{"id":10843,"date":"2019-12-06T10:05:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T23:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/?p=10843"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T05:25:35","slug":"how-to-get-prepared-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/how-to-get-prepared-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Easy Tips On How To Get Prepared For Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Prep For Your Holidays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Are you ready for the holidays? We’ve got tips for you on how to get prepared for Christmas. Avoid long queues, extended shipping times & big bulk shops by planning your shopping & organising everything in advance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create your own DIY Christmas Planner and Checklist <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. Prepare your Christmas Decorations early.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Pick a Christmas theme and create your Christmas mood board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s good to start with an overall Christmas theme you’d like for this year’s Christmas celebration. Organise a Christmas mood board<\/a> to help you execute the look you are going for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a list of things that you can reuse from your old Christmas decorations. Take note of the things you’ll need to buy to achieve the Christmas theme you want for this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some popular Christmas decoration ideas<\/a> to get you inspired to create your own theme for the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once you’ve chosen your Christmas theme whether it’s Winter wonderland, farmhouse chic, or a Nordic minimalist Christmas, incorporate it into your home decor, gifts, menu, and table setting. Save on expenses by creating your Christmas decor crafts early too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Add a personalised touch to your Christmas home decorations with these Cushion covers<\/a>, wall decals or a house sign<\/a> in a Christmas design of your choice & get your house looking perfectly festive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Maka a Christmas Gift List.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Gift List <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write all the names of those you’ll be giving gifts to in your own customised notepad<\/a>. You can take photos of your notes so you have a copy on your phone as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Categorise your list into the kind of gifts you want to give them or sort them based on which shop you’re buying them from. This way, it will be easy for you to tick them off the list. Another hot tip is to assign a budget to manage your expenses when you start buying presents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gift Wrapping Essentials<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Start planning and organising your gift wrapping supplies like Christmas cards<\/a>, gift labels<\/a>, personalised stickers<\/a>, ribbons, wrapping paper, Santa Sacks<\/a>, and Christmas Stockings<\/a>. Check your stash and list down what you’ll need for wrapping all your Christmas gifts. Don’t forget the sticky tape!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Plan your themed Christmas Menu.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Get some inspiration for your lunch or dinner menu with these Christmas recipes<\/a>; they’re perfect for making for your Christmas gatherings. There’s something here for every taste and budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Get the kitchen, pantry, and table set up ready for a memorable Christmas dining experience with your family and guests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kitchen<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prepare a grocery list<\/a> of all the items you’ll need for your Christmas meals, snacks, and holiday desserts. You may not be buying perishable items yet but a list keeps you organised and in theme with everything else you’ve prepared for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Put yourself in the mood to do some Christmas cooking, baking, and meal prep by having some Christmas-inspired items in the kitchen like these cute personalised tea towels<\/a>. They’re an awesome gift too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Table Setting<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bring your Christmas decor theme to life with your table setting.  Add some personalised Christmas placemats<\/a> & coasters<\/a> to your setting to give everyone their own designated seat at the family table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now that you’ve got your Christmas Planning Checklist ready, make sure you have it with you when you start your early Christmas shopping. Maximize your savings & the opportunity to be organised for Christmas this year by taking advantage of the pre-holiday sale season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want To Start Getting Ready For Christmas Early?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We’ve got clever blog articles filled with Christmas Inspo to get you in the Christmas spirit. Check out our articles on Christmas Tree Ideas<\/a> and Christmas Food Ideas<\/a> or do some crafting with the kids using this free printable Christmas Card<\/a>.  It’s an easy DIY project you can start making early & have ready for the big day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking For Some Personalised Christmas Gifts?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We’ve got an awesome range of Personalised Christmas Gifts<\/a> for Nan, Pop, Aunty, Uncle, Hubby, Wife & more! Add Christmas gift labels<\/a> for your homemade Christmas treats and putting them in some jars and containers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By far our most popular Christmas Gift Essential is our clever Santa Labels<\/a> Value Kit. They’re super cute & they’ll save you trying to disguise your handwriting from your clever kids! The best part? These are all made in Australia and shipped super fast! You’re going to love them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prep For Your Holidays Are you ready for the holidays? We’ve got tips for you on how to get prepared for Christmas. Avoid long queues, extended shipping times & big bulk shops by planning your shopping & organising everything in advance.  Create your own DIY Christmas Planner and Checklist  1. Prepare your Christmas Decorations early. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":10856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[958,959],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hacks","category-inspiration"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-10-at-5.01.30-PM-min.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9StYi-2OT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10843"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16658,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10843\/revisions\/16658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}