HAPPY DECEMBER! Every year I make an ADVENT ACTIVITY CALENDAR with things to do with the kids and it's become a wonderful tradition in our family. I am sharing my curated list, from which I pick 24 activities each year, depending on our schedule and the kids' age and interests (and covid restrictions in '20 and '21).
I always take into account weekdays/weekends and any other plans to make sure we can actually do the activity and I even sometimes swap them around last minute if needed ;)
FUN AT HOME
Have a paper snowball fight (our absolute favourite activity)
Take a bubble bath and make a Santa beard
Watch Christmas movies
Host an Advent party with friends
Take photos with funny Christmas filters
Listen to Christmas songs in other languages
Tell Christmas stories from childhood
Make up funny Christmas stories
A Christmas karaoke or dance party
Look at old family photos
Record a family Christmas video
Pay Christmas games (I Spy, Would You Rather, Spot the Difference)
Tell Christmas jokes
Read Christmas books (we make a book Advent calendar)
Wrap up your siblings or parents as gifts
Prepare teacher gifts and cards
Decorate the Christmas tree
Decorate the house
Prepare for Santa
CRAFTS
Make ornaments or other decorations
Make Christmas cards for friends and family
Print Christmas colouring pages
Cut paper snowflakes
Make gift tags
Decorate the windows with chalk markers
Cut out a child-sized cardboard gingerbread man
Make a Christmas board game
EDIBLE FUN
Decorate a gingerbread house
Make hot chocolate and marshmallows
Dip mini Pretzels into melted chocolate
Bake and decorate cookies
Make lollipop angels
FUN OUTDOORS
Google Christmas traditions in another country
Go ice skating
Evening pyjama walk to check out the neighbourhood decorations
Drive around to see Christmas lights
Go sledding
Visit a Christmas market
Visit Santa’s grotto and take photos
Watch a Christmas play in the theatre
Donate toys to a charity
Another fun thing we do is our BOOK ADVENT CALENDAR. Every day we read a Christmas story and we've had pretty much the same Christmas storybooks for the past 9 years. Every few years were replace 2-3 with more age appropriate ones. The boys love these stories and always look forward to reading them.
I hope this article inspired you to try some of these activities or share one of your own with the readers.
Love, Maya
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