More Christmas activities for kidsChristmas gives you a great opportunity to get together with your kids and even the most ordinary of activities seems just that extra bit special and memorable! Why not get prepared in advance with these ideas for kids' Christmas activities? Include these and your own ideas within a list of things you'd like to do with your children over the holiday, so that you're not stuck for ideas. Enjoy Christmas crafts
Christmas Time Together is a nifty little site which has practical instructions for making all kinds of free kid Christmas craft ideas including
plus many more crafty Christmas activities for kids. Check out my reviews of online printable Christmas activities for kids, too - many of the printables are suitable for craft activities. Send e-cards
My son's grandmother is an enthusiastic "silver surfer" and although she will certainly want a "real" Christmas card and photo in the post, she'll also have a lot of fun receiving a card online! Kids' Yahoo! offers free kid Christmas e-cards - their current selection features Polar Express, the Flintstones, and more festive-themed cards. All you have to do is fill in who the card is to and from, and the email address of the recipient - there is no message option here. Christmas e-cards with animations and MP3 sound are available from the popular UpToTen kids' games site - and all the cards are in that inimitable UpToTen style! Read a Christmas story
Children's imaginations just run riot with a good book. Reading together is one of the best kinds of Christmas activities for kids - so I've chosen a selection of kids' Christmas books from Amazon for you to take a look at - see if your imagination starts running away with you, too! Mouse over the images to navigate and see Amazon customer star ratings:
Decorate a kiddie Christmas tree
Once the kids are all home for the holiday, get them busy with a smaller tree, ornaments, candy, the whole kaboodle - and let them decorate to their hearts' content. Use the craft ideas and links suggested above and make some of your own tree decorations first! Things can get to the stage where you just can't see the tree... so keep an eye on things :) Watch TV episodes/DVDs on your PCChristmas activities for kids involving TV or movies are starting to take on a whole new look with Amazon Unbox.This service lets you download film and TV episodes to your PC. Want to get a taste of the action? Here we go:
Go for a Christmas walk
Get dressed up (or down, if you're in warmer climes) and head off to the nearest park or beach. Take the sled if there's snow, a bag to put some twigs, leaves or other interesting items from Mother Nature's store, and your camera, of course. Get baking!
Try these Gingerbread house recipes from Kids' Cooking Activities - here you'll find a gingerbread and buttercream frosting recipe, as well as a downloadable gingerbread house template. Christmas cookies, fairy cakes, icing and sprinkles - why not put one afternoon aside before Christmas to have a baking session with your kids? You can keep the results to eat yourselves - or package some up prettily to give away in a little Christmas gift basket (made by you and yours!)
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