Scroll to the bottom and weigh in, would you?Ĭonsidering I clearly don’t mess with gingerbread, and my kids love arts and crafts, I decided to buy this cardboard kind off Amazon.īe sure to read the dimensions on this thing. Any thoughts on this, readers? OK, if you DO enjoy gingerbread, I’m going to need to hear about this in the comments. I have a theory that no one *actually* likes gingerbread. I put “gingerbread house” in quotes because this year, we didn’t make a real, edible house. The kids would probably rank it higher, but I’m still grossed out by their cookie creations. I bought two kinds of frosting from Target, along with this assortment of sprinkles. The cookies came together quickly and got rave reviews from the kids, although I didn’t try one. This year, I made one of those sugar cookie mixes - the kind where you just add some butter and an egg. ? (Maybe you’re into that sort of thing. That said, it was really fun! If your kids are young, and anything like my children, they’ll rip through this activity in no time, making ugly cookies you’d NEVER want to consume, piled high with about an inch of thick, gooey frosting. So, be sure to put down a disposable (and festive!) tablecloth I believe we snagged ours at Party City or Target for about $1, and it’ll make cleanup much easier.
This year, we did our cookie decorating with friends - and it got WILD. Frosting a big batch of cookies with your kids. Just a quick note: I’ve included some Amazon links, just to be helpful, but Graham Media Group may collect a small share of sales from the links provided on this page. I thought I’d rank some of my favorite holiday activities, for any other parents, caregivers or Christmas enthusiasts out there. My daughter just turned 6, and my son will be 4 in a few weeks, so we’re in the perfect age range to get amped up about Christmas. Needless to say, I’m now a parent (which you’ve obviously gathered by now), and I’m all in on the holidays. It might sound cliche, but there’s something truly so magical about it: The build-up to the big day, writing a letter to Santa, the way their eyes light up on Christmas morning, and hearing their pitter-patter footsteps bright and early, sprinting down to the tree. To see Christmas through a child’s eyes, you can’t help but catch some of the holiday spirit. Sure, it was a nice time of year, and I enjoyed seeing my family when I could, but I didn’t really understand the appeal of decorating, baking or most holiday-themed events.Īll of that changed, however, once I got into my 30s and had kids.
As an adult, by my late 20s, I started to feel a little bit “meh” about Christmas.