This year instead of exchanging gifts with David's siblings, we decided to donate to a charity of our choice. Our family decided to work on boxes for Operation Christmas Child. You are supposed to fill a shoe box (cardboard or plastic) with gifts for needy children around the world. We chose to fill 2 boxes, a boy and a girl Cyrena's age.
We had so much fun shopping and picking out what to put in the boxes. We also made a couple of homemade games to put in there. The we got to work organizing and filling the boxes.
We had so much fun shopping and picking out what to put in the boxes. We also made a couple of homemade games to put in there. The we got to work organizing and filling the boxes.
The goods
Carefully cutting the wrapping paper
Somebody loves tape in our house
We lined the sides of the boxes with wrapping paper then filled them up!
Cyrena made some really cute Christmas cards for them. Very sparkly.
Here she is making a matching game for them
Ready to deliver our boxes at a local church (they take care of distributing them)
She was so happy to hand over the boxes and get a sticker. We loved doing this activity with her and will definitely make it a new Christmas tradition. We put our names and addresses on the cards so we should be able to find out where our boxes went! 
3 comments:
ohmygosh how cute! richard and I are still trying to decide what to do :)
great idea though!
What a great program! I wish I had known about it earlier - we are looking for something like this. Next year for sure! Thanks for sharing!
What a great tradition to start. I know that Cyrena will be reminding you about each year from now on.
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