Bringing the nativity story to life is has always been an important part of our Christmas celebration. Just last year Emma captivated us with her retelling of Jesus' birth. She used her Bible and her nativity set and moved the little characters around as she read each part of the story. Like last year's Jesse…
The following post is from Kristina of Toddler Approved: One of our favorite family traditions is setting up a special Christmas tree each year just for our kids that we decorate together with homemade decorations. The kids get to choose the tree, and then, help create ornaments all throughout the holiday season. Today, I am…
I love making paper snowflakes. There's something magical about creating a design you can't actually see and trying to picture how each cut will look when it's finally unfolded.They never look quite like I expect, and -- like the real things -- each one is unique. My girls love to make them as well,…
The following post is from Kacey of Next Level Mama: 101 Days of Christmas: Christmas Mad Libs What do you get when you cross your favorite Christmas carols with Mad Libs, one of the funniest games around? You get Christmas Libs. Or is it Mad Carols? Whatever you call it, it's an easy and…
One of my favorite Christmas activities is to make ornaments with my girls. My main goal when searching for ornament ideas is to find very easy projects that they will really enjoy making -- rather than those projects where Mom does most of the work while the kids watch! -- and these felt tree ornaments…
Although we haven't done one in a couple years, one of the most popular gifts we've given our parents and grandparents were these handprint calendars. With 4 little ones and 8 sets of grandparents / great-grandparents, they became a little too time-consuming to keep up with every year, but I think we'll probably do them…
Although we haven't done one in a couple years, one of the most popular gifts we've given our parents and grandparents were these handprint calendars. With 4 little ones and 8 sets of grandparents / great-grandparents, they became a little too time-consuming to keep up with every year, but I think we'll probably do them…