Don’t let the holiday season pass by without taking the time to create some lasting family memories. Christmas is the perfect time to get together with family and share some times you will remember for years to come. If you’re at a loss for what to do, there are a number of great ideas online. Check out DLTK’s Christmas Activities page for coloring pages, craft ideas, printables, puzzles, and worksheets, all with a Christmas theme. Or you can visit Kids’ Turn Central’s Christmas Crafts page for dozens of suggestions for kid-friendly holiday crafts. There’s even a new blog at ChristmasMemories.org devoted entirely to finding ways for you to create lasting Christmas memories with your family.
Christmas is a time for sharing love, laughter, gifts, family, memories, and more, but perhaps most of all, it’s a time for sharing all kinds of tasty homemade goodies with friends and family. To create a good spread, though, you’ll need to bake several different recipes. There’s a new Christmas tradition brewing that will enable you to save some time, relieve some stress, and still have all of those yummy cookies.
What is it, you ask? It’s a cookie swap. All you have to do is invite 10 of your friends over for a cookie swap party, and ask that each one bake 10 dozen of one particular Christmas cookie. You bake 10 dozen yourself, and then each person who comes to the party brings their 10 dozen cookies on 10 plates to exchange. After you’ve all exchanged, everyone should have 10 dozen cookies – and 10 different kinds of cookies.
This innovative idea is a recipe for a fun party and takes a lot of the stress out of your holiday party planning.
If you want to decorate your tree in style without spending a fortune, you’ll want to check out the Christmas Tree Decorating blog. Creating a Gorgeous Christmas Tree on a Budget looks at inexpensive, crafty ways you can make your tree beautiful with a little effort and creativity. One of the decorations is probably in your own backyard! Check out their blog for some imaginative ways to spruce up your Spruce.