advent activity calendar for kids and family: 2017

We do this every advent season.

And the kids love it.

I actually contemplated switching things this year–finding another advent activity calendar that would get our family into the holiday spirit, but I decided against it.

Because in this quickly-changing world, sometimes I think it’s nice to keep things consistent.

Here’s the skinny. . .

Advent Activity Calendar for Kids and Family–2017:

I print out a copy of the calendar to keep on hand for myself, and then I cut each of the squares out of the calendar and place them in our felt Christmas tree–something I picked up at the store years ago but something that you can find just about anywhere.

If you’re quick, you can probably still score this cute felt tree–like the one we have–from Amazon for under $15.

You could make your own or do what several of my friends have done. They’ve cut apart the squares of each calendar day and

put each square in a numbered envelope that their children decorate;
wrapped each in a tiny box that kiddos can unwrap each day;
hidden the square under a place mat at breakfast;
taped the square on the bathroom mirror;
used the chocolate Advent calendar and stuck the squares in each of the windows so kids get chocolate and an activity.

Either way, here’s the calendar to download as a pdf. Once you subscribe, you’ll get an email from me within minutes that will also have the calendar as a Word doc.

That way, you can make any changes you may need!

Grab it here:

Happy holidays!

Check out all of our 12 days:

day 1: magazine deals for kids & family
day 2: personalized board games
day 3: gifts that give back
day 4: sprocket

I am so very, very, very excited about these items, and I think you will be, too.

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