Friday, December 4, 2009

The necessities

I have bookmarked many sites that had some great Christmas Ideas and I have compiled them into my favorites.


i caught santa
This is a site that is a MUST - especially for those little ones that may be doubtiing if santa is real or not!



You simply take a picture of your tree with the presents and upload it to the site. You then pick a santa that fits into your decor. Seriously -- it is good! I have shown many people the photo and they think that I had someone come in a pose for me! It is 9.99 and worth every penny.



I set the camera up on a tripod the night before and then "hope" we can catch santa - in the morning we upload the photos and "hope" we got him. And sure enough you can see santa being caught by the camera - genius!



Norad



Now of course you want to be tracking Santa making his way around the work -- and this site is awesome for that!




Elf on the Shelf


This is the perfect way to get your kiddos to watch their P's&Q's - with santas elf watching - and reporting back to santa --a surfire way to get a couple of weeks of thinking twice about their actions.



and of course - Reindeer Dust to leave for those hardworking Reindeers! Here is a link to a site that has a little posem and how to make it - and of course a beautiful photo that I found of some Reindeer dust (I think they tweaked the recipe just a bit).



What I love about all of these is that they provide wonderful ways to create traditions. Some that in one form or another will hopefully be passed down through the generations!

I hope you found at least one new site that you tack on to your huge to do kist for December!

Happy Holidays!

Michelle Lanning

4 comments:

Trish said...

Thanks for the adorable links, Michelle! I'm totally up for the I Caught Santa one!!

Laina Lamb said...

I think we need the elf on the shelf at my house this week.

Janelle said...

such fun stuff! thanks for sharing!

Ryzmomplus2 said...

this is adorable! I wonder if the elf on a shelf will work with teenagers?