Have you been wondering what to put in your boxes? I know I struggle with it some weeks. During the Get Ready for Christmas Rush and so forth we will be doing some baking and crafting and such. My biggest goal this year is to keep Christ at the center of our days. We always try, but it seems that with all the goings on we sometimes fail. I plan to use our workboxes to do just that. Keep Christ at the center.
So, here are a few ideas to help you out for when you have to keep working on things without so many hands helping you. I mean you can only count so many cups of flour with -”Mommy, am I three yet?” “Is it today yet” “Are we eatting breakfast now”- asked every day after nap time-so I ask for one helper to help me, and everyone else will work in the workboxes. They will be utilized more during our “normal” free time, rather then our school time. They will work out of their workboxes, when I am sewing, baking and other preparations that I must attend to.
Our favorite games are:
- Boggle
- Guestures
- Set
- Scrabble
- Uno
- Skipbo
- Flashcard wars
- Snap it Up
- 4-Way Countdown
- Yahtzee
- Bingo-many types addition, subtraction, multiplication, abc, etc
- Cool Moves
- Papa Bear
- Sherlock
- Right Turn Left Turn
- Gopher It
- Sorry
Favorite Computer Activities are:
Oregon Trail
Rainbow Rock
Quarter Mile Math
Vroot Vroom
Typing Instructor
Online Tanagram puzzle
My children love to play with pattern blocks and paper dolls too.
For crafts I have some wooden kits for them. We have completed two helicopters, a birdhouse and a dinosaur. There are some more that I would like to get for them.
Cutting out snowflakes.
Cotton for snowmen
A bunch of little sticks to build a nativity scene with-barn, manger, and some grass for the floor/ground. Use the animals that they have for their farm stuff for it, and let them make Joseph, Mary and Baby Jesus.
My oldest two have been working on weaving potholders for Christmas gifts. My daughter and I are planning to try and make some scented coasters.
I plan to hope and try hard to bake one type of cookie or bread everyday. Filling the freezer. I will do one thing with each child, so my oldest five will get to do one baking day with me each week.
Other ideas, are to give them an old book of checks and register, or some magazines and paper. Let them try and create on their own. We are doing poetry one day a week right now, so that is incorporated into our workboxes.
Let them make some Christmas cards, or scrapbook a few pictures from the year to give as a gift. I am also hoping to get my oldest started on the knifty knitter before too long. Maybe he can make a hat or scarf.
I also plan to have our Jesse Tree Ornaments in our workboxes.
I have really enjoyed having our workboxes. They have really made it fun to watch our children eagerly look forward to their daily or so fun surprise activity. I pray these ideas will help you get through the Christmas rush and keep those workboxes in use, while keeping Christ at the center of your day.
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