As of today, Christmas is 115 days away.
How do you get your kids excited for Christmas? It is very easy. As Christmas time gets closer and closer, MerryStockings.com recommends these fun activities.
1. Create your own countdown at home. It could be as easy as giving them 115 sheets of paper and having them design and decorate each with numbers from 1 to 115. As each day begins, they are to take out the top sheet of paper. For added fun, allow them to write or draw something Christmas-y on the back of each sheet and display it in your living room.
2. Have them come up with their own gift list. You children may want to give gifts to their friends and family, or they might want to get something for themselves. Set up a points system wherein they could do chores for Christmas points. They could then redeem these points for their gifts list.
3. Involve them with your Christmas decorations. There are a lot of ways for you to have your kids help you with Christmas decorations. For one, you could buy Christmas stocking kits that they could create for themselves and hang over the fire place. When it is time to decorate the Christmas tree, you could enlist their help putting up the ornaments. Or you could go traditional and have them help in stringing popcorn as a tree garland.
4. Help them make their own Christmas cards. You can provide sample cards, materials and help them with wording the cards.
As you can see, a good way to get your kids excited for Christmas is to teach them some crafts that they could really enjoy. Plus it has the added benefit of being able to spend time with you. Generally, you should be able to supervise them and help them cut things or come up with ideas. You should also tell them about Christmas and how you spent these growing up. Or you could ask them how they want Christmas to be.
