Day 10 of the Activity Advent Calendar – Paint a Christmas Tree Another Simple Christmas Tree Craft! It’s the simple activities like these that have been the most popular on our advent calendar. I’ve never seen B work so hard to paint in the lines before. Then he glued down circles for the ornaments. I …
Ice Cream Cone Christmas trees are perfect to add to your gingerbread house/neighborhoods or to make and eat as a special treat! What you need: Sugar cone Frosting and food coloring Mini m&ms or other candy Spread the frosting on an ice cream cone and have your child decorate the tree with candies or sprinkles. …
Day 9 of the Activity Advent Calendar – Printable Christmas Cookie Ornaments Christmas Cookie Ornaments Printable Print, Color, Cut, and Hang up! After the initial disappointment that we weren’t going to be doing anything with REAL Christmas cookies, B really had fun with this. He has hung them up and taken them down at least …
Day 8 of the Activity Advent Calendar – Write a Letter to Santa I wrote the letter to Santa for B as he told me what he wanted to say. He really only wants the book “If You Give a Pig a Party” that he looked at while shopping at Kohls the other day. I …
Day 6 of the Activity Advent Calendar – Christmas Light ABC Activity Christmas Light ABC Activity Printable We clipped the ABC lights, in order, onto a ribbon. Originally we clipped them from the top but the weight of the clothes pins kept flipping them over so B had the challenge of trying to clip them …
Day 5 of the Activity Advent Calendar – Make a Candy Cane Reindeer Remember these from when we were younger? All you need to put together one of these is a pipe cleaner, googly eyes, and a red pom pom. This turned out to be harder for B’s little hands than I thought it would …
Day 3 of the Activity Advent Calendar – Make Beaded Candy Cane Ornaments I got this kit at Hobby Lobby for $1 but if you already have pipe cleaners and red and white beads then you are ready to make a candy cane ornament. This was a great activity to work with patterns and stringing …
As we all know, the Christmas tree is SO tempting for little ones! The thought of keeping your tree “safe” is exhausting. So here is my solution….. Kid Friendly Ornaments Last year at Christmas time B was 21 months and really into Sesame Street so I decided to make him his own “special” ornaments. I …
Day 2 of the Activity Advent Calendar – Santa Dice Game Directions: Print out the Santa Dice Game sheet. Find something to use for counters. We used mini M&Ms. Roll the dice or spin a spinner. Place that amount of M&Ms on the Santa sheet. When you fill up your sheet (or whoever fills it …
Activity Advent Christmas Countdown – Make a Bow Wreath B (2 1/2) is so excited about the whole thing which makes me so excited. He does keep demanding to pull out Day 25 so it will be Christmas. I think I need to store the calendar higher up somewhere. Day 1 is “Make a Bow …
There are so many different, awesome types of advent calendars out there. I was having a hard time deciding on one and then it occured to me that one Christmas activity a day would be fun for us. I made and printed the activity cards (below), sewed 25 felt pockets (pictured above, directions below in …
The holiday season is quickly approaching! A reader recently asked me to post our favorite toddler toys/gift ideas. So here are Our Favorite Things (WATCH OUT OPRAH!). We have all of these items and they have been on our list of favorites for awhile. I have not been compensated in any way by any of …