Christmas with the Kids

Sounds like the title of a corny movie...but in reality, it's the title of a corny blog post! ;-) Several weeks ago, I received a package from home full of little bits of American culture to share with family during the Christmas season. Among them, were two different craft projects for my four siblings.

 

The first weekend of Advent was an exciting weekend for everyone as it proved that Christmas really was well on its way and I thought there was no better time to give them their little gift from Oregon. As soon I gave the okay, the kids tore into their packages each pulling out a small window decoration--and instantly comparing it to everyone else's :-) Samuel was thrilled with his penguin and quickly ran off to put him on the window. Jonathan decided he wanted to make one of his penguins a snowman...but in the end all worked out fine. And yes, I do realize that's a pretty lame excuse for a "craft project".

 









Last weekend, however, I brought downstairs four Christmas door hangers--or at least the craft kits to make them. After making all four kids promise not to argue or fuss during the process, we unpacked the foam and set to work on making Santa, snowmen, and a gingerbread man.

Between Selina's task to cover up the "made in China" written across Santa's arm, Christian's creativity with his snowman's scarf, and the endless search for the missing eye of Samuel's gingerbread man, we had a memorable and fun time! All four door hangers turned out very cute and all four kids turned out very pleased. I'd say that's as close to perfect as it gets.