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Monday, December 10, 2007

online Christmas Party

Hey everyone! I am part of this cool online Christmas Party! You should join us for lots of free ideas and fun prizes. Here's the link: online Christmas party Check it out!

Here's my contribution:
I saw this idea in a mag once and decided to try it this year.
The 25 Stocking of Christmas. We hung a clothesline of sorts in our kitchen. On each clothespin (25 of them) we hung a stocking. Each stocking has a special treat in it--candy, fun activity, no school, wear PJ's all day, etc. Many of them are free or extremely low cost. Today's stocking was a treasure hunt. I hid clues all over the house for the kids to find. I had pre-arranged with my mom who lives across town to hide certain clues at her house. At the end of the hunt (which ended at her house) was a gift for each child. She had purchased them and wanted to give them early to the kids. We had lots of fun with it and the kids each got really fun Klutz books. The body crayon one was the absolute favorite and it wasn't messy--I recommend it highly for anyone of any age! Here's some pics of our fun:

This is our 25 stockings of Christmas. Each day we open a new stocking.

This is the first clue. The rest were hidden around the house and included such things as:
Get dressed and mom will give you the next clue.
Bundle up and get in the van.
Drive to Nana's house.
At Nana's house, she had clues hidden which led to their present!