Monday, November 26, 2012

2012 Advent List


It's that time of year again... Advent!  And keeping in with tradition, I'm planning an Advent Calendar filled with things to do in making memories as a family.  Each year we try to focus on memory making rather than stuff and this year I find that I have more ideas than days on the calendar.  So you'll see that some days have more than one activity listed.  That's because I just couldn't decide which one I'd rather do.  I'm still playing with the order a little bit as we finalize our traveling plans, but this is what our Advent calendar looks like so far.

Dec 1st--Christmas Parade
Dec 2nd--Make an ice wreath
Dec 3rd--Set up Christmas Little People Set/ read the nativity story
Dec 4th--Make nativity figures/ make thumbprint candy canes
Dec 5th--Have a dance party to Christmas music
Dec 6th--Send postcards to cousins
Dec 7th--Holiday Movie: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Dec 8th--Have a sleepover under the Christmas tree/purchase a new Christmas book
Dec 9th--Make Homemade Marshmallows/ shop for angel tree
Dec 10th--Visit a nursing home
Dec 11th--Make Pancakes and Hot Cocoa for dinner
Dec 12th--Decorate graham cracker houses
Dec 13th--Drive and look at Christmas lights
Dec 14th--Holiday Movie: Frosty the Snow Man
Dec 15th--Lydia's birthday party
Dec 16th--Make peppermint play-doh
Dec 17th--Make cards for teachers
Dec 18th--Make Peppermint Ice Cream
Dec 19th--Game night
Dec 20th--Take treats to neighbors and friends/caroling?
Dec 21st--Lydia' birthday dinner/ Holiday Movie: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Dec 22nd--Decorate sugar cookies
Dec 23rd--Make snowflakes
Dec 24th--Call relative and sing carols
Dec 25th--Monkey Bread for Breakfast

Other ideas:
Make snowglobes
Make candy cane mice
Visit a local zoo decorated for the holidays
Visit a local garden decorated for the holidays
Visit a living nativity
Cut down your own tree
Go on a train ride
Make a Christmas card for a soldier
Girls go out for mani/pedis
Make homemade Christmas ornaments
Attend a Christmas play or musical production
Have a candlelight dinner
In addition to our Advent Calendar, I'm planning on doing a Book Advent while I'll post later this week.  Again, I just couldn't make up my mind.

How are you celebrating the season?

2 comments:

Rachel @RunningRachel said...

Great list of fun activities! You should totally check out Truth in the Tinsel for more devotional/craft ideas too! :)

Rachel @RunningRachel said...

Great list of fun activities! You should totally check out Truth in the Tinsel for more devotional/craft ideas too! :)

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