My favorite time of the year is nearly here! I love Christmas time and everything about it! Simply everything about this time is magical. And, if it's magical to me, I know it's even more so to my children! Since Advent is such a small window of time, I like to be intentional about how we are celebrating the season together.
In the past, we have always done some sort of Advent calendar to count down the days until Christmas. They have typically been something store bought and have worked well. But, we had so much fun with our fall bucket list, that I wanted to do something similar for Advent! So, I decided we would do an Advent box.
Countdown to Christmas: Easy Advent Ideas for Montessori Families
Basically, I bought a pretty Christmas box {just a cheap gift wrapping one} and each day the children can open it to find a Christmas themed activity that we will do that day, or a small trinket gift. I thought I would share my list in case anyone is still looking for ideas on how to celebrate this season! This list is in no particular order, by the way. Some will have to happen on certain days, and others I can be flexible on, I will create my calendar weekly as I know what else we are doing that week! You will also notice a couple of repeats along the way too!
- Decorate our house
- Beeswax Advent Wreath Candle Kit
- Movie night at city train station
- Put out all our holiday books
- Small candies
- Get our Christmas Tree
- Decorate our tree
- Make hot chocolate for snack
- Unwrap new Christmas book
- Bake cookies together
- Shop for sibling Christmas gifts at local toy store
- Go to the Cathedral and look at the nativity
- Family pajama game night
- Small Candies
- Unwrap new Christmas Book
- Make our gifts for extended family
- Small Playmobil set
- Make a gingerbread house together
- Drive around and look at Christmas lights
- Watch "Snowy Day" short film together
- Make soup together and bring some to our neighbors {Thanks Milkweed Montessori for this idea!}
- Christmas Stickers
- Unwrap new Christmas Book
- Small Christmas nutcracker with an assortment of nuts
I hope this idea turns out to be as fun as I think it will be! This will be in addition to our nightly advent wreath lighting and religious celebrations.
