Oh, the sweaters of Christmas, they have been given such a bad rap!
I love Christmas sweaters!
It was very special to have a decorated sweater for Christmas as I was growing up! It was even better if they had cute pictures, ribbons, bows, bells and sparkly thread.
Christmas-themed sweaters were first produced on a grand scale, when the Christmas holiday was becoming increasingly commercialized. Initially referred to as “Jingle Bell Sweaters,” the first sweaters saw decades of popularity.
Then came the word "ugly" when referring to Christmas sweaters.
Gaudy, bad taste, tacky, the more stuff on them the better! People hold parties to celebrate the worst sweaters of the year!
So for fun I created a cute craft activity for children to make their own version of the Christmas sweater. It is one that can also be done with parent help as a family project.
Decorate the Sweater
This adorable Christmas activity includes the cover sheet, 4 different blank sweater templates to use and a parent letter.
When finished, it then becomes a prompt for story writing and telling. It is always fun to see the different methods of creating an ugly sweater!
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Maybe you will have a wonderfully ugly sweater of Christmas!
I'm pretty sure I will!
