Advent Activity Calender

It's so easy to get caught up in the busy Holiday Season and forget what is truly important. This year we are really focusing on the giving, helping others and enjoyment of activities, that truly make the Holiday Season important and special. One of the ways I have found to put the focus on that, is by having an Advent activity calender.

There are lots of ideas out there on making an advent calender. You can search online or on Pinterst for many different ways to make your own!  For mine, I used an idea from Family Fun Magazine. Click here for the tree templates and instructions.
Here is how ours turned out!

I wrote out activities for each day just on some scratch paper.

Then I folded the papers up and put one under each day!

Some of our advent daily activities are...
Decorate the Christmas tree
Sing Christmas Carols
Take Christmas Family picture
Random Act of Kindness- click here for some great ideas! I did this one a few times
Donate food to the food bank
Everyone tell one Christmas joke
Christmas Movie Night- I did this one a couple of times also
Read Christmas books
Bake Christmas treats
Learn about Hanukkah- click here for a great website about Hanukkah 
Make a gift for your teacher
Give cookies and a thank you letter to your mailman
Write a note of appreciation to each family member
Purchase a gift for someone in need
Christmas Trivia game click here for some fun trivia
Make hot chocolate and drive around and look at Christmas lights
Learn about Kwanzaa click here for a great website about Kwanzaa 
Open Christmas PJ's- we do this on Christmas Eve, so everyone has a new pair of PJ's for Christmas morning


Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  I would love to hear how you are celebrating the Holiday season and family traditions that make your Holiday special!!

Faith