Every year our family celebrates the days leading up to Christmas by doing something special each day. One year it was Christmas readings and another year it was doing Christmas service and another year making and delivering secret presents. This year we have decided to
Be creative each day
The aim is to do something creative to give away or to help someone else's Christmas be brighter.
Today's post will have the run down on each day and then I will do a more detailed post on each of the days all the way up to Christmas.
Some days will have more than one idea to choose from. I will also include links to help start those creative juices flowing.
1.
Make a Christmas card and give it to someone who
has helped you this year or make some Christmas cards and deliver them in
person to a rest home or unit that house people with disabilities
2.
Make a 5 tree decorations and leave them in a
strangers letter box (In NZ this is allowed although in other parts of the
world you may have to leave it on a front door step and knock and run)
3.
Make a Christmas tree and hand it to a stranger
in town
4.
Make a bird feeder and put it out in the garden
for the birds or make a homemade
colouring books and buy crayons and leave in waiting rooms for families
5.
Make something useful from recyclable
materials and give to someone you love
6.
Paint/draw a picture and mount on card and make
into a jigsaw for a friend or make a Christmas t-shirt from a plain coloured
tee and textile paints
7.
Bake and make an edible Christmas tree or make
some biscuits (cookies) and give them to the librarians in the local library
8.
Make a Christmas wreath and leave it on
someone’s front door step or make 10-15 different size and shaped cut out
snowflakes and stick to someone’s front door.
9.
Make a Christmas stocking and fill it with
goodies and give to a person who has served you or helped this year
10.
Make a nativity set or a Santa Claus to decorate
yours or someone else’s home or make a flower/fruit arrangement and give to someone in hospital
11.
Make a Christmas cake and ice it. Give it to a person who is stressed and
rushed this Christmas.
12.
Make a Christmas cushion for a child or make
play dough or salt dough for a child
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