Showing posts with label letters to Santa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label letters to Santa. Show all posts
Saturday, December 15, 2012
update: Santa Letters
James and I wrote personal letters to the kids from Santa. Then we put them each in an envelope with each of their names and our address. And a stamp. Then put that envelope in a bigger envelope and addressed it to:
Friday, December 7, 2012
Activity Advent Calender
We are counting down to christmas! Every day the kids will open an envelope and inside is an activity for us to do together, Sometime we go do something, sometimes its just movie night.
Most of the supplies I had, I just bought the ribbon and clothes pins. The numbers I downloaded from Pinterest. Then i just used paper that I had in my scrapbook supplies. I hotglued ribbon on the clothes pins to make them cuter. Then glued the hotpins on the thick ribbon that I would hang. The envelopes I did not seal in case I need to change the activity (its hard not knowing when the kids will be over for sure) and I printed a calender where I planned and wrote down all the activities so that I can make sure i have the supplies needed for the different activities.
Most of the supplies I had, I just bought the ribbon and clothes pins. The numbers I downloaded from Pinterest. Then i just used paper that I had in my scrapbook supplies. I hotglued ribbon on the clothes pins to make them cuter. Then glued the hotpins on the thick ribbon that I would hang. The envelopes I did not seal in case I need to change the activity (its hard not knowing when the kids will be over for sure) and I printed a calender where I planned and wrote down all the activities so that I can make sure i have the supplies needed for the different activities.
the finished product
up close, I ran out of envelopes (remember I was using what I had) so Christmas Eve has a special gold envelope which turned out kindof cute and the kids thought it was cool. Then they argued who gets to open that one so its going to be James.
On Thursdays we dont have kids so even though I have date nights planned, those envelopes are empty.
Our first activity was writing letters to Santa, then we took them to the Macy's box. We came home and made cookies.
Josh
Jordan
James spelling words so they can write them down., I think here he was spelling Millenium Falcon
The envelope!
Ava
Ava's funny letter.
Don't look so happy kids. Dropping the letters off at the macy's Box.
I even let them use my markers which I NEVER do, and they are kept under lock and key. Go me for letting go. Haha.
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