This year I’m being a right meany of a mummy and sticking away from chocolate Advent calendars. I figure Toddler H doesn’t yet know that they exist and so why provide her with that knowledge until she finds out for herself. So instead we have our home decorated Hobbycraft calendar which I’ve filled with lots of Christmas activities, a few chocolate coins and a little treat present for H every once in a while. I plan to pop each activity in the night before so they are easy to achieve and we actually can carry them out. I’ve 30 Christmas activities in my list, so on some days we will have two activities and there might be a couple of activities we don’t manage this year.
So what Christmas activities do we have lined up for our Christmas Activity Advent Calendar?…
Christmas activities for the toddler’s advent calendar
1. Read the nativity story
2. Draw ‘Christmas’ pictures to go in with the Christmas cards
3. Visit Father Christmas in a Grotto (Highfield Garden Centre for us this year)
4. Make stars for the Christmas tree
5. Watch a The Snowman
6. Make a Christmas tree tree decoration
7. Bring out singing Santa
8. Sing carols
9. Decorate the (some of the) tree
10. Decorate the house
11. Chocolate coins day (one each)
12. Make christmas handprint trees
13. Christmas jumper day
14. Make snowflakes
15. Visit a garden centre (Christmas at Highfield Garden Centre)
16. Make Christmas Pom Poms
17. Go on a Christmassy adventure
18. Make a gingerbread house
19. Post the Christmas cards
20. Go to a Christmas party
21. Make salt dough ornaments
22. Go to a winter wonderland (aka anywhere Christmassy!)
23. Watch a Christmas film (16 Christmas films for toddlers)
24. Make a biscuit/gingerbread reindeer and snowmen
25. Make up the nativity scene
26. Make Christmas handprint reindeer
27. Go to a carol service
28. Go on an adventure to look at Christmas lights
29. Go to a Christmas Eve service and make a treat for Santa
30. Have a Christmas hot chocolate treat
Have a lovely Christmas advent everyone and a very Merry Christmas X
8 Comments
Phil & Alli
December 5, 2017 at 4:58 pmLove this! Sooo much better than just candy. Shared. Thank you. 🙂
mummy here and here
December 6, 2017 at 2:58 pmFan ideas to help get you in the festive spirit X #bloggersbest
MMT
December 8, 2017 at 7:49 pmThis is amazing and I kinda wish I’d read it last night as planned – been stuck in with a poorly toddler and could have pulled some of these out of the bag…instead we watched TV most of the day and got pretty bored!
There’s still time, and these ideas are well and truly PINNED!
Have a wonderful Christmas lovely xx
Thanks for sharing with #coolmumclub
Kate Holmes
December 11, 2017 at 6:27 pmLove this and will be taking inspiration for my teenagers and tween to get back to the magic of Christmas so huge thanks from me #BigPinkLink
Kate Holmes
December 11, 2017 at 6:28 pmOh and if you would like your linkys adding to my list on my blog please let me know
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Baby Isabella
December 11, 2017 at 7:26 pmGreat ideas and we’ve just recently completed a gingerbread house – it was a real labour of love and nearly took as long as building a house!! #BigPinkLink
Helena
December 12, 2017 at 12:05 pmLove a good list. We’ve steered clear of chocolate calendars this year too. #coolmumclub
Louise Pink Pear Bear
December 17, 2017 at 10:09 pmOh how lovely! What cool ideas and I really love the thought of a no choc calendar. Thanks for joining us at the #bigpinklink this week.