Now that it’s November.. I wanted to share this since we had such a neat experience with this product last year. For everyone that likes to do the silly “Elf on a shelf” (or even if you don’t – like us!), you should really try Santa’s Magic Bags! They were so much easier and more exciting! Last year Brooklyn’s grandma gave her a Santa’s Magic Bags board filled with bags of goodies, one for each day, as a count down to Christmas Day. I was a bit skeptical that she would really enjoy it, but every single morning she would wake up and run in to see what new surprise awaited her that day. It became something she did with her dad and it was really precious to watch their excitement opening bags together. Plus, if your kid is like mine and has no concept of time, constantly asking “is it Christmas yet?”, it’s a great visual representation of how many bags/days they have left until Christmas. This will be our first year to fill the bags ourselves. I’m already thinking of the fun things I can put in the 25 bags to surprise Brooklyn & Brody on each of their boards. {Little toys, candy, jewelry, prayers, bible verses, gift cards, stuff from the target dollar section } I’m typically quite the lazy mom when it comes stuff like this, but Santa’s Magic Bags are definitely worth a try and are a fun new tradition we have started!

My daughter LOVED these at Christmas! Every morning she was so excited to open up her bag to get a surprise on the days leading up to Christmas! SO EXCITING to see her light up like that! I highly recommend these for your kids, you will use them year after year!  Better then any Advent or Countdown calendar available.