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Options for School Christmas Gift Exchange

In my article yesterday I discussed having Christmas parties at school. I also talked about the complications that can come with exchanging Christmas gifts among the students in your classroom. There are other options for teachers who wish to continue to carry out the tradition of student gifts but feel that a variation is needed from drawing names or bringing boy or girl gifts for exchange. One such variation is asking parents to send a small item for each child in the class. For example if your classroom has 18 students, each child will bring 18 of the same items. … Continue reading →

Totaling Up “The Twelve Days of Christmas”

You’re familiar with the popular Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” right? Well, have you ever wondered how much it would set you back if you actually purchased all of the items mentioned in the song for your own true love? One company did and put together an itemized list, complete with prices, which revealed how much the 364 items would cost from the 12 drummers drumming down to the single partridge in a pear tree. Be prepared to dig deep if you want to bring home all 12 days worth of goods. The total amount is… Drum roll … Continue reading →

School Christmas Gift Exchange

Most teachers and schools have some type of Christmas party for their students. Due to a recent urge to encourage students to eat healthier, many parties throughout the year are not planned. However, Christmas is a special occasion and almost every celebrates the last day before Christmas vacation. In younger grades, Christmas parties are thought to be equipped with a gift exchange set up by the teacher. Older students usually bring gifts for friends and create their own gift exchange among groups of students. Some students may receive several gifts. This can be bad for students who do not receive … Continue reading →

Christmas Gifts to Stay in Touch: Using a Web Cam

If you have given your parents a web cam and you are wanting to find creative ways to stay in touch, you may need to create some events that will make the web cam moments more memorable. It is important to allow time just to talk as well. These suggestions are great to implement once the novelty of the web cam begins to wear off. 1) You can have your parents (the grandparents) conduct story times for your young children. This does take a little extra planning, but will be well worth the effort. The grandparents can send the books … Continue reading →

Christmas Gifts to Help Your Family Stay in Touch

If you live far away from your relatives, Christmas is a time that can bring you closer together. As parents you may be looking for gifts that will help your children connect with their grandparents. Technology has opened many new doors to make this a much easier process. Here are five gifts that you can give to help your family stay more connected. In later blogs I will list specific suggestions on how to better utilize these gifts to stay in touch with each other. 1) If you do not already have a web cam this is a great gift … Continue reading →

Santa Closets

Last night I spent about three hours wrapping Tyler’s Christmas presents. Well at least the ones that were small enough to wrap. He has three that are just too big to wrap so I put them in a big Target bag and slapped a bow on it. Once all the wrapping was finally done I then had to find a place to hide them. Big problem. He has already started snooping trying to find what I had bought so far. He knows that Santa will bring the bulk of his gifts when he comes but he also knows that his … Continue reading →

Make Your Own Gift Tags

One of the easiest ways to create your own gift tags is to simply draw some and cut them out from plain, print, or solid colored paper. You can use construction paper, cardstock, or anything else you like. You can also cut designs from covers of Christmas cards. This is a great way to make use of elements you already have around the house. To make them even nicer, punch a hole in one end and add some pretty string, yarn, ribbon. Another fun idea is to design your own gift tags on your computer. From the simplest program like … Continue reading →

Christmas Crafts: Gifts You Can Make

Would you like to make a gift for someone special? There are many different craft projects that you can do that are not only fun but also make great gifts! Calendars With a new year beginning just a few days after Christmas, a calendar for 2007 makes a nice gift. To make this project extra easy, check out PrintFree.com for an assortment of calendars that you customize and print… free! You can also use desktop publishing programs to print calendar templates, and then add your own designs, photos, and messages to make them special. Desktop or Flip Calendars You will … Continue reading →

Christmas Gift Wrapping

There are lots of ways to wrap Christmas gifts from the festive themed wrapping paper with a bow on top to the extraordinary. From gift bags and fancy gift boxes to creative ideas you discover yourself, you can use a different method for every gift you wrap, if you desire. Some people like to mix and match different styles of wrapping paper, or mix in a few bags or special boxes. Some prefer to wrap gifts for each family member in all the same paper, so they know which stuff belongs to whom. Others like to mix it up but … Continue reading →

The Ghosts of Christmas Past

Let’s have some fun today – I’ve mentioned before out intentions to keep it simple this Christmas for myself and my family – we’ve certainly had enough stress to last us a long time. In the meanwhile, I was thinking about all the Christmases when I was growing up and all the toys that were hot and not. One of my favorite items over the year was the traditional etch-a-sketch – of course, which dates back to the 50s – but it’s also one of our daughter’s favorites so we were tickled when we were able to pick one up … Continue reading →