Toddler Tip of the Day

Resolve that some decorations may have to wait until next year. Depending on your child’s age you may have to keep your favorite decorations boxed this year or up high where they can’t reach them

From: childfun.com

Tags: Christmas, safety

Keep kids in the spirit with kid Christmas activities that engage their minds.

Christmas crafts for instance, can keep them busy by turning the home into a winter wonderland. Seeing their efforts on display is always a bonus.

From: squidoo.com

Tags: Christmas, activity

Decorate your Christmas tree appropriately for your child’s age. Children who are still "mouthing" items may put ornaments in their mouths.

Put glass bulbs, lights, tinsel and ornaments that are delicate or have removable parts out of reach. Remember that popcorn is a choking hazard for children under age 5. You could place the tree on top of a table (no table cloth) or put a safety fence around it.

From: childfun.com

Tags: safety, christmas

Children love to “camp out” so consider sleeping in sleeping bags in front of the Christmas tree one night.

Munch on snacks, leave the lights on all night, and make a special memory!

From: suite101.com

The air is filled with the aroma of gingerbread cookies, minty candy canes, the piney Christmas tree, and yummy hot apple pie.

Celebrate the holiday season with this classic Golden storybook which includes six scratch-and-sniff scents in The Sweet Smell of Christmas

From: Lil’ Fingers Storybooks and Games

Tags: books

When making Easter eggs, rubber bands around the eggs make nice stripes. On plain eggs for a white & colored egg; or dye once, rubber band, and then dye again for the stripes.

From: parenthacks.com

Tags: Easter, activity

Holiday Potpourri is positively scrumptious and so rewarding to the senses.

Punch holes in a couple of oranges with a fork and fill the holes with whole cloves. Arrange them in a beautiful basket or a classic glass bowl, along with cinnamon sticks, boughs of rosemary, anise, and pine cones for a fragrant display.

From: pattiewack.com

Let the kids make their own Christmas tree.

Find some wall space, get a nice sized roll of paper, (however big you want the tree to be) and paint, color or draw a tree.

From: thriftyfun.com.

Put all breakable ornaments up out of their reach and hung non-breakable ornaments where young children could touch them and play with them.

From: creative-home.net.

Looking for a good gift for your toddler?

Develop their musical skills with instruments like maracas, drums, xylophones and toddler tape players with big fat buttons for them to push.

From: families.com.