Crafty Christmas

This Christmas hubby and  I were in charge of the Kid's Christmas party for his work.  Below you can see some of what we came up with for the party as well as for our Christmas at home.

This is a cup craft.  I got the idea off Pintrest but changed it up to make it simple and non-messy.  I made holes in the tops of all the cups before hand and cut the pipe cleaners at about 2/3 length.  Each cup needed one pipe cleaner, one bell, one bead, and stickers.  The Christmas bells and stickers (even jeweled stickers) could be found at the dollar store.  I had wooden beads already but I am sure you could find similar beads at the dollar store also.  That's it.  Hang down one end of the pipe cleaner to hold the bell and bend the other (short end) inside the cup so it won't come out.  It's a super simple, no glue, ornament craft for youngsters.

This is another I found on Pintrest lol.  I picked out the felt and my mom stepped in to help out and she made the tree and ornaments.  I went to Joann's Fabrics in NY to buy the felt and I was elated to find sparking green :)!  So, that is my tree- a nice green felt with a shimmer of embedded glitter, awesome!  Mom added a few touches to the ornaments and after the party my kids had fun with it until it got packed into the Christmas decor.  By the way, this was a hit with the youngest ones at our party!

We got up and ate our Christmas breakfast, opened Christmas stockings in our jammies and then we told the kids they had a big gift waiting down in the playroom.  So, they tore off down the hall and got tangled in Christmas streamers lol.  The middle child just went right under while the oldest tried to figure it out.  This was a fun last minute idea since I couldn't wrap their gift.

Another Pintreset idea.  Yes, I know it would have been better if I had excluded the word has.  Bad things happen to your brain at 5am if you haven't slept.  Just the same, I think the idea was a good one.  Small bags and dual sided tape from the dollar store, fill bags with mints, add printed/cut out tags.

There are also other minty occasions - encouragement, refreshment, enjoyment, commitment, engagement...

My husband helped me put together the ones you see below.  I could not find regular Christmas m&m's where I live but I did find some super expensive peanut Christmas m&m's.  It's a cute poem I found on Pintrest.  I liked having these for the kids to grab at the party.