It’s hard to believe that Christmas is only a few weeks away (anyone else starting to feel the pressure?!), but it means that it‘s safe to start getting excited about all of the colours, festivities, and above all else, the photo opportunities. If you love taking photos of your children, you’re probably already dreaming up a few photo ideas to try. Of course there is the usual one where your child meets Santa (click here for 6 tips on how to prepare small children for meeting Father Christmas!) but here are a few other ideas for you to try.

What’s Christmas Without Cookies 🍪

If you have a little one who loves cookies, dress them up in a cute outfit or even like an elf and capture them stealing a few of the cookies you’ve left out for Father Christmas.

All That Glitters ✨

If your children are slightly older, you can get some beautiful shots by simply adding a little glitter to the mix. Zoom in and get your child to blow beautiful glitter out of their hand.

Elves Love Pillow Fights 🧝🏻‍♀️

For something more playful, dress your kids up in striped pyjamas to fit in with the Christmas theme, add some Christmas decorations or Christmas bunting to the room and get them to have a playful pillow fight while you capture the action.

Santa’s Sleepy Little Helper 🎅🏻👶🏼🤶🏻

If your child is still little, you can capture so many cute shots of them while they sleep. From placing them on top of a red Santa sack stuffed with pillows to capturing them fast asleep on a children’s Christmas book, there are lots of ways to get some sweet, sleepy shots.

Dress The Tree 🎄

When it comes time to put up your Christmas tree, dress your kids up and capture pictures of them decorating it with brightly-coloured baubles. You can also get them to pose beside or in front of it once they’re finished.

Christmas Theme Bake-off 🥣🎂🥧

Of the many things that are great about Christmas, food is certainly one of them, so why not take your camera into the kitchen and capture your children baking in their Christmas hats.

The Reindeer and His Friend 🦌

If your pets are a big part of your life, get your children and your pets to wear a pair of reindeer antlers and capture a few fun, giggly shots.

Christmas is such a fun, colourful time of the year that it’s almost impossible to run out of inspiration for your photo and once you get going, you’ll soon think of many more ideas that you and your children will love. Feel free to leave a comment below with your go to ideas!

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