Color-in Your Christmas Ebook

Nadia at Teach Me Mommy has just released a Christmas ebook full of printable projects for kids to color for gifts, decor and more.

Color-in Your Christmas features 15 different projects including a countdown to Christmas, Santa stop here door hanger, bunting, gift tags, a cone tree, nativity booklet, wreath picture frame ornaments, can wrappers, Christmas cards and more.

A section of the book shows the finished projects and explains how to do them, then all the printables are at the back so you can just print out what you need for the crafts you want to make. Most of the projects don’t require a lot in terms of supplies and are probably things you already have in your house if you have kids.

These ideas are really cute and an easy way to get kids involved in decorating or easy gifts they can make for grandparents, teachers and others. Kids will have fun just having these projects around as something seasonal to do, whether at home or in the art area at school.

The ebook is for sale on her website and you can get a copy for $19.99 (currently $5 off but I don’t know how long that deal lasts).

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My daughter is 16 and one of her favorite things to do on school breaks is watch The Great British Bake Off. It’s such a soothing show, as well as being creative and fun, and it’s low stakes enough that it isn’t stressful, which is just the thing you need when you’re on a break from school.

If you don’t have an oven or want to do your own real Bake Off challenges, this baking show inspired drawing challenge from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls is a great alternative. This works best if you have a group of kids to play, but you could also do it along with a child at home.

The post includes a bunch of different “baking” challenges for kids to draw. As an example: “Draw a dozen delicious doughnuts! Be sure to include at least two different flavors of icing. Challenge yourself to think of as many creative toppings as you can.”

Give them a set amount of time (maybe 10-15 minutes) to draw their creations based on the prompt. Then have each child present their creation, explaining what they chose to draw and why (and what the different flavors are if it’s not obvious).

There doesn’t have to be a winner, but kids can vote on their favorites or you can “award” things like most colorful, tallest creation, etc. Sarah suggests if doing this with little kids you can come up with an award for everyone, but there need not be prizes involved.

With older kids you might do a couple of rounds and pick winners so that you can have a “star baker” just like in the show.

This is a game that would be a lot of fun for kids of different ages, and you can do it multiple times with the different prompts.

Get all the details and the challenge cards from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.

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