You're tired. You worked a lot all week. Suddenly, the children are screaming ... "Let them decorate!" ... in anticipation of the upcoming holiday. "Do not let" miraculously do not allow to avoid your lips. Instead, you take a deep breath while you are thinking about how this jewel can be made easier and more interesting. Well it can be!
- First, insist that family members swing to help and treat it as a family project. It should not just rest on your shoulders, and it will be much more interesting if you all make changes and create memories together.
- Then choose the day and time when you will spend no more than one or two hours for a quick rest in your house (for a large decoration of the holiday schedule two or three longer blocks of time). It helps if you can set the decoration date in about a week or two, if time still allows it. This gives you time to collect items for a project.
- Ask the children to create one or two new arts and crafts suitable for the holiday to prepare for the day of the decoration. Or ask them to choose those that they already have, for example, from school projects.
- Decide on 3-4 areas in which you will focus on decorating this year. Here are a few options: entrance door, front yard, entrance hall, kitchen table, dining room, living room, patio, bathroom, bedroom. There are other areas that you might consider. But if you want fast and dirty, then focus only on 3-4 areas for decoration this year. In any case, you can choose other areas next year to change.
- Store holiday decorations in separate bags, boxes, or baskets in the same closet or in the attic so that they are easily accessible to all when they are needed. - Buy items that you really like when you advertise them, or they may be unavailable when you later. Usually for seasonal goods vary from year to year, and they are not stored all year round. Thus, your product may not be available if you wait too long to decide whether you want it. Then shove your figurines, statues, wall decorations and other holiday decorations in bags or boxes, sorted by holidays.
- Make or buy snacks or trees to enjoy together at the end of your decorating time.
Here are some of your favorite quick and convenient design areas and tips:
1. Front door. Bring a theme-oriented welcome sign and you can easily change it for a season or holiday. You can either hang a brand new thematic sign, or there are some that come with interchangeable parts that you change and represent different holidays or themes.
2. Dining table or table, which is located in the center, but not used that often. - Change the table runner or tablecloth to a festive themed. Then show off your holiday decorations by arranging a combination of your children's parties and your own figures or other festive decor on the table.
3. Fireplace or entertainment center. Add a row of lights, and if you want, you can also change the row of lights to the color that is most suitable for the upcoming holiday theme. Wall canopies can be temporarily changed in this area. Festive accessories, flags, figurines, etc. Turning and viewing easily around or around this area of your home.
4. Special areas for the choice of the baby. Small children can help by adding small decorations for windows and glass doors. They like to record their creations, or they can easily put on static decorations. In other areas, small children like to decorate, for example, in the open air, in the dog house and in their own rooms. Let them handle this aspect of the decoration while you enjoy your big smiles and hugs!
Finally, make your decorating time even more enjoyable if in the background you enjoy festive background music or other favorite tunes. Then, when you are done decorating, finish with a big family hug and chew on delicious snacks together!
