I made this last year and I am so glad I did! It is nice to have planned and fun activities that we can do during the season, but plan them when we can actually do them! Then on busy school nights, we can do simpler activities and on the weekends, busier ones.
Here is the link on how to make it: Advent Calendar
1) Make snow globes out of baby food jars
2) Make snowmen crafts out of marshmallows
3) Make sugar cookies and share them with friends
4) Hot chocolate before bed
5) Watch a Christmas movie
6) Go see Arthur Christmas
7) Secretly leave treats at someone's house
8) Read a Christmas story (we do this all the time, but makes it more fun!)
9) Christmas Bingo
10) Watch the Nativity and Mr. Kreuguer's Christmas (can be bought here ) It only costs $4.50 and fre shipping and Jimmy Stewart is in it. You can't go wrong with him!
11) Color Christmas pages
12) Act out the nativity
13) Go look at Christmas lights
14) Watch a Christmas movie
15) Go out to dinner (at a real restauarant!) Been telling the kids we'll attempt this now that they're older.
16) Make fudge
17) Go to dollar store and have the kids pick out gifts for each other
18) Do a Christmas craft
19) Have a popcorn party
20) Watch Claymation bells video (classic from my childhood!)
21) Read a Christmas story
22) Watch videos on LDS.org about Jesus
23) Write letters to Santa
24) Hot chocolate before bed
So, there you have it! Good luck making your own and I would love to hear of any ideas you have!
6 comments:
How FUN! And yes, my husband is Crazy...with a capital CRA. But I have to let him have his fun from time to time. Oh, and YOU are the one who lead me to MMM in the first place. I forgot that you told me his name right from the beginning. Thanks for the reminder...Rumplestitlskin!!!
Oh wait, maybe I'm talking about middle-aged Mormon Man and you are talking about Modern Mormon Men! ha ha! Which one is Craig on?
You know I have a Christmas book addiction! I had to go on Amazon and get that book you mentioned right away...and add it to my list. GREAT, now I have 26 on my list. I didn't have the heart to bump one off!!! I also love all things Santa! So thanks!
Fabulous advent calendar!
Simply wonderful...Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
Jocelyn, you will be so happy you did! There is also a place called Paperbackswap.com. Swap Books for Free - PaperBackSwap.com (copy and paste this) I have gotten a lot of books from there and all you do is pay shipping. You are pretty much paying shipping for different books. I have gotten a lot of great books hardly use or brand new. Easy way to build up your library! And Ken might be on the MMM site? Anyway, he is hysterical huh?!
Modern Mormon Men. =) I double checked. lol
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