Welcome to Celebrate December at Elle’s Studio! The month of December will be packed with holiday inspiration, projects, layouts, and gift ideas from many talented designers. So make sure to visit Elle’s Studio everyday for prizes, giveaways, and inspiration!
Today Megan is sharing her annual Countdown to Christmas calendar with us!
Megan shares, “Over the past four years, I’ve created this calendar for my kids. The frame hangs in our kitchen year round, but this time of year is when they get really excited about what it’s displaying. You see, on the back side of each of these cards is an activity we will be doing as a family. One for each day until Christmas.
Some of them are crafty, some simple, but most of all they are things that can be done together as a family.
So far we have set out into our timber to cut down a cedar tree to display by our front door :
and the next evening we added a bit of twinkle with some simple lights.
Tonight we are painting ornaments for the outside tree. I had my hubby cut a chunk of the trunk into pieces and drill holes in them. Super quick & FREE!
The rest of the month consists of thing like making paper chains, make bird seed ornaments, take part in a life nativity, drink hot cocoa, drive around and look at Christmas lights, and multiple other little crafty projects.
Each morning my boys take turns reading that days card & they get excited knowing we will have a fun activity to do that evening. It helps with encouraging them to get their homework and chores done on time too! Hee!
I used a lot of goodies from the Good Cheer collection, Christmas & Winter Ephemera packs, and of course the Numbers Stamp set, & Letter Stickers are perfect for the Countdown.
When we are through the 25 days of Christmas these tags will make their way into my Project Life album on it’s dedicated day along side my hundreds of photos I tend to snap during December. We have thoroughly enjoyed going back through past December albums and remembering past activities, new traditions, and seeing how much our kids have changed!
I encourage you to create a Countdown to Christmas calendar of some sorts and enjoy a little family time along the way!”
Thanks Megan for sharing this gorgeous calendar with us today!
Have you entered to WIN our big GRAND PRIZES yet? Entering is easy – just upload a project you created to our Member Gallery and tag the Elle’s Studio item used. Make sure you also mention in your project description that it is a “Celebrate December” entry!
And that’s it— we are keeping it super simple so everyone has a chance to enter! Start uploading NOW, and you can enter as many times as you want (must be a different project per entry). The three GRAND PRIZE winners will be drawn on December 31, 2014. All entries will have a chance to be featured on our blog.
You can also enter to win prizes on our blog posts all month long – just look for a giveaways on our Celebrate December posts and leave a comment to be entered to win!
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