Once again, we are so happy to be doing the #25daysofChristmas activity calendar this year. The festive brain child of Andrea from A Peak inside the Fishbowl, this is an advent calendar that brings us together to do activities. My list for this year is below. I kept it very similar to last year but changed it a bit based on our schedule this year.
Today we decorated our note cards and did activity number 1 – letters to Santa!!
Are you participating? There’s still time!
1. Write and mail letters to Santa.
2. Paint a paper Christmas tree for the wall.
3. Sing Jingle Bells – get a special chocolate treat.
4. Dessert for supper, supper for dessert!
5. Make hot chocolate.
6. Select 2 toys to donate to other children who need toys.
7. Make a paper snowman for the wall. Play ‘pin the face on the snowman’
8. Make Christmas cards for family
9. Sing Frosty the Snowman. Enjoy a special chocolate treat.
10. Play the ‘wrapping paper’ music game – find a surprise!
11. Make paper snowflakes and decorate the windows
12. Bake a batch of Christmas cookies.
13. Sing Rudolph. Enjoy a special chocolate treat.
14. Using pine cones, make bird feeders with peanut butter.
15. Make a list of ten things we are thankful for. Hang it where you can see it every day.
16. Play Christmas hide and seek with a Christmas bear! Can you find him?
17. Christmas PJ party! Stay in your pjs all day, watch Christmas shows, read Christmas stories and snuggle!
18. Bring Snow in the house to play in a bucket. Put some in the freezer, some in the fridge. What happens? Read the book ‘Snow’
19. Make and enjoy hot chocolate!
20. Make a paper chain for the mantel.
21 Buy a toy and bring it to Toy Mountain.
22. Sing We Wish you a Merry Christmas. Enjoy a special chocolate treat.
23. Bake and decorate Christmas cupcakes.
24. Unwrap one present (mommy and daddy get to pick which one)
25. It’s Christmas Day. Remember you have a family who loves you. And that’s the most important gift of all.
We did this advent calendar last year and DS loved it! I just couldn’t get myself organized enough this year..I have a feeling CHristmas is going to sneak up on me! Still can’t believe it’s December already!
You have some really great ideas. I would love to do some of these when my little E gets a little older. We are participating this year for the 1st time and started off by writing a letter to Santa too!
What great ideas!! I have to admit, I just stole a few 🙂 I have a wooden tree advent calendar that has little boxes with Christmas ornaments in the bottom part of it. I have put some activities in most, but not all of the boxes along with the ornaments. Though we started putting the ornaments on yesterday, it will be a surprise for my daughter to see something extra in there this morning 🙂
This is such a wonderful and creative idea for families with children especially so easily adapted for couples and singles. Love it.
Glad to see you are doing this again! So much fun for them!
What a lovely list! You might want to move the Toy Mountain activity up a bit sooner if you can. A lot of the drop-offs close the week before Christmas, so that they have time to sort and deliver the presents.
So adorable. I love the idea of this, but seriously, I can’t even remember to open the doors on the chocolate calendar *g*.