old fashioned paper chains using all your scrapbooking scraps. Much nicer than the traditional construction paper chain!
- Make paper stockings. Simply cut a stocking shape out of two sheets of cardstock. Punch around the border and let kiddos ‘stitch’ them together with yarn, like lacing cards. They can decorate the stocking with festive stamps and Stickles glitter glue. Apply cotton balls to the top of the stocking for a fluffy ribbing. Have children write their names on the top of the stocking with the Stickles, and then hang the stockings in a special place. Ask each family member to write letters of appreciation to each other and tuck them in the stockings. Share the letters aloud on Christmas day, then scrapbook all those special sentiments.
- Set your kids free with the camera. Have them take Christmas and wintery pictures, then scrapbook them as a family in a special through the eyes of a child layout.
- Make paper flowers using the K & Company Paper Flowers Paper Crafting Pad (click on the title of this post to view this product). This may appeal more to the girls than the boys, but boys could still participate by making gifts for grandmas and teachers. This 578 piece paper crafting kit will keep them busy for hours!
- Make paper Chrismons. Chrismons is short for Christ Monograms, and growing up in the Lutheran church, these beautiful symbols were a staple on the church Christmas tree. I was looking for projects to keep Christ the center of our Christmas this year and found a great web site, http://www.paperchrismons.com/. They have Chrismon snowflake patterns that can be printed on white cardstock and cut out by older children. Children of all ages will have fun decorating the cut snowflakes with crystal, diamond, or icicle Stickles and gold sequins (traditional Chrismons are always white and gold to symbolize the glory and purity of Christ).
I hope that you find some activities in this blog that not only entertain your kiddos during this holiday, but help make it memorable. This is a busy time of the year, but we only have so many childhood Christmases, so make sure you take the time to make some memories with your kiddos!
You can find all the supplies you need for dozens of fun projects, including Stickles glitter glue, on our website, www.ScrapBugLane.com.
Happy Scrapping!
Lisa
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