This year my eldest daughter wanted to try her hand at some holiday crafts. I figured it would be fun to try some more creative and challenging crafts so we looked at pinterest and I let her choose what to do. She ended up wanting to make a holiday bingo game as a gift for her 2-year old cousin. It was very sweet, although explaining to a 5-year old why bingo may not be an age appropriate gift seemed beyond her. She just looked at me with wide eyes and said “It’s okay mommy, she can just use it when she’s older!” (Shrug and sigh).
Most DIY bingo sets were printed from a computer, but since I don’t own a printer I figured we could draw them by hand. My daughter got to choose all the icons and colors. She actually drew each one for me and colored them so I knew what she wanted, then I transcribed them to each board in random orders. The bingo pieces ended up being pennies we painted with nail polish and the dice we made were little wooden craft blocks that we drew the icons onto and colored.
I think this set is really cute and thoughtful, and it was a lot of fun for my daughter and me to put together. Hopefully her cousin will really enjoy the set when she gets older! Did you make anything special for yhe holidays? Happy holidays to all!
fromstephwithlove 