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The calendar year is long. But we have birthdays, anniversaries, weekends, holidays, and festivities to look forward to that make the wait easier. One of those great festivals is Christmas. It’s like ending the year with happiness and leaving behind all the sorrows 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? Go on 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. Doing or creating things together forms the best type of memory for a child to look back on in later years. Making Christmas based arts and crafts will be a lot of fun for a child and a parent together.
Start with the Christmas decorations. Pull out that old box of knick-knacks and pour in whatever you think might make a suitable ornament for the tree. Cut it, cut it, paste it and paste it to make something like an angel, a fir tree, a wreath, Santa Claus or whatever 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 what a family is. It probably helps to give you a bit of perspective, too, that is, if you require it. There are plenty of options on the internet to search for embellishment ideas, craft ideas, etc., which can be helpful in developing something of your own.
Painting is a great calmer 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 take inspiration from 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 minor but the results are tremendous.
You could make napkin rings out of beaded wires. 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 to suit the occasion. That’s where your raw materials are. Does grandma like brooches? Make one with 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 else out of this commercialized festival.