Holiday Box Exchange with the Cousins

Each December, fill a cardboard box with simple items that tell a story about the lives your family led over the past year. You can include vacation souvenirs, seashells, pressed flowers, pinecones, local postcards, ticket stubs, the children’s drawings, photos, cookies, and Christmas stuffed animals from the $1 store. Keep the items low-cost or free. Coordinate with your cousins to send the boxes on a certain date. Your kids can collecting and save items throughout the year.