We always look forward to December because we love doing a homemade Advent Calendar. Every year I make one. Each is constructed differently, but each similarly contains activities of service and of fun!
This year there is a Bible text on each day also. Each gives another name for Jesus.
Day 2 - We read this book and then started the process of deciding what to do with our money jar.
Day 3 - We decorated the Christmas tree!
Day 4 - We made scrabble tile ornaments. Big hit! We love these on the tree!
Day 5 - Making paper snowflakes to hang at the window behind the Christmas tree. Chaeli is the best snowflake maker in the house!
Day 6 of our Advent Calendar was to figure out 5 Random Acts of Christmas Kindness and do them. We packed apple cider and mints in baggies and passed them out and stuck them in all sorts of places - cars, atm, blue mailbox, cashiers, shopping carts. It was pretty fun!
Day 7 - Making a hot drink
Day 10 - We played one of our favorite Christmas games - Journey to Bethlehem. It's not a Bible knowledge game or even a learning game. It's more about family togetherness, communication, fun, and bit of silliness!
A towel over his head like a shepherd
Singing a Christmas carol in order for the other travelers to pay him a shekel.
The space said it got cold. She had to wear socks on her hands until she spun a 6.
Shekels came and went as the game progressed.
Day - We made Christmas colored playdoh
13 more days of Advent activities to go...
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