Ideas For babys 1st Christmas

So I want to have some family traditions and I especially want to celebrate the holidays with my little one however for the first year he will probably come after Halloween so no costumes and I don't think he will quite be caring about thanksgiving dinner at probably like 2 weeks old (I seriously doubt I'll even be wanting to cook one so Ill probably just snap a pic with a themed onsie and maybe see if any of the local churches do a community meal mommy needs mashed potatoes and gravy or the day just wont count)     

Which leaves me at basicaly starting with Christmas and why not Its one of the bigest holidays of the year and one of my favorites to. other then Easter because even though I had to dress up mom made chicken Waldorf saled and or corned beef brisket. (ok yeah I was a weird child get over it) 

so first I came up with the list of family traditions Id like to have. 

• Decorate the tree (cut down a mini from the woods like always)
• Make a yearly treat (Make a holiday snack each year like a Gingerbread home or Xmas rice crispys when he gets old enough let him chose what to make each year)
• Make a yearly ornament (chose a more permanent type of ornament each year make it personal hopefully we can keep the tradition going until the Christmas tree becomes a time line of little prints and pictures and memory's)
• Christmas eve gift (we each get to chose one gift to open on Christmas eve)
• Christmas morning stocking (everyone gets a stocking yes you better believe even me lol)
• Christmas day meal (it doesn't have to be huge but it will be special)

so for babys first christmas I need to
Make 3 stockings mine daddys and babys (yeah Iv kinda failed at holiday celebrating lately)
chose and decorate a tree (the one thing me and daddy did keep alive lol) 
Chose and make babies first Christmas ornament (the super fun part)


so I narrowed it down to a few options for Babys first Christmas ornament .

salt dough foot print

1. make salt dough - 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup salt, 1 cup flour.  mix all ingredients and knead well
2. roll salt dough - maybe 1/4" thick or so? (might have been thinner)
3. press feet into dough (add water to dough if not soft enough to reasonably press feet)
4. cut around foot print
5. make hole for ribbon (will shrink, so make slightly big)
6. bake at 250 degrees for 2 hours on cookie sheet sprayed with pam 
7. Let cool 
8. Paint with acrylic and dry
9. paint info on back and dry (babys 1st xmas or age or whatever) 
10. gloss coat and dry
11. string and hang

Print Globes

1. buy globe ornamant
2. paint bottom of babys foot or hand 
3. press on globe and dry
4. paint on info and dry
5. gloss coat and dry
6. hang 

Baby Shoes
 ok so technically this is an actual store bought ornament but i figured it can be that hard to

1. take a pair of babies shoes 
2. write out the info on the soles
3. Clear coat the sole so the writing doesn't fade
4. string them up to hang 
5. if I want I can even use a hot glue dot and tack the shoes together side by side like the ornament so they face the same way   

Baby Blocks
yet another technicaly store bought ornamant that whouldnt be that hard to make and whould give the option for photos.

1. Get a plain wooden block
2. drill a hole through one of the corners
3. use mod podge to attach photos to some sides
4. use paints to decorate or write info one other sides
5. use mod podge to seal and protect whole block (be sure not to fill in hole)
6. String and hang

Oh and for a bonus I was looking at stocking kits and came across these

im not A huge fan of the fabrics used but I am a huge fan of how simple they are to make http://www.craftandfabriclinks.com/xmas_stocking/Christmas_stocking_pattern.html also not a fan of the way the instructions are writen but this is honestly super easy to do just pick up some decent patterned fabric. no appliques or felt scenery or pompoms and fringe to fall all over the floor in a few years. to bad I don't have a sewing machine anymore I could probably pop them out in less then a night. Since I'll have to hand stitch intead I may even leave the lining out and just pick up a decent fabric. I can always redo them down the road if need be.