Why let your children help you decorate?
Christmas is not just about gifts, it s about the joy of preparing for the big day as well. By getting your child involved in preparing for Christmas day you are starting a family tradition that your children will carry on. It is best to let your child part take in decorating the house and the Christmas tree since it can help them learn management skills as well as arouse their fancy. If your child is allowed to decorate his or her share of the tree or the house they can come up with creative ways to surprise you.
Exercise caution
But while allowing children to decorate your tree or your house you must be careful about the items they are in contact with and the way they are using it. Most Christmas decorations are a mishap waiting to happen, if you do not have a watchful eye. So it best to keep breakable glass ornaments away from children. When it comes to electronic items, like decorative lights, it is best to help the children plug them in instead of letting them stumble around with them. So it is best to exercise caution when letting your children handle Christmas decorations.
Help them be constructive
While decorating your home you must have a blend of homemade decorations as well as store bought ones. While making decorations at home, always allow your children to help you make them. You can allow your children to make hand printed tree decorations. You can let them prepare wreaths using flowers, twigs, branches, leaves, ribbons and strings. There are many different homemade decorations which are safe and easy to make. So you can let your child boast of not only having decorated your home, but of having made the decorations themselves.
By letting your child experiment with decorative ornaments, under your watchful eye, you are letting them understand and enjoy the Christmas spirit.