I found some kits online but they were $20! Other than eating the cookies and drinking the milk, what other ideas do you have?
2006-12-10 19:48:26 · 22 answers · asked by grneyzzz 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Leave a Thank You note from Santa (Have a friend, neighbor, or co-worker write the note so the handwriting is not yours)
Use Corn Starch and a template (easily made from cardboard) and leave boot prints reindeer prints and sleigh marks on the front grass or sidewalk... (If you live where it shows draw the prints in the snow)
Get a piece of Charcoal and rub you finger on it leave a finger print somewhere you can discover it with your child.. Explain that Santa must have left it his hands must get a bit dirty sliding down chimneys.. Near the cookie plate is a great place...
Leave at least one cookie with a bit out of it on the cookie plate.. Leave a bit of milk in the cup and be sure there are some crumbs from the cookie in Santa's beard in it.. . (This part was always hard for me I hate cookies)
Scatter some dog food near the hoof prints, get a trial pack (usually under $1.00 ) so it's different than you usual dog food... It's reindeer food... Get some hay (sold at craft stores really cheap or ask a local horse owner for a hand full) use spray glue and sprinkle on some glitter... Instant flying reindeer hay... Sprinkle about with the food...
Buy a few bells (1 inch) and leave them as if Santa dropped them from his sleigh.... Place with food and Hay...
2006-12-10 20:15:53 · answer #1 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never let my kids believe in a real Santa but my parents had my brother and I believing. We would put out the usual cookies and milk. My Mom would leave some crumbs around the plate and an empty glass with a milk ring in the bottom. But the reason I never let my children believe in Santa is I can remember the disappointment when I was told by my parents that he didn't exist. I didn't want my children to feel like that.
2006-12-10 20:04:41 · answer #2 · answered by kitkat1640 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than the obvious (leave cookies & milk) try a thank you note for Santa (never too young for good manners after all) and maybe a few organic carrots stragically placed for the reindeer too! Then leave a few partially eaten carrot stubs nearby so the wee one can see that those busy delivery deers were in such a rush to get all those gifts to the children of the world that their table manners went up the chimney, so to speak!
2006-12-10 21:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by taowhore 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course eat the cookies and drink the milk ... but leave one with just a bite taken out.
Make footprints on the floor with sugar ... mud or snow if you don't mind cleaning up.
Have someone else write the gift tags (I figured everything out when Santa's handwriting was the same as my mom's). A neighbor or something.
Have your child mail a letter to Santa ... addressed "Santa Claus, North Pole, AK, 99705". Volunteers there actually write back! But to be sure they get something BEFORE Christmas, find a "Santa Letter" template online (or write your own). Fill in a few details like name, age, and the present they've asked for, print, and mail to the child. But really ... would Santa print a letter? No, he'd write it out. So if your neighbor who writes the tags wouldn't mind, have them copy it longhand. Act very excited when it arrives in the mail (of course, don't put a return address).
2006-12-10 20:24:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that you can leave bells around the house saying that Santa and the reindeer must have dropped them and have someone other than you write a thank you note for the cookies and milk.
2006-12-10 20:43:17 · answer #5 · answered by kort 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But do be sure and put cookies and milk out. Don't forget carrots for the reindeer. You can also plant some flour at the spot Santa enters the house--he will track it around as he does his duties.
2006-12-10 20:31:17 · answer #6 · answered by beckychr007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elena,a nice idea;)I agree that Santa is the magic on Christmass eve.I have 7 children(and 8-th on the way) and the older(over 9) already know that Santa doesn't exist but they believe in the magic of Christmass
2006-12-11 01:07:03 · answer #7 · answered by julie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mum and dad used to write a note. Just saying thanks for the cookies and milk and the reindeer loved the carrots etc. And be good. They used to do it in wiggly writing because santa is so COLD from living in the north pole! Have a good christmas!
2006-12-10 20:00:21 · answer #8 · answered by ce_ben1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be careful with your children's age.If they are older than 8 years and have doubts about Santa,you would betten not lie to them.Just explain them that Santa is something like the magic on Christmass and Santa brings happyness to people on Christmass.
If the kids are younger it's not difficult.You just tell them that Santa has brought the presents and...READY!
2006-12-11 01:02:55 · answer #9 · answered by Livia 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cookies/goodies are all eaten except at least one cookie left behind with a bite taken out of it.
Toys and presents under the tree/in the stockings!
Have kids leave their wish lists out and have him move them, like he was reading them while eating his snack.
Leave out carrots for the reindeer too!
2006-12-11 00:43:16 · answer #10 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋