Raising Daughters Of The King

A Game PlanDecember 2017

This is a different topic to come up with a game plan to help you but let’s give it a shot.

1. Seek and find. Mathew 7:7
2. Follow and don’t judge. James 1:22-24
3. Create memories by repeating the same style of family celebration year after year according to your convictions. Take photos and reminisce.
4. Find a fun way to do costumes and activities; such as Fall Festivals and fairs.
5. Celebrate Thankfulness for everything God has given us, whether it has been an easy year or not. Make thankfulness a way of life. Have them collect cans for food pantries. Have them make cookies for Firefighters. Simple ways to help our children learn thankfulness and get out of themselves.
6. Create fun games with your children. Have them write letters with requests and put out cookies for Santa (Parents to eat). Save those letters written in sweet little handwriting. Put out reindeer food. (We did fail to tell our last child that it was a game so we gently allowed her to be in on the game of it – but we chose to do that ourselves, hoping it wouldn’t be a shock to her heart and break her trust.) We made scavenger hunt clues for our kids to find their bigger gifts.
7. Help your children buy presents for those that don’t have them. Use Angel tree opportunities. Help your kids give some of their toys to those that don’t have them. Give gifts of time and activities rather than always using material gifts. Put a limit on the money to be spent.
8. Pick a totally different time of year to dye eggs and hide eggs to hunt. We hide them in the house, and they love to hide and find after the first time of hunting. We hide them all year long.
9. Give them inexpensive items other than candies. Socks are fun and memorable. Jammies and t-shirts are fun as well.
10. One of our favorite Valentine gifts was a stuffed frog that reminded them to pray for their future prince. They named them crazy names. It was also a reminder to keep your heart and lives pure for your husband.