Christmas Lights Color Matching (printable) Day 1 of the 2011 Activity Advent Countdown This Christmas lights matching printable activity from Tons of Fun was the perfect way to kick off our Christmas Countdown! If you don’t have pom poms you can use beads, blocks, toy cars, or crayons to match to the lights. To make the …
Jill (from Shafer Family Blog), gave me the idea for this Christmas tradition, count down to Christmas with books. This is our second year doing it (in addition to our Activity Advent Countdown) and we LOVE it! Collect all of your child’s Christmas books and wrap them each individually. We put ours under the tree …
I’m so excited to bring you my annual, printable Activity Advent Countdown! I used ideas, printables, and resources (list below) found around the web to make counting down to Christmas fun and educational! 2011 Activity Advent Countdown 1. 1. Christmas Lights Color Pom Pom Matching (scroll down) 2. 2. Make a Paper Plate …
It’s day 22 of our countdown! Try this Christmas Addition printable from TLS Books. I really like how it is pictures and is a very simple introduction to counting/addition.
Day 20 of our Activity Advent Calendar is Christmas Pattern Block Mats from PreKinders. This is such a cool resource that she offers. If you don’t have the blocks, you can make some out of craft foam. This is the only picture I got of B putting this tree together. Before he was finished, he decided it would …
Paint and Glue Tree On Day 19 of our Activity Advent Calendar we painted a Christmas Tree and used stickers as ornaments. The plan was to cut ornaments out of paper and glue them on, but the planned changed when B found the stickers and wanted to use those. B also tried fork painting on the …
Today’s countdown activity is the Whose Present? Maze printable from Activity Village. I’m so excited to try this with B. For younger children who might not be ready for this maze yet, trace the paths in different colors ahead of time. Then have them follow a color with their finger.
Day 17 of the Activity Advent Calendar is Ornament Sorting and Tree Mat from PreKinders. Sort the ornaments by color or by design.
This How to Draw a Snowman Printable is a fun way to learn how to draw a snowman and to practice following step by step directions.
B really wanted to use my circle punch, so I thought we should put the circles to good use. He glued them onto cardstock and drew in the details to make a snowman thank you note. Cookie cutter stamping is also a fun activity that can be cut and folded into thank you notes. Just dip the …
I was inspired by Superheroes and Princesses to make this reindeer breakfast. Cut a piece of toast into a triangle, use crust or pretzels for the antlers and candy or fruit for the face. A simple and festive snack!
This Silver Bells Game idea from PreKinders is so fun! Put dot stickers on the bottom of Hersheys Kisses and play a matching or memory game with them. We played using words but you could play with letters, numbers, names, or colors. We also sorted them by sticker color and then used them to make …