25+ Christmas Activities Suggested by Savvy Mom Ruth Paget

25+ Christmas Fair Activities Suggested by Savvy Mom Ruth Paget

Sell books related to these activities outside the actual venue at several places around the Christmas Fair to avoid in-workshop pressure sales.

1-Messiah Chorus Singing (composed by Handel)

2-Wreath Making for Doorways

3-Carol Singing – provide lyrics in both English and German

4-Oral Storytelling

Parzival, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

5-Christmas Carol Play by Dickens

Keep ticket prices low to moderate

6-Christmas Carol Movie

7-Holiday Cloth Napkin Folding

Learn 5 folds

8-Papel Picado – Mexican paper cutting to make Christmas decorations

9-Practice handwriting to write Christmas cards and thank-you letters

10-Make tree ornaments

11-International Dining Etiquette classes – European cutlery handling

12- International Dining Etiquette classes – Indian and Arab – thumb plus first two fingers

13-Poinsettia as science and arts

-Christmas story picture book

-seed identification and various stages of growth

-poinsettia care and typical lifespan

14-Waltzing Classes to the music of Johann Strauss – Contact Arthur Murray.  They could probably bring in certified instructors.

15-Internation Dining Etiquette classes – Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese

16-Puppets – Young children do like floppy muppets who do traditional tales

17-Clown Routines – they also sell insurance for variety acts

18-Flannel Board Storytelling

19-Magic Shows

20-Hoola-hoop classes

21-Frisbee Classes and explanation of Disc Golf

22-Jump Rope and Chants

23-String Arts games like Jacob’s Ladder and Cat’s Cradle

24-Hand Games such as Pat-a-Cake

25-Mother Goose Story Times

26-Beginning Crochet

27-Beginning Knitting

By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

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