saraczek Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 This year the hubby and I were thinking of doing a 12 days of Christmas for the kids. Give them 1 gift on ech of the twelve days of Christmas. Does anyone else have any cool ideas as to how they give their gifts to people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMommy Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 This year the hubby and I were thinking of doing a 12 days of Christmas for the kids. Give them 1 gift on ech of the twelve days of Christmas. Does anyone else have any cool ideas as to how they give their gifts to people?Maybe you could do a simple little scavenger hunt, where the clues are related to the day of the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraczek Posted November 1, 2005 Author Share Posted November 1, 2005 That is a great idea, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Pam Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Similar to the eight small gifts, one for each night, for Hanukkah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairydustcrissy Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 We used to do this as kids, but we got 25 gifts. On dec 1st, we got to open a gift, and one a day until christmas. They were always cheap things, like chapstick, or dollar store items. But we loved it. I wish I could afford to do it for my kids. My grandma did it for us. It was alawys the highlight of my day to get to open that gift! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Pam Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 We used to do this as kids, but we got 25 gifts. On dec 1st, we got to open a gift, and one a day until christmas. They were always cheap things, like chapstick, or dollar store items. But we loved it. I wish I could afford to do it for my kids. My grandma did it for us. It was alawys the highlight of my day to get to open that gift!Crissy, were they hidden inside an Advent calendar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erh12275 Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 That is such a neat idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elena_398 Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Nice idea. I'll have to think about doing something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraczek Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 your welcome. if anyone else has some good ideas about creative ways to give gifts, let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraczek Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 anyone hae any other creative ideas for gift giving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eve Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 well how old are the kids you want to do this for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigit65 Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 anyone hae any other creative ideas for gift giving?My nephew only wanted cash. We have a $50 grab bag for the neice and nephews and he was my pick so I went to the bank and got 50 brand new singles and taped them together one after the other. I rolled them up and then put them in a decorated tissue box and taped a sign on the first bill that said "pull here". The only thing that showed at first was the sign then he had fun pulling all of the bills out of the box. He loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellyhill Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 A scavenger hunt sounds cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brynnfromtheblock Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 We didn't have anything cool like that for getting gifts... but an idea for next year for giving gifts my grandma used to do for us was starting in January every week she would put a dollar into this huge soup tureen for each kid, we'd count it every couple of months and were so proud of watching our money grow. Then the first week of December we got to take it out and she would take each of us shopping to buy presents for the rest of the family.... we would carefully fork out a dollar here and there for each person... I remember that being so much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairydustcrissy Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Crissy, were they hidden inside an Advent calendar?No, they came hidden inside black garbage bags. lol. seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraczek Posted November 5, 2005 Author Share Posted November 5, 2005 My kids are 9 and 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plockh Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 My "kids", 38 & 35 still talk about the advent banner I made & had for them all their growing up years. It has impacted their Christmas forever in terms of heritage/tradition. I have now made them for my grandchildren. Make a 39" banner with a loop for a dowel out of quilted Christmas fabric. Cut out out of felt a 18" Christmas tree with 4 branches and a trunk, sew it to the quilting. Then make 25 pockets at the bottom each large enough to hold a 1 1/2" ornament, applicate, or glue numerals to the pockets, pin each pocket with a straight pin . Fill the pockets with small ornaments...Dec. 25th being the star. Each day of December they will quiver with excitement to pin the ornament on the tree...even with a large family when they have to rotate days..it is a joy to watch them rush to see the ornament and do their pinning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenniferharrison82 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I love all the cute ideas I am getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildtama Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 How funny! My mom just mentioned doing this for our kid this year. We are thinking that she will be overwhelmed with all the stuff and won't really appreciate it as much as if she were to get it over a 2 week period. I think we will play the song (12 days) and then let her open a gift. So glad to see that others think this way :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopping mom Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 I think it is a really neat idea, but I doubt I will be done in time to do anything like that. We usually take all day to open presents, we have a large family and I do not want to miss seeing the kids excitement so they open them 1 at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peshua Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 My nephew only wanted cash. We have a $50 grab bag for the neice and nephews and he was my pick so I went to the bank and got 50 brand new singles and taped them together one after the other. I rolled them up and then put them in a decorated tissue box and taped a sign on the first bill that said "pull here". The only thing that showed at first was the sign then he had fun pulling all of the bills out of the box. He loved it.awe soooooooo creative!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 i like the scavenger hunt idea it would be fun for the kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemansgal311 Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I did a similar scavanger hunt for my kids at Easter they woke up and found one egg in the middle of the floor the hunt lasted for thirty or forty minutes they had an egg in the mailbox in the car, the chicken coupe at thier grandparents (they lived next door) to mention a few they ended up finding thier easter baskets in thier treehouse. it was great make sure you videotape it it is wonderful to see how well a kindergartner and his baby sister figured out the clues and how excited they were when they finally got all the loot. Mandy TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amystuff Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 My parents got little gifts for us for the twelve days before Christmas (little Christmas-themed items so we could enjoy them before Christmas). Each night they would hide them in our Christmas tree and we would have to hunt for them. This is one of my favorite memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid39209 Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 We usually do a old tradition of the pickel on the tree. I hide it after the kids go to bed and whoever finds it on Christmas morning they get an little extra present. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmon Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Great Idea. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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