Christmas Cheer

We’re getting ready for Christmas, and Elizabeth and I had opportunity to review Christmas Cheer, a Custom Designed Project Pack from Hands of a Child, a premiere lapbook provider since 2002. This was our first experience with the idea of lapbooks, and I enjoyed exploring the concept. I have a vested interest, of course, since we’re planning a four-month trip for next summer – and I’m intensely interested in projects that can be done in a car seat!

It was good for me to slow down and enjoy these projects. (There’s something therapeutic about coloring!) Elizabeth and I enjoyed some real quality time, working on the projects together, looking forward more than ever to the joy of the Christmas Season.

I like the e-book format because pages can be easily printed instead of photocopied. Wherever the laptop might be, the e-book is there, too!

Although we did not yet complete all the activities, our favorites so far are:

• Mini Book: Decorating the Tree
• Puppets: Snow People
• Shapes: Santa Claus

Because of the hands-on educational value it represents, I think the Christmas Cheer Project Pack would be a great addition to a young family’s Christmas library. It can also be a tool for teaching little ones the much-needed lesson of giving at Christmas (instead of just getting) by having them make the projects for others – grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, neighbors, etc.

A complimentary e-book was provided to me, as a reviewer for Mama Bzz, by Hands of a Child, in exchange for posting a complete review on my bargain blog (B1G1, Bargains & Blessings in a “Banana”) as part of today’s blog tour. And I’m very excited to add to our Christmas Book Collection!

You can read my complete review here.

A big “Thank-you!” to the folks at Hands of a Child for the opportunity to enjoy and review this fun Project Pack!