My annual, printable Activity Advent Countdown is back!
It includes ideas, printables, and resources from around the web to make counting down to Christmas with your toddlers and preschoolers fun and educational!
- Q-Tip Snowflake Ornaments
- Building Christmas Sculptures
- Christmas Color by Number
- Fishing for Candy Canes
- Christmas Playdough Mats
- Make and Eat Ice Cream Cone Trees
- Alphabet Wreath Activity
- Yarn Wrapped Ornaments
- Pour Paint Ornaments
- Inside snow play (bring real snow inside in a cake pan) or make fake snow with 2 ingredients
- Santa Hat Ornament
- Roll a Christmas Tree Dice Game
- Make Wrapping Paper or Cards with Cookie Cutter Art
- Christmas Themed Sticky Art
- Candy Cane Name Ornaments
- Decorate a Paper Plate Christmas Tree
- Stack a Felt Christmas Tree
- Fizzing Candy Canes
- Sticker Christmas Tree Craft or 3D Tree Sticker Decorating
- Christmas Q-Tip Painting
- Pasta Ornaments
- Letter Matching or Ornament Counting
- Gingerbread Cookies Pretend Play
- Make Jingle Bell Bracelets
- Merry Christmas!
Where to Start:
- Print the 2015 Activity Advent Calendar Cards. This includes the countdown cards, a list of the activities, and a materials list.
- Set up the 25 countdown cards to get your child excited about the Countdown to Christmas Activities
Set Up Ideas:
- Put each card in a small box and wrap them. Let your child unwrap a box each morning and that is the activity of the day (regardless of the number)
- Put the cards in a jar and have your child pick a random one out.
- Attach them to a piece of garland with clothes pins and take one down each day in order.
- Make a pocket chart with library pockets from the dollar store or by sewing felt into a grid and put the cards in the pockets in order. Pull one out each day.
- Make a chart with the numbers 1-25 on it. Have your child pick and cross off a number each day. That number would be the activity of the day.
- Hang the cards from the lower branches of your Christmas tree and let your child pick the activity for the day by picking one to take off of the tree.
Quick Tip:
I print all of the activities and gather my materials ahead of time so that I can just grab what I need for that day. That way the work is done and I can enjoy the countdown with my kids!
For more countdown activities and printables, visit my:
Resources: Crafty Morning, Left Brain Craft Brain, Itsy Bitsy Fun, 3 Boys and a Dog, Tot Schooling, Mom Inspired Life, The Inspired Treehouse, The Activity Mom, Happy Hooligans, Mommas Fun World, Buggy and Buddy, 3 Dinosaurs, Stay at Home Educator, Childhood 101, Creative Family Fun, Powerful Mothering, Teaching Mama, Hands on as We Grow, Cutting Tiny Bites, Itsy Bitsy Fun, My Nearest and Dearest
Katy
Tuesday 24th of November 2015
Thanks for much! We can't wait to start this year's countdown! :)
Katy
Tuesday 24th of November 2015
***Thanks "so" much... oops :)
2015 Advent Activity Calendar | taylorseast
Monday 23rd of November 2015
[…] Enjoy – This year’s calendar has a good mix of baking, games, science, and service activities. I also love – Activity Mom’s calendar. […]
Anne
Monday 23rd of November 2015
What a fun list! Thanks so much for including our gumdrop trees!