Christmas Books and Toys For Intentional Families

I’m excited about Christmas! We have traveled away from home the last two years, but this year we will be home, and we are planning lots of memory making around crafts, service, and family togetherness.

Our new Christmas Guide is full of inspiration for making sweet memories in your family. We include heartwarming literature, nature based crafts, and developmentally appropriate counting and phonics activities to create a Christmas to remember.

Suggested Books:

• Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl Buck

• The Spirit of Christmas by Nancy Tillman

• An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff

• The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston

• Room For A Little One by Martin Waddell

• The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clark Moore

• The 12 Days of Christmas by Rachel Isadora

• The Friendly Beasts by Tomie de Paola

• The Christmas Story by Jane Werner Watson

• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

• What’s Cooking Jamela? by Niki Daly

• A Kenya Christmas by Tony Johnston

• Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson

• If You Take A Mouse To The Movies by Laura Numeroff

• The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechoski

• The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie de Paola

• The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden

• The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

While most of our Christmas celebrations revolve around making memories together, we will also have a few gifts under the tree. We use the guide, “Something you want, something you need, something to wear, and something to read” to help keep our shopping simple and intentional.

These are a few items we love that fit into this formula.

• Ever Earth Jr. Ramp Racer

• Melissa and Doug Shape Sorting Clock

• Melissa and Doug Fold and Go Dollhouse

• Melissa and Doug Multi Craft Knitting Loom

• Paper Making Kit

• Holiday Pajamas

We’ve also loved experiences and subscriptions for gifts that keep on giving. The last two years we’ve forgone presents in exchange for exciting adventures and this year we are enjoying fun monthly boxes from Kiwi Crate.

Although you will be inundated by opportunities to buy and spend this season, we want you to know that the most wonderful gift you can give your child is yourself. As you read to your child, bake favorite holiday treats, and just hang out, you are building into your child the knowledge that they are a delightful human, and people who feel delighted in, have the confidence to make the world a better place.

You might also enjoy:

• Favorite Books for Advent

• Handmade Christmas with Children

• Christmas Books and Toys for Intentional Families

• Christmas Stories

• and A Simple Santa Mask

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