(I'm just coming up for a quick breath of air after a very busy Photo season! Just a little more and I'll catch up on my blogging) It's December 1st! My kids are already asking what the advent activity for the day is. We have a tradition of doing an activity each day during Advent. Some are quick like having hot cocoa together, some are more involved, like making cookies or gifts. Most of them are things we would be doing anyway, but the advent calendar organizes it and make sure we do all the things we want throughout the month, rather than cramming it in at the last minute. I thought I's share our plans in case you want to get some ideas for your Advent calendar. (There are some much better moms out there who have a serious craft everyday...this about all I can handle without turning a 'fun' family activity into me getting really frustrated that there's paint/icing/googly eyes everywhere but on the craft)
1-hot cocoa
2- read Christmas story/ set up Nativity set
Sa 3- Holiday in the Plaza/tree lighting ceremony (CH) 4-7pm
Su 4- make cookies (cookie exchange)
5- read spirit of Christmas book
6- make teacher/grandparent gifts (votives with fingerprint snowmen)
7- Make rosemary wreath
8-paper snowflakes
9- Watch Elf Story with Gigi on CBS
Sa 10- take Christmas PJ pictures
Su 11- read You can do it, Sam and make cookies for neighbors
12- Go shopping for Angel Tree kids
13- Hot Apple Cider
14- donate toys/gifts
15- Santa Pictures
16- Winter Wonders science show (CH) 6pm
Sa 17- Sleepover @ Gigi’s Su 18- find the pickle
19- drive/look at Christmas Lights 20- make star shaped crayons
21- s’mores in the fireplace
22- Make gingerbread house
23- Outdoor Ice Skating
24- read Twas night before Christmas/ Make Jesus a birthday cake
25 Christmas—sing Happy Birthday to Jesus!
Also, if you have an Elf on the Shelf (ours is named Buddy :)), check out these fun ideas for him/her! Elf Ideas
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