For the past few years, I have loved being able to participate in packing shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child with my kids. I usually let each of them choose the items at the dollar store, we decorate a card and pack the boxes all while listening to Christmas music and drinking hot beverages. It’s been a tradition of trying to teach them to care about others around the world that might not have as much as they do.
And this year won’t be any different but after I met Alex at a conference I attended a few weeks ago and learned about this ministry of Samaritan’s Purse more in depth, I knew I wanted to help out more and get even more people involved.
And that’s when I learned about “Packing Parties”. There are several ways to go about a packing party, you could have a play date where the kids help pack, a homeschool group could get together, really the options are endless so today I’m going to share with you how to host a packing party and these ideas will be centered around a Mom’s Night Out Packing Party.
How to Host a Packing Party:
First, find out who you want to be involved with the party whether it’s kids, families, school groups or others. Since I have a heart for Mom’s I went with a Mom’s Night Out. We just had our packing party this past weekend and…. read the rest of the post over at Keeper of the Home.
Do you pack shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child? Have you ever considered a packing party?
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we do shoeboxes as a family every year. I’ve never done a real packing party but would LOVE to have one or attend one! 🙂