Our advent calendar

With December 1 nearing I am getting really excited for Christmas.  Connor is starting to understand that you get presents at Christmas.  He doesn't have a list he wants for Christmas yet.  I want my children to know that Christmas isn't about santa, or the presents, or the candy.  I want them to grasp the realization that Jesus was our gift for an eternal life and all that goes with it.  I want them to understand that it is a time to show and give our love to family and people around  us. 

 

So Connor and I made this advent calendar.  I got the idea at Makadoodle.  Inside each party favor tin is a little treat - but underneath the treat is an activty that we can do as a family.  I purchased The Story of the Nativity,  It is a book that breaks down the birth of Christ as a countdown to Christmas.  So everyday when we open a tin we'll read a part the Christmas story.

Our list of things to do are:

1) Make a gingerbread house

2) Have dinner by candlelight

3) Make Ken (a bachelor accross the road) supper and take it to him

4) Make Candy Cane Playdoh

5) Have dinner around the fire

6) Make Snowman soup

7) Make Christmas goodies and take some to a friend

8) Read a Christmas story by the fire

9) Make a Christmas ornament

10) Play a board game

11) Build a snowman outside

12) Pray for the babie born this year

13) Make paper snowflakes

14) Go look at Christmas lights

15)Make a Jesus Basket and deliver to a family in need

16) Go get a Christmas tree

17) Make a meal for Granny and Gramps

18) Make popcorn garland by the fire

19) Go look at the festival of lights

20) Dance to Christmas music

21) Go out for a special supper

22) Buy a gift for a kid in need

23) Decorate cookies with cousins

24) Make a birthday cake for Jesus

25) Go sledding