I am part of a wonderful holiday service series coming up with the talented Kristen at My Junk Drawer!
I was excited to increase our family's giving spirit this season!
These little cuties are so excited for Christmas!
But I want them to feel all of Christmas, the gifts and the joy of service.
I also wanted an advent calendar, so I got an idea!
I cut 3 ornament shapes out of paper.
Then used those as patterns to cut out 24 sets of fabric ornaments and 24 matching felt backs.
I cut out 24 squares of felt with my favorite pinking shears.
I sewed the felt squares to the felt backs.
Then I sewed the 2 layers of fabric ornaments to the felt back.
I hand-stitched each ornament to my favorite red and white polkadotted ribbon!
I typed up these 24 ideas for small acts of service my 3-year-old and 8-year-old could both do.
I printed the page at the Costco photo center and cut it into strips.
Click HERE to download the list.
Click HERE to download the list.
I placed one act of service and 2 pieces of candy in the felt pocket in the back of each ornament.
And our garland of giving is complete!
I can't wait to do these with my kids all month leading up to Christmas!
Merry month of service and joy!!
29 comments:
What a terrific idea! I love the idea of using the advent calendar to share the joy of giving rather than getting. Thanks for sharing.
This is adorable! Love all the cute patterns together! :)
Would love for you to link up to our "Home For The Holidays" link party!
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What a great idea. This sounds like a very Christ-like tradition to implement.
That looks SO good! You are one talented girl! great idea... :)
I love this!
I LOVE this idea. What a way to teach the true meaning of the season. I may have to make this my third advent calendar. :)
So cute!!!
We've done this same thing for the last few years - we call it our 24 Days of Service. It's been a great experience. Your garland is really cute!
That is SO cute and such a great idea to get the kiddos thinking about giving! Love it!
Super cute Jaime!! I made one out of toilet paper rolls... :-|
Awww so cute! I'm pinning this for next year. :-)
great idea! I'll be sharing this on my fb page and pinning it! found you on the tt&j linky party :)
What a wonderful idea to truly celebrate the season of giving!
Sarah ~ thepurplehound.blogspot.com
Super Cute!! Love this idea!
Thanks for sharing!
I found you on TT&J! I would love for you come by and join me by linking this up at my new "Create and Inspire" linky party! ;)
Thanks,
Angie from A Little Inspiration
What a wonderful idea. I would love it if you would share it at my sharing party at http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharing-saturday-8.html. Thank you!
I just wanted to let you know that I love your project and I featured it today at "You Sew Rock Me Fridays" on my blog. You can see it here: http://www.sewrockin.com/2011/12/02/you-sew-rock-me-fridays-7/
Awesome job, I can't wait to see what else you come up with!
Jamie @ sewrockin.com
Oh my Goodness! I love this idea, it's so creative and fun!
I'm visiting from tt&j;-)
Wow! Awesome idea!
Very cute idea. love it.
Oh, wow! You just rocked my socks! I love everything about this idea, girl! The garland itself is so festive and fun and the activities inside are even better. I love how you're getting your kids {adorable pic of them, btw!} involved in giving of themselves. I really want to do something like this for my son. Pinning! THANK YOU for sharing at Shine On Fridays!
too cute! great idea :)
Thank you for sharing it at Sharing Saturday!
What a wonderful idea. It looks gorgeous AND it is meaningful...now that is Christmasy.
This is a treasure your family will forever LOVE! What a blessing!
XO, Aimee from ItsOverflowing.com
Such an awesome idea!! I love it!
I love this idea , Stop over at the blog tonight I'm featuring you <3 B
Just wanted to leave a comment to let ya know that Ashley @ Cherished Bliss asked me to be a judge for her Christmas Tutorial Link Party and I am featuring you on my blog in my top picks!! I love this idea !! So cute and awesome giving ideas too!! I'll also be listing you on facebook on my Blog facebook page tomorrow too: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Johanson-Journey/107343806048275
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!!!
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