Day #16: Best Christmas Lights Awards

Tonight we went around our neighborhood and looked at the Christmas lights and displays.  We decided to give three awards for our favorites this year. We drove around for a little bit and when we thought we found one that was amazing we took a vote and if it passed then we would send a runner to deliver the certificate and small present. It was so much fun I think this would be a wonderful tradition to keep in the years to come.

Day #15 Make a snowman

This activity was a risky one and was highly dependent on the weather.  We haven't had much snow to speak of yet. But we did get a little the other day and Bonnie loved playing out in it. There are lots of crafts to make snowmen, which is an option.  I'll have to plan ahead for this next year.

Day #14: Dollar Days

Today we thought it would be fun to just go to the dollar store and let them pick anything they wanted.  Kind of fun. I'm usually not a huge fan of dollar store toys, they don't last long, but they got so excited when they could get anything in the whole store. So that is the gift a store full of possibilities.

Day #13: Decorate Trees

I always thought that Gingerbread houses were more work than they were worth.  I saw this pin the other day and thought it would be perfect for our family.  So we decorated Christmas trees - ice cream cones.  So much fun and easy peasy!!

Day #12: Christmas Craft

These are a couple of really cute crafts that I totally intended to make this year.  If there is still time we might do them.

Day #10: Picture a Christmas

Afton and I had some fun with this one. This is actually part of a photography scavenger hunt that she and I are doing.  We found one of our nativity sets and took pictures of it.  This is one of my favorites because the kids are free to play with it and rearrange it anyway they want to.  It sits upstairs in our living room under the Christmas tree.

Day #9: Stars or Snowflakes

Dennis actually found these very pretty 3D paper stars.  The instructions for them can be found Here.  We thought that we would hang them in the kitchen from the ceiling.