Halloween has come and gone. It’s November and that means it’s time for me to start planning our families favorite Christmas Tradition, our Holiday Advent Calendar Countdown!
Every year I look forward to planning this calendar countdown, a tradition I started when my now 10 year old daughter was only a year old. My son has taken part in this his whole life.
Benefits of the Holiday Activity Advent Calendar
🎁Organization
It helps me remember all the things I want to do with my kids for the Holidays.
🎄Fun and Festivity
It adds a little jolt of fun and festivity to our mornings as the kids love the anticipation of what the activity will be for the day.
🎁Intentionality
By planning in advance and seeing everything all laid out in front of me, I am intentional with how we spend our time and money during the Holiday season.
How I plan our Holiday Activity Advent Calendar
Make a List 📝
The first thing I do is make a list of Holiday Activity Advent Calendar ideas. I divide this list into three categories. Physical Objects, Events and Activities.
Print off a Calendar 📅
After I make my list I print off a December 2024 calendar online.
Fill it in ✏️
I start by filing in the events in the calendar, since these have to happen at a certain day and time. When planning events for our family to attend I always start by checking out the library to see what they are currently offering for free passes to area theaters or museums.
Then I start to add things and activities based on what works best for our family. For example new Christmas pajamas are usually December 1st activity. I want the kids to wear them as much as possible and even though they wear Christmas pajamas year round it’s still the most fun to wear them during the holiday season. I make sure to fill this out in pencil because life happens and things and plans are always subject to change.
Etsy Holiday Activity Advent Calendar Box
If a Holiday Activity Advent Calendar is a tradition you might want to start with your family but you don’t have the time or energy to plan, check out our Etsy store! The kids took the lead on these boxes last year as part of a homeschool unit about money and business. You can purchase just the printable and do the rest of the planning yourself or the full kit that includes everything you need for 24 fun Holiday Activities. This is also a super fun experience gift to give to others. Anytime we’ve sold one of these boxes in the past I absolutely love thinking about the fact that our family has helped make another families holiday a little more special.
Holiday Activity Advent Calendar Box
Holiday Advent Calendar Printable
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Thank you!
I bought an Advent Box from you and the kids last year and my granddaughters really enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to giving them the box you created this year. Simple things to do and yet so much fun! Thank you for creating this. My older grandchildren have other fun things they like to do, but the smallest 3 will love this!
This makes my kids and I so so very happy to hear. We love knowing that they enjoyed it. Thank you so much!