The 12 days of Christmas is almost here. We KNOW you are just begging to have one more thing to do in the 12 days before Christmas. Right? Right. Hear us out. We did this as simply as humanly possible because we know time (and money) are tight AND because it is a great way to slow down amid the rush and have some fun with your kids. Or you can do as we do and put it together with your family and gift it to someone either one day at a time or all together. So read on for our suggestions and how to's.
First up the wrapping. We used lunch sacks and ribbon to make it easy. We did this one for our kids so we didn't need to make tags but if you did, make it easy on yourself and use stamps or the sticker gift tags that you use for presents. Because we didn't use tags and our children can't read, we wrote on the bottom of the sacks what was in the sack so we can pick which one gets opened each day.
These are the items we used for our 12 days.
Starting at the top left:
Plain old white paper and stickers for Santa Letter Writing
Gingerbread Boys made from felt and stray buttons either to just play with or put on the tree.
Jingle bells again to play with or put on the tree.
DIY puzzles to make your own puzzle of whatever you wish.
Clothes pins with red pom pom noses to make reindeer ornaments
Candy Canes to Eat.
Christmas Book
Marshmallows in glass jar aka Snowman Poop
Brown Bag of Oats to take to feed the Reindeer at Santa's Workshop
Popsicle Stick Star Ornaments to make together.
Felt shape cutouts to decorate a felt Christmas Tree
An ornament wrapped up to gift to someone of your choosing.
Gingerbread Boys: Trace a cookie cutter, cut out, add a face and buttons, sew together and stuff.
Place marshmallows in a glass jar. Add buttons and a black piece of foam, felt, or fabric for the hat and ribbon for the scarf. Snowman is made.
Packs of 6 bells can be found at the Dollar Store. Add ribbon of your choosing.
Every child loves a candy cane.
Very little artistic talent needed to create a felt tree for the kids. Simply cut a large triangle out of fabric and add felt ornaments of any size shape and color.
Brown paper packages tied up with string are a few of our favorite things. Set aside and you are ready for the 12 days of Christmas with your littles.
Should you be feeling some extra love and want to "gift" the 12 Days of Christmas to another family here are a few more suggestions for you.
Sprinkles for Cookies or a cookie mix
Candy Canes
Popsicle Stick Star Ornaments
An Ornament to give to Someone
A Holiday Book
Holiday Banner to make together
Jingle Bells
Foam Christmas Trees to decorate
Santa Suckers Treat
Plaster of Paris Gingerbread men to make into ornaments
A clear ball to turn into a family ornament of their choosing. Memories from the year written down.
DIY puzzles
Homemade ornaments
Pinecone and bird seed to make bird feeders
Wood Ornaments from the local craft store that are unfinished. Usually run 40 cents each or less.
Nativity Set (which we'll post about later this week. You can do just a nativity set for the 12 days of Christmas and we LOVE it.)
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