Holiday Gifts and Filling Santa’s Boots

Christmas, Hanukkah, and other winter holidays are just around the corner. That means parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents everywhere are making lists and checking them far more than twice to make sure everyone has a gift come Christmas morning, for the ten days of festivities and gift opening, or whenever your family gathering takes place. Here are some clever ideas for making your holidays bright.

• Advent Boots – Start in November with a paint-your-own advent calendar boots DIY for kids. Paint your favorite base color, add numbers or 25 outlined box shapes, 12 around the sides of each boot while leaving space on one of the toes for the final day. Starting on the first day of December, with each new December day, leading up to the 25th, have your child paint a new design inside the outlined box or beneath the corresponding number. Use images to tell the Christmas story, finishing with a star design on the last day. On Christmas morning, the boots are complete with 25 special designs. Stencils work great to keep the paintings small.
• Santa Boots – Boots were good enough for Santa to wear. Why not paint a pair to look like his, with red, white, and a black buckle and have a little boy or girl dress the part to hand out the gifts during a Christmas party? Or, pick up an adult sized boot and design-your-own rainboots.
• Hanukkah Boots – Add some inspirational fun to the ten days of Hanukkah by creating your own child-proof candle flame. On the first Day of Hanukkah, have your child open a pair of design-your-own rainboots from MyDesign. Paint a pair of boots blue, and add your own light of yellow or mix silver-colored paint for each day.
• St. Nicholas Candy-Filled Boots – When St. Nicholas Day rolls around, be ready to get a boot filled with candy. Get ready by spending the day before with your children painting their boots. Before bedtime, have them set out one boot for St. Nicholas’ arrival.

Be prepared for the holidays by picking up a MyDesign boot travel kit for every child on your list. There are even kits for bigger kids and adults as well. So, all you have to do is order once, wait for the fast delivery, and you’re ready to be jolly for the entire season.