Sorry about the dodgy photos – really difficult to photograph with light streaming in through the windows behind…I’m sure you get the gist of it though. I should have taken photos before hanging, but we ended up putting nails right through the hanging strip so it is too much effort to take down now!
The children were VERY excited when they woke up in the morning and found a lolly pop and activity in #1. We have a “no treat before breakfast” rule and they are so good at eating their breakfast straight away and really fast!
So, if you are wondering what activities we have in store this year…instead of filling up the stockings all at once, I pop a treat and activity in before I go to bed each night. I have a master list of activities to choose from and decide what we are going to do the next day each night. Here is the master list:
- Paint toenails in Christmas colours
- Make Christmas cards for friends
- Write a letter to Santa
- Bake treats for teachers
- Make Christmas ornaments
- Make gingerbread men
- Make gingerbread houses
- Put a present under the Kmart Giving Tree
- Picnic for dinner at the beach/park
- Family disco
- Games night
- Watch a Christmas movie with popcorn
- Go out for dinner
- Have Cold Rock for dessert
- Play backyard cricket/footy
- Have a bubble bath
- Go strawberry picking
- Go out for a milkshake
- Go to the pool
- Make rocky road
- See Christmas lights
- Play at the beach
- Read Christmas stories under the tree
- Make reindeer food
- Go to the Playgroup Christmas party
If you haven’t got a fancy advent calendar, don’t let that stop you from doing something similar with your kids – mine love the activities each day and I love the excitement that it adds to Christmas.
If you have any other activity ideas, I’d love to hear them!
