Orthodox Kid's Ornament Exchange 2011 {Sign-ups}
We will be doing our annual Orthodox Children's Ornament Exchange
again this year!
The rules are posted below, so please leave a comment if you would like to participate. It is only one ornament per family and last year, I believe we ended up making a total of nine, which included one to keep at home. If there is a bigger turnout than expected, I will divide the families into groups. It was a lot of fun and I know my boys loved getting so many fun packages in the mail! If you would like to participate please sign up a.s.a.p. as I will be posting partners on Tuesday!The rules:
01. Each child will make enough ornaments to send one to each member of his/her group. ORNAMENTS MUST BE HANDMADE.
02. Include a card (handmade or not) making sure that their name is legible.
03. Adding other trinkets, candies, stickers, etc is a nice gesture but it is not required.
04.
Packages must be postmarked by Monday, December 05, 2011 to ensure time for the children to enjoy their ornaments before Christmas.
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The photo below shows some of the ornaments we received in last year's exchange.
Some ideas for ornaments are:
Cookie clay ornaments
Cinnamon ornaments
Color or cut an icon out and place in an ornament frame
The Crafty Crow has a fun list of
kid-friendly ornaments
You can pretty much "Orthodox" any ornament idea by adding an icon or something. Old catalogs are perfect for cutting out icons to use. They are the perfect size and there is usually a great selection. The Conciliar Press catalog is my favorite one. Whenever a new one arrives, I look forward to cutting up the old one and making
something fun
with the boys. :)
If anyone has any questions just ask! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with again this year!!