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Six inexpensive kid's Christmas activities that are fun and reflect the spirit of the season.
During the Christmas
season, Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, with festive meals,
neighborhood get-togethers and other activities which are geared towards
the 'Peace on Earth and Goodwill towards Man' theme of Jesus' teachings.
Today, Christmas has undoubtedly become rather commercialized. Many
families are looking for ways to emphasize the spirit of the season with
activities that are less commercial and more spiritual in nature.
When the kid's Christmas break rolls around, you have a perfect
opportunity to use that time to involve the children in some worthy and
enjoyable kid's Christmas activities, which demonstrate what Christmas
is really about – giving, sharing and showing love towards the people
right in their own community. Here we've got six such kid's Christmas
activities to help kids learn what their faith is about: as a matter of
fact, these kid's Christmas activities may be so successful in spreading
that spirit, you may find that the kids start thinking up projects that
make this attitude a year 'round undertaking. Let's take a look at how
this works.
1.Certain Bible stories, particularly those from the New Testament, are
one way to teach kids what Jesus' message is all about. For example, the
Sermon on the Mount and the good Samaritan can be good places to start.
Reading these excerpts from the Bible gives you an opportunity to have a
discussion on what they think the message is. Another good discussion
topic might be focused on what Jesus meant when he said “... the Kingdom
of God is within you.” These kid's Christmas activities help bring the
meaning of their faith into focus.
2.Instead of buying an advent calendar, try letting the kids make their
own. A few sheets of stiff paper, a pair of scissors, some school glue
and markers, colored paper or crayons, and a couple of vials of glitter
are all you need. These advent calendars can be saved as treasured
family mementos and made each year.
3.Holiday baking is another kid's Christmas activity which nurtures the
spirit of giving. Even young children can make fudge and cookies. They
can contribute much of their goodies to the church bake sale, bring them
to neighbors as gifts, donate them to a food kitchen or food bank.
You'll be surprised at the pleasure the kids experience, having
contributed to the enjoyment of others.
4.Most towns and cities have at least a few neighborhoods in which
everyone gets into making a fabulous Christmas lights display. Make time
to tour these neighborhoods – kids are fascinated by the splendid
decorations. Bring a disposable camera for each of the kids to record
their favorites. These photos can be put into an album to pass around
for viewing by friends and neighbors, which helps inspire other families
to do the same. “I am the light ...” is perhaps the origin of this
Christmas tradition and makes for inspiring, beautiful, fun kid's
Christmas activities.
5.Fund raising and volunteer projects teach kids that there are indeed
people in need and that they can, as a single individual, do something
to make others lives more enjoyable. Visiting elderly people in nursing
homes, collecting magazines and books to donate to their school, nursing
homes and neighbors provides a way to ease the boredom and loneliness of
people without such simple pleasures. A teacher can use such materials
to organize many art projects, such as a collage of magazine cutouts.
The school library can always use some more books. If your community has
a special need, such as equipment and supplies for a kid's community
center, have the kids brainstorm and initiate a fund raising drive to
fill a specific need in their community.
6.The best kid's Christmas activities are those which deemphasize the
commercialism of Christmas. Try letting the kids make Christmas gift
wrapping paper, decorating rolls of white school paper with markers,
acrylic paint, crayons and glitter. This is surely one of the gift
wrappings which will be saved by the recipients! Gift baskets are
another of the great kid's Christmas activities. A basket of fruit or
coffee, is perfect for adults. A gift basket filled with small toys,
stickers and a sprinkling of individual candies is highly appreciated by
kids. Again, the kids can make gift baskets for people they don't even
know, donated to churches or philanthropic organizations to be
distributed to people who may not have many gifts under their tree.
These six kid's Christmas activities provide fun for the kids and help
spread the true spirit of Christmas. Many kids will want to continue to
participate in these activities long after Christmas is over, purely for
the pleasure of loving their fellow man. Which, after all, is the true
spirit of Christmas.. |
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