Fun and Frugal Christmas Activities
Posted by: JoyWow! Can you believe Christmas is almost upon us! My children are counting the days. LOL I love the holiday season as it lends itself well to family activities. There are so many fun things to do!
Drive around and look at the lights! (this is not as frugal this year as in the past because of gas prices) If you are in a more populated location you could walk around your neighborhood one evening and enjoy the decorations.
Bake Sugar Cookies with the kids! This can make for a long activity so I like to break it up. I mix up the dough ahead of time & the kids help choose the cookie cutters and help cut. I bake them and then we decorate the next night.
Make a paper chain as a countdown to Christmas. Let the kids take off a chain link each day OR you can build a chain by putting a link on each day.
Watch Christmas movies or read Christmas books together. We have a stash of Christmas books for both young and grown readers. I have a collection of The Night Before Christmas books illustrated by different people. Though the story is the same each time, the different pictures make this fun.
Take a treat to a neighbor. Nothing creates peace on earth and good will toward men like a yummy plate of goodies. 
Let your children be involved so they can reap the rewards of doing kind deeds for others.
Do service for others. We have a Christmas Bear. Just an inexpensive stuffed bear dressed in a Christmas outfit who gets passed from family member to family member as quiet good deeds are done. One child starts with the bear and secretly does a kind thing for someone else and then leaves the bear on that persons bed. Then that person does a kind deed for someone else and leaves the bear on their bed, and so on. This activity helps the time pass more quickly and helps us focus outside of ourselves. It is so exciting to sneakily make someones bed without getting caught!
Have a family meeting and let everyone suggest their favorite Christmas activities and traditions. Make time to SPEND time together!
Merry Christmas!