Christmas Bags

Well, I have a little time on my hands (finally) so I'm catching up with all of our events over the past few weeks. One of the things Elia and I most enjoyed (but that I may NEVER do again as they were so time consuming!!!) were her bags for teachers and classmates.

I decided to go "green" this year & use good ole recycled brown paper bags (simply because I had an abundance and they were super cheap!)

Despite my obsessive tendencies, I wanted Elia to be creative and decorate each bag herself. Ok, I may have helped just a bit, but for the most part she was the artist! Then we filled them Christmas goodies!
We used card stock, a square dye cut punch, ribbon, stickers, and ornaments to embellish our finished product!
As if the 3 year olds wouldn't be satisfied with simply a bag full of candy and trinkets, I decided to make each child an ornament with their name and the school's name, along with the year, and Elia's name. I'm sure it will be passed down for generations (it better be after all that hard work, ha!!)
What I do hope & pray is that even if the children don't remember every "project" we do, they can look back on our pictures and know that I wanted to cherish each and every moment with them. I try to make even the smallest task a major "event" in our home so that we can create precious memories that the kids will take with them throughout their lives.