This year, I decided to leave room for creativity.
Some crafts that children can do and that will make them proud to have participated in decorating the house for an original Christmas, here is my idea.
And then doing it yourself is always much more rewarding than buying!
These little crafts have two big advantages:they keep the children busy well before the fateful date and help them wait for the magic night, and they cost nothing, just a little time!
I empty as many little matchboxes there are days left until Christmas, the children decorate the tops of the boxes by painting them with gouache, or sticking on it die-cut wrapping paper.
Once it's over, I hide in each box a candy , or a surprise mini-object, and they fix the boxes on a decorated cardboard support.
All you have to do is open one every day until D-Day!
They cut strips about 1 cm wide in shiny wrapping paper and colored, then they cut these strips into pieces of about ten centimeters . Close the first piece with a piece of tape so as to form a circle, then thread the second piece and form a second circle which you glue in turn, etc.
I clean a small glass jar (cream caramel style from La Laitière..) and they cover it with transparent glue, and then place on it small pieces of multicolored tissue paper , or seed beads, or sequins .
I light a tealight candle in the background .
I decorate my Christmas table with these candle holders. Guaranteed effect!
If you still have time, you can make some in a few steps with this trick!
A few sheets, and a template, that's all you need.
Do you have any Christmas decoration ideas to do with the kids?
Please let us know in the comments, it will change from what I already know!
