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5 Fantastic Elf on the Shelf Alternatives You’ll Wanna Start This Year

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November 10, 2016 By Crystal Barnes 6 Comments

If Elf on the Shelf isn't for you, here are five Elf on the Shelf alternatives for your family. Start a great new family Christmas tradition that you can totally get behind this year. Just before Christmas last year, my kids were 3½ and 1½ and I was 37 weeks pregnant. And I turned into a crazy person. I had this super intense need to make the looming holiday mean something “more”. I scoured Pinterest, and I harassed my family and friends about their traditions. I needed to find a way to connect my kids to the meaning of the holiday and not to the fluff. And then I gave birth to our third minion two days before Christmas. ...

25 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar

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December 2, 2012 By Katelyn Fagan 3 Comments

Two months ago I made a 25 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar at a church activity and finally got to bust it out today as it is now December 1st! To make the calendar we cut foam board into a tree shape, cut fabric and sprayed it with spray adhesive, stapling it onto the backside of the foam board, and then decorated them however we wanted. I wrapped it with some thick gold string and then cut out lots of different shapes and objects from old Christmas cards (another use of old Christmas cards!). I then bought some contact paper from Michael's so that this project will last more than one season since I have little kids. We ...