Do you give back during the Holiday season? I think it’s so important to teach my kids the importance of giving back to those in need. Something we look forward to doing each year is filling the O.C.C (Operation Christmas Child) Boxes from our Church. You have the choice to chose the age group and gender of the child you’re providing for. We do the age group that our kids are that year, so this year we did a 6 six old boy and a one-two year old girl.
Here’s a list of the items we added to our shoe boxes:
{ Boy }
- Wet wipes
- Tissues
- Hair and body wash
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- 6 pack of mechanical pencils
- Jump rope
- Toy Story puzzle
- Child’s book of Prayers
- Christmas flip book
- Small stocking
- 48 pack of crayons
{ Girl }
- Wet wipes
- Tissues
- 12 pairs of socks
- Hair and body wash
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Bath sponge
- First Bible book
- Christmas flip book
- Small stocking
- 12 pack of large crayons
As we filled the shoe boxes, we prayed for the children who would receive them and my son told me how much fun he had doing this. Made my heart smile 🙂
Awe.. so beautiful !!
Thanks 😉
I want to do this with Sammie this year.It is always good to give back & help others. Thanks for sharing.Visiting from DearCreatives.com
It’s SO rewarding!
Great minds think alike! My post tomorrow is on Operation Christmas Child! Oh I love seeing you and your little guy putting a box together!!!!
Don’t you love love love when we can teach our children to think outside themselves?
I love it! Looking forward to reading your post!!
I love this.
Stopping by to say “aloha” from An Aloha Affair and to invite you to join us this week. We are now live and are ready to mingle. I can’t wait to see what else you’ve been up to this week.
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Thanks for stopping by Nicole!
This is such an excellent idea and a great way to teach kiddos about true giving.
It really is Holly! My son truly enjoyed doing this, this year!!
Hi Fotini, Operation Christmas Child is such a great program. We participated for years with our kids, and they truly delighted in getting to pick out stuff for the boxes and imagining the joy they would bring to the kids who would receive them. I’m your newest follower on GFC. Have a great week!
Debbie
Thanks so much Debbie! I’m thrilled you stopped by 🙂
Ah, this brings back memories from when i was about 11 years old. Our school would do the ‘Operation Christmas Child’ and it was really fun gathering all the necessities to put in the shoe box, knowing how appreciated they would be on the other end. I need to start doing this again every Christmas. 🙂
Lauren x
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I wish they still did things like this is schools. I think it’s so important!