Santa's Workshop

For the past two years, the last primary activity day of the year has been held at the beginning of December and is a "Santa's Workshop". Ward members donate new or gently used items, like picture frames, toys, purses, books, home decor, and many other things. Then the kids are able to come in and pick items to give to their parents or siblings for Christmas.







I think it is such a great way to save parents money during the holidays so they don't feel the need to go out with their kids and let their kids buy presents for them. Then after the kids wrapped up the presents they chose, there were a few crafts that they made.



They decorated paper Christmas trees and covered them with glitter (although if we do this next year, I think I'm going to suggest using glitter glue, because wow what a mess).








Then they made pine cone bird feeders with peanut butter and bird seed. And the last craft was puzzle piece wreaths decorated with buttons and sequins. Layton even got into the fun of everything. He especially enjoyed the pine cones and the empty wrapping paper rolls. All in all it was a highly successful primary activity day.







I'll have to say that the primary presidency we currently have in our ward is one of the best I've ever seen. They spend so much time thinking of each child.







They even took the time to go through the children one by one, look at their family situation, and chose those children that needed the most cheer in their homes this year. They then wrote out an anonymous gift request with the child's gender and age on it and let volunteers from the Relief Society purchase a special gift for each of those children.




The spirit that is felt during each activity and sharing time is so special and strong. I am absolutely positive that every single child can feel how much they love them. I hope they realize how much they are doing to brighten the lives of the sweet children in our ward.