My brother's Christmas Package this year was filled with ideas from Pinterest and alike. I included a list of what we (My Mom and I) put in and some pictures of some of them too. Hopefully this will give you some good ideas for your Christmas Packages.
MERRY CHRISTMAS ELDER!
Whats Inside?
Complete List
- Candy Sleigh
- Grinch Pills
- Believe Bell
- Prep and Landing Characters
-I want a hippopotamus for Christmas song lyrics and paper print out of a hippo (My brother said he didn't want anything for Christmas except maybe a hippo from the song so that's what he got)
-Elf suit and hat I found on Pinterest and added my little brothers face to
-Reindeer cut out and some other Christmas print outs
- Symbols of Christmas cutouts
-Hot Cocoa packets
-Mug
-Peppermint Sticks
-M&Ms, Christmas Story
-Snowman Poop (White Tic-Tacs)
-Christmas Candy
-Stocking
-Homemade Christmas Card
A Sneak Peek ..
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| Candy Sleigh (made out of Christmas candy) |
Grinch Pills
(You can pretty much get any green colored candy and add the Grinch sign to it. I got green butter mints and attached the Grinch tag to it)
Bell, from Polar Express
(Polar Express quote found here)
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| Prep and landing characters (Found here )
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Hot cocoa packets in Mug & Peppermint sticks
As you hold these candies in your hand And turn them, you will see The M becomes a W, and E and then a 3 They tell the Christmas Story It’s one, I’m sure you know It took place in a stable A long long time ago. The E is for the East Where the star shone O so bright the M is for the Manger Where the baby Jesus slept that night. The 3 is for the wise men Bearing gifts, they say they came. W is for worship, Hallelujah Praise to His name. So as you eat these candies Or share them with a friend Remember the Spirit of Christmas And never let it end. |
Symbols of Christmas
I saw many renditions of Symbols of Christmas but none of them had every symbol I wanted so I made the paper and symbol myself from all the ideas I saw online. To be honest you could do a whole package just based on the symbols of Christmas.
This is what the paper says...
Symbols of Christmas
Each year as we prepare
to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmastime we are surrounded by
symbols.
Christmas Tree: Christmas trees are
evergreen trees. They do not die in the winter, but stay green all year.
This is a symbol of eternal life. Christ made it possible for us to live forever
in heaven after we die.
Star: Stars represent the new
star that appeared when Christ was born.
Candles: Jesus said that He is
the light of the world. He shows us the way to go and leads us with His light.
Candy Canes: This candy is made in
the shape of a shepherd’s staff. The shepherds came to see baby Jesus. Christ
is known as the good shepherd.
Red, White, and Green: Christmas colors are
symbols of Jesus Christ. Red represents the blood of Christ. Green represents
eternal life. White represents the purity of Christ (he was perfect).
Gift Giving: Gifts represent the
gifts the wise men brought to the Christ child and the gift of the Savior that
Heavenly Father gave the world.
WREATH: Symbol of the never
ending nature of love … having no beginning and no end.
We when see these
symbols throughout December we should remember the true meaning of Christmas;
the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
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| Christmas Card Front (Christmas Movie's themed card) |
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| Inside |
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| Back |
Decorating the Package:
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| On each flap of the package I made a little scene from a Christmas song Green: Oh Christmas Tree White: I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas Red: Santa Clause Is Coming To Town Blue: Once There Was A Snowman  |
This was a fun package to make and with all the fun little ideas I found it filled it up to the brim. My brother didn't want gifts so you can see we had lots of fun finding other things to put inside :)
Feel free to list some ideas you had to send your Sister's or Elder's, and if you'd like to send us a picture of your Christmas Packages we would love to include them so we can all learn from each other!
Merry Christmas!
