We did this last year, and my two boys (age 4 & 6) were so impressed. I was very proud of them.

We took photos of them with the boxes they prepared before we took them to the church.
Around Christmas time, we made some of the photos into an ornament for each of them, planning to remember on Christmas day.

Of course, in the chaos of the morning, *I* forgot to pull down the two ornaments with the photos. Partway through the morning, my six year old stopped opening gifts and said out of the blue, "Mommy, I'm glad we made those boxes for the boys so they can have a nice Christmas too."

It's an easy way to get the kids involved in giving. BTW, the dollar store is GREAT for small items. More items in the shoe box is more impressive for the kids -- both givers and receivers -- than one or two larget things. Raid your craft supplies .... stickers, markers, all that is so welcome by the children.

Great idea!
--Christy

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