If this mess free Christmas tree activity reminds you of our mess free autumn tree craft that’s because I’ve updated the idea for the festive season! It’s a really popular and simple idea that is both fun to do (and great if you’re having a stressful day) and it’s really easy to include lots of simple learning ideas for kids with this activity too.
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Does anyone not love Santa? I’m in love with this sweet colouring sheet and even better between today and Boxing Day I’m sharing this free Christmas colouring page with you which means that you and the kids get to have fun and you get to save a few extra pennies to spend on Rudolph’s carrots!
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We’ve been trying out a few Christmas tree crafts this week and this bubble wrap Christmas craft was probably my daughters favourite! It’s possibly more process arts than strictly a craft as it’s all about the actual painting but it does look like a Christmas tree at the end still so I guess it’s a bit of a combination. Our idea was to decorate our trees with ‘Christmas lights’ or baubles which I think kind of worked? Either way it was good fun and was a great Christmas craft to do after preschool.
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In someways I think that Christmas Eve is possibly an even more exciting day than Christmas. No, there isn’t the excited waking up early to open presents but that’s not necessarily a bad thing – last year my two made it to the grand hour of 11pm before they work up desperate to open their gifts and actually I’d like Santa to finally gift us with a lie in. So there isn’t the early wake up call but instead Christmas Eve is a day filled with excitement, of doing things together, of traditions, making memories and having a good time. Marks and Spencers asked us if we would share our Christmas Eve traditions and I was more than happy to help.
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We do a lot of crafts and activities here but only some of them pass the most important test – do my kids get up the next day and ask to do it again? Well I’m happy to report that this Christmas jelly babies STEM challenge passed that test!
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