The calendar year is long. But we have birthdays, anniversaries, weekends, holidays, and holidays to look forward to that make the wait easier. One of those great festivals is Christmas. It’s like ending the year happily and leaving all sorrows behind and looking to start a New Year all over again.
Every Christmas is the same and there seems to be no difference between the past and the present. Why not do something else and make it memorable, year after year? Take a vacation abroad, have a family reunion, meet up with old friends, and just enjoy the essence of being a Christian.
A very innovative way to make your child’s Christmas memorable is to do things together. Making or creating things together form the best kind of memory for a child to look back on in later years. Doing arts and crafts based on Christmas will be a lot of fun for a child and parent together.
Start with the Christmas decorations. Get out that old box of trinkets and dump in anything you think might make a suitable tree ornament. Cut it, cut it, glue it and paste it to make something like an angel, a fir tree, a wreath, Santa Claus or anything that comes to mind for you and your child.
Try making cards for teachers, mom, dad, sister, brother, and grandparents. This would be a great way to instill in your child a sense of family. It’ll probably also help give you some perspective, that is, if you need it. There are plenty of options on the internet for decoration ideas, craft ideas, etc. that can be helpful in developing something of your own.
Painting is very calming for you and a great learning experience for your child. Take a seasonal theme and start painting. You can print a picture from the Internet or get inspired by old fairy tale books or Christmas cards. Do you have a bookworm at home? Make a bookmark out of old Christmas cards. The effort is less but the results are tremendous.
You could make napkin rings out of beaded wire. Every house needs napkin rings on the dining room table. Why not make it more creative and unique? The old box under the bed or under the cupboard will always contain something that suits the occasion. That’s where your raw materials are. Does grandma like brooches? Make one out of the broken hair clip.
Spend quality time during Christmas and be crafty to make beautiful Christmas decorations out of old stuff for friends and family. Get something more out of this commercialized festival.