Christmas Memories Part 1: Advent Calendar Planning

We love Christmas at the Wilkerson Home. It is our favorite. All the excitement and anticipation for Christmas morning is experienced every day of December. The last couple years, we have done an Advent Box Calendar. EACH day has a different activity or craft or special treat to make together. The kids take turns opening the doors and reading the day’s activity.

Here is our list for this year. I will print out each day and put the paper in the calendar and surprise! Each day, we will anticipate something fun to do together. Note- these are not in order of how we will do them.

Decorate and sing Christmas songs
Color Christmas pictures and paint toenails red and green
Color Christmas Cross Ornaments
S’mores from the fireplace with Christmas Music
Read 1 Christmas Storybook by Candlelight
Make Sticker Nativity Scenes
Write letters to Jesus and Make Happy Birthday Jesus Cake
Read “Follow the Star” story and Make star shape big cookie
Family Karaoke Christmas songs
Candy Cane Sugar Cookies: Read the Legend of the Candy Cane
Good News Sing and Rhyme and Christmas Tree Candy Cones
Watch a Christmas movie with Christmas treats
Go out to see the Christmas lights & get hot cocoa from Starbucks
Read 1 Christmas Storybook and wrap Christmas gifts
Make Happy Birthday Jesus Cake and put on new Christmas P.J.’s!!!
Worship Jesus, Give Him Gifts at the Cross, & receive presents from Him!
Assemble Gingerbread House and read a Christmas book
Deliver Meal to Neighbor and Christmas gift
Watch Christmas movie and eat Christmas Tree Shaped Pizzas
Make Star Ornaments with jewels and beads
Color Christmas Mural (whole family coloring) with Christmas Music
Christmas Nativity Sticker Scenes and Christmas book
Write letters to Grandparents about Christmas
Make Edible Manger Scenes and read Christmas Story
Make a Snowman and have snowball fight

Posted on 19 November '09 by , under Christmas.

One Comment to “Christmas Memories Part 1: Advent Calendar Planning”

#1 Posted by stephenny stiles (29.11.09 at 12:55 )

Hi Trisha,

I was wondering, do you pre-decide what’s done each day (in advance) or do you have your list and then play it by ear for deciding which activity you’ll do that day? We’re going to try this for the first time this year and then hopefully it will become part of the Stiles tradition as well. What a great way to help our little ones remember what God has done and will do again :) steph