Children's Christmas Cards

Cards for Daddy (clockwise from top left) - tree, front door, baubles, fireplace.

I thought I'd share the little cards that were made by Zoe, Lily and Eli for Tim (Jed preferred to keep his blank!).  It is activities like these that are so valuable for many reasons; thinking about the person for whom it is being made, working together to share ideas and resources (i.e. "No, you can't have all the red buttons!"), feelings of pride, accomplishment and satisfaction upon completion, helping one another, cleaning up afterwards, marveling at all the buttons in Mamma's button tin, the anticipation of how excited Daddy will be when he sees the cards - I could go on and on!

I gave myself a pat on the back for allowing my children to use runny glue and the responsibility of having the button tin at their disposal (these things are of great significance during a hectic, extremely busy, Christmas-is-at-our-house-twice-so-there-is-lots-to-do time of year!).