CHRISMAS CARD GARLAND
One great thing about this time of year is correspondence from old friends. Unless you have a bulletin board or lots of room on the fridge, here’s a simple way to display your family and friend’s beautiful Christmas cards.
1. Decide where you will hang your Christmas Card Garland—perhaps over a window, china cabinet or mantle. Cut a piece of ribbon, string or twine accordingly.
2. Affix 14 clothespins to the string.
3. Make “letters” from stickers and paper to spell M-E-R-R-Y C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S. Shiny silver stickers on 2” x 2” squares of red or green paper are pretty, but be as creative as you want. For the brave, try shiny tin foil wrapped around letters cut from a thin cardboard.
4. Use one clothespin per letter to attach “Merry Christmas” to the string.
5. As Christmas cards are delivered, place the cards behind the letters and attach with the clothespin. Don’t be afraid to double up if you receive more than 14 cards— the more, the merry-er!
SOCK ADVENT CALENDAR
I’m not sure where it originated, but I came across this advent calendar via Martha Stewart. This would make a great gift for an expectant mother – or any mother for that matter!
1. Again, decide where you are going to hang your Advent Calendar, and cut a piece of rope or thick twine to the desired length. Plan on using 5’ or more to give you room on the ends.
2. Gather 24 children’s socks in coordinating Christmas colors. Look for stripes, plaids and polka dots in varying sizes and shapes.
3. Lay socks out in the order you would like them to hang, mixing up the patterns and sizes.
4. Affix each sock with a number – stickers work great. If you don’t have enough to do this time of year, embroider numbers onto each sock.
5. Use clothespins to attach each sock to the rope in number order.
6. Place a (petite!) surprise in each sock, and allow children to “open” one sock each day of December leading up to Christmas!
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