An Advent Christmas Tree With Stay At Home Activities
Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers! Hope you have a hearty and healthy
celebration. After today, it's full on Christmas preparations. The start of
December is just days away and that always seems to catch me by surprise. It
feels like I've been eagerly anticipating Christmas since Halloween and then
all of a sudden it's December! And with that comes the start of Advent.
Advent Calendar 2020
Counting down the days of Advent is one of our most favourite holiday
traditions. I've created an Advent calendar every year for Chloe for the last
nine years and use the same numbered cotton bags containing an activity each
day we can do together. Some days come with a gift and even with those, I have
a few classics that repeat every year. Day 1 is an advent calendar (though
this year, sadly, we've switched from a
Lego Friends Advent calendar
to a tween appropriate Squish Candies
calendar) and Day 24 is Christmas pajamas.
All of these activities are stay-at-home friendly too. The items in red
correspond to the gifts. There's nothing too expensive. The gifts include a
bag of marshmallows, a
diary, and a
gingerbread village kit. The gifts are fun but we enjoy this tradition because we get to
intentionally spend time as a family. It's a chance to slow down and make
holiday memories. Even if Christmas is difficult and sad in many ways this
year, there's still a silver lining.
I wasn't sure where to hang the bags this year. I've strung them across the window
in the past and last year had them
in the craft room. Then I had the idea to display them on the Christmas tree we put
in Chloe's bedroom. It looks super cute with the micro LED lights
and the gifts tucked beneath the tree. Can I trust Chloe though not
to peek at the gifts at night? That I'm not so sure of, ha!
Will you be doing an Advent calendar this year? There's still a few
days to put one together! Head over to this post from last year if you'd like even more ideas for activities,
fillers, and printable number downloads.
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