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Christmas Holiday Traditions to Pass On to Your Children

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If you’re of the generation that looked forward to having Santa in the house on Christmas eve, then you might want to pass on that holiday tradition to your kids. Now, you are the one stuffing the stockings with cute knick-knacks. Of course, ten years down the road, you will have to face some indignant faces asking why you lied about Santa. They WILL find out eventually, but who cares about that? What matters is you can keep the tradition alive!

Family traditions are just a few of the things that define you as a family. These traditions create memories, which can be very important if you have kids. Even when they’re adults, they will refer to the happy times you spent Christmas together and reminisce with their own kids. If you want to leave a legacy, you don’t need lots of money to pass on to your kids, you simply have to make them feel that they became a part of something really special and important as far as your family is concerned.

Important Traditions During the Holidays

- Traveling
- Opening Presents Under the Tree
- Santa
- Snowman Building (if you have snow)
- Sledding

If you’re religious, you can have mass together as a family. Also, meals are a great way to wish each other a happy Christmas. Don’t be too strict on these days, and let the kids run around excitedly with their new gifts. Christmas gifts are wonderful, especially if given as a part of a family holiday tradition.

 

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Quick Halloween Craft Projects for the Whole Family

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The only bad Halloween craft project is the Halloween craft project that takes too long. You know the ones. The craft projects that have so many steps that you’ve lost the attention of your kids before step 2. Give these easy Halloween craft ideas a try. They’re easy and fast to create; they’re fun, and the end results are spooky enough to scare even a cynical adult.

Antenna Characters

Get your car ready for Halloween with spooky antenna decor. These adorable characters look great at the top of your automobile antenna. Hey, if your house is dressed up for Halloween, why shouldn’t your car? With various Halloween-themed colors of flat fun foam (orange, black, white, green), draw a light outline of a pumpkin, ghost, spider or Frankenstein head, approximately 4-inches tall and 3-inches wide. Cut out the shapes and with a single hole punch, punch two holes in each shape, one approximately one inch from the top of the shape and another hole approximately one inch from the bottom of the shape.

With glitter glue or permanent markers, decorate the shape with facial features, an outline or anything you’d like. Allow to dry thoroughly. Once dried, you can attach to your automobile antenna by placing the antenna through the bottom hole from the back of the shape to the front. Then place the antenna through the top hole, front to back. The Antenna Character should be secure and should withstand normal driving conditions.

Halloween Kiddie Mosaics

Mosaic art using tiles is very popular nowadays. Kids can duplicate this popular craft using construction paper instead of tiles or glass. Prior to gathering the children around the table, cut small squares of various colors of paper, orange, red, blue, yellow, white, black, green, etc. On a piece of heavy stock, white paper, draw the outline of a pumpkin, Frankenstein or other Halloween character. With a small dab of all-purpose glue on the back of each square, kids can mosaic their way to a uniquely creative masterpiece that can be framed and hung on the wall for many Halloween seasons to come.

Pumpkin Painting

In less than one hour, you and your child can create the most adorable pumpkin craft ready to proudly display in your home. Pumpkin Painting is the perfect activity for little goblins who aren’t old enough to handle the jack-o-lantern carving duties.

Paint Silly Faces of Pumpkins

With simple supplies like acrylic paints, markers, newspaper and sealer, kids can paint whimsical, silly faces on their pumpkins. Or they can paint their favorite cartoon character, Halloween motif or harvest design. Painted pumpkins do not rot near as quickly as carved pumpkins so it is much more economical to paint pumpkins rather than carving them and it’s also much safer and more hands-on for toddlers since there is no knife involved.

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Creating Family Memories With Crafts

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Project Materials and More Craft Ideas

Little hands love to spend time making things, more than just a mess in the house. In fact, if your children love crafts, you may be wondering how to keep them craft happy throughout the year.

What types of supplies do you need? That’s entirely up to you. You could get finger paints, clay, cotton balls, crayons, scissors, glue, glue sticks, markers, and colored pencils. You may also want to include various types of paper, stickers, glitter, or whatever supplies you need for a particular craft.

Search in magazines or online to find instructions for different crafts as well as a list of supplies your child will need. In fact, the internet is a wealth of information where you can find nearly any craft you or your children might like.

A few websites to check out for project materials
1. KraftyKids.com
2. Mr. Art
3. Fabric.com Coupon Corner

Crafts are for ANY age

Our most vivid childhood memories consist of the times when we created pretty things with our families. Your kids can enjoy the same privilege and create family memories to last a lifetime. Twenty years down the road and they will be recounting tales of painting a doghouse or garden rocks and sharing the memories with their own kids.

Childhood is the time to make kids more aware of family. The truth is, memories are priceless things that your kids will carry for the rest of their lives.

In fact, we can even say that family memories are what make a person who he is.

It doesn’t matter what age your children are, there are crafts that toddlers can enjoy as well as teenagers and every age in between. Of course, for some crafts you’ll want to stick close by to supervise, but many crafts can be done without adult supervision. Be sure to buy safety scissors and other crafts materials that are safe for younger children.

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