Category Archives: Christmas Activities

Pom Pom Ornaments Kids Can Make!

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Keep those little hands busy this Christmas with these 15 sweet and simple Pom Pom ornaments! Perfect for gifting or hanginig on your own tree!

Pom Pom Ornaments Kids Can Make! via Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

Pom Pom ornaments kids can make! Tired of picking up pom poms and stuffing them back in the drawer/box/jar? Me too! Here are some adorable Christmas ornaments kids can make to get them off the floor for good!

We spent last weekend in the basement clearing out our teeny-tiny guest room/craft room/storage room/place where all the stuff to sell, donate, and pass along gets stacked and tossed. Once it was empty, Hubby Helper got to work on a seriously solid wall-to-wall workbench in our brand new art studio space! I am beyond excited!

In addition to our brand new industrial strength work top, there is also a perfect little niche for my easel! Within 10 minutes The Little Helper was Continue reading →

Santa Ornaments Kids Can Make!

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Looking for some great ideas for Santa Ornaments? Here are 13 simple Santa ideas for home, Christmas classroom activities, or Christmas party craft tables! || Santa Ornaments Kids Can Make! 13 sweet Santa Ornaments your kids will love! || Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

Santa Ornaments Kids Can Make! || Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

At our house, not only does Santa get to feast on freshly baked Christmas cookies and eggnog (or a smoothie depending on what the Little Helper decides), but he is also gifted with special Santa ornaments, handmade with love.  Ever since she was tiny, the Little Helper has made sure that Santa gets a special present – she is often more concerned with making sure he gets his gift than about what might be under the Christmas tree with her own name on it!

Ornaments are always on our list of Christmas crafts to do over the holidays, and I have shared a number of Christmas ornaments kids can make in previous posts. You might want to bookmark them now and come back to them later – Reindeer ornaments, Pom Pom ornaments, Nature Inspired ornaments, or even Elf ornaments, and Grinch ornaments!

The Little Helper often gives her hand-made treasures as Christmas gifts to teachers, coaches, grandparents. and other special people in her life. And of course, Santa!

This year we thought it might be Continue reading →

Polar Express Adventure: A Fun Family Christmas Tradition!

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Ready for an amazing new Family Christmas Tradition? The kids will flip over this one!! || 10 Tips for A Fun Family Polar Express Adventure via Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

10 Tips for A Fun Family Polar Express Adventure || Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

The Polar Express Adventure – your new favorite Fun Family Christmas Tradition!

Get ready…you are so going to want to have a Family Polar Express Adventure when I am finished sharing with you just how much fun we have on ours every year. This is a must do Christmas tradition! If you don’t know the Polar Express story, it is about a little boy who has lost his belief in Santa. Magically, a train shows up that night to whisk him off on a fabulous journey to the North Pole, where he ultimately gets to spend some special time with Santa, and learn how important it is to Believe!

As you know by now, if you come to my little holiday blog very often, we are Continue reading →

24 Christmas Books for Kids: A Fun Christmas Countdown!

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All you need is one book to get started! Add more as you can! And here is a great list of much-oved Christmas books to get you started!! 24 Books for Kids! Perfect for a fun Christmas Countdown! || Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

24 Books for Kids! Perfect for a fun Christmas Countdown! || Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

24 Christmas Books for Kids that are perfect for Book-ish Christmas Countdowns!

Christmas books for kids – truly one of the best parts of Christmas. Snuggling up by the Christmas tree, or beside the fire, reading an old favorite to your wee ones under the Christmas lights cannot be beat! One of my all-time favorite Christmas traditions is our annual Christmas countdown with books. We do this every year, and I hope we always do. What surprises me most is that it is still the Little Helper’s favorite countdown (we do a few!). I hope it stays that way for years to come!

I have raved about this whole idea of using Christmas books for kids as a Christmas countdown enough in other posts so I will spare you the details here (though if you want some inspiration for your own you can read this post).

I thought it might be fun to put together a list of 24 of our favorite Christmas books for kids – one for each day of the countdown!

But before I do that, I just want to share 3 of my Continue reading →

Christmas Cards Kids Can Make: 10 More Ideas!

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10 amazing Christmas cards kids can make for teachers, grandparents and friends! Super easy Christmas craft for kids of all ages, and very impressive looking! || Christmas Cards Kids Can Make: 10 More Inspiring Ideas! || Another fun Christmas post from Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

10 amazing Christmas cards kids can make for teachers, grandparents and friends! Super easy and very impressive looking! || Christmas Cards Kids Can Make: 10 More Inspiring Ideas! || Another fun Christmas post from Letters from Santa Blog

Christmas Cards kids can make in an afternoon! Here are 10 amazing holiday card crafts that are both gorgeous and simple to make! Even the littlest helpers will be able to create these stunning cards with just a little help from you!

It has been a couple of years since my last post on Christmas cards kids can make so I thought it was time for a little update.

One of my favorite Christmas activities with My Little Holiday Helper is creating our annual Christmas cards. It’s a  nice way to ease into the holiday season, sitting down with that first glass of eggnog and maybe some freshly baked gingerbread cookies, and getting busy with glitter and gel pens. And the best part is knowing that by the end of the afternoon, you will have beatiful hand-crafted gifts in hand for the friends, teachers, coaches, and relatives on your Christmas card list. Oh and don’t forget Santa – Santa Claus always loves a sweet home-made card when he stops by!

Some of these are cards Continue reading →