Advent Calendar

 
 

Each year I bring out he family advent calendar, which consists of a wooden box once belonging to my grandmother, that now contains 24 matchboxes. Within each matchbox is an activity that celebrates the winter season and creates traditions.

How to create your own Advent Calendar:

You will need:

  • A box (a shoe box will do)

  • 24 x matchboxes or envelopes

  • Card and pens to decorate and number each box/envelope

  • Paper

Instructions:

  1. Number each box/envelope 1-24.

  2. Cut 24 x pieces of A7 sized paper.

  3. On each piece of paper write out an activity (use the list below for ideas)

  4. Plan your activities by checking your diary (we do simple activities like reading and bubble baths during the week when we’re all busy).

  5. Keep a written record of what you plan to do each day, so you can be flexible and change them around if you need to.

  6. Keep the activties simple and base them on what you would normally do anyway. You don’t want to create more work for yourself.

  7. You could add a chocolate coin to each box if you like.

  8. Keep all the tasks and reuse them each each year instead of rewriting them each time.

  1. Listen to Christmas music

  2. Play a Christmas carol on the piano

  3. Drive in your PJs to see the local lights

  4. See the London Christmas lights

  5. Buy a Christmas tree

  6. Decorate the Christmas tree

  7. Decorate the house

  8. Make a hot chocolate

  9. Play a board game

  10. Watch a Christmas film with popcorn

  11. Make paper snowflakes

  12. Go for a winter walk

  13. Read a Christmas/winter book

  14. Make mince pies

  15. Give someone a big tip

  16. Watch a carol service

  17. Make a decoration for the tree

  18. Go ice skating

  19. See the Christmas windows of a department store

  20. Make the house smell of Christmas spices

  21. Share a hot drink and conservation with a good friend

  22. Wrap Christmas gifts

  23. Make a Gingerbread house

  24. See a pantomime