Last year I decided to put together a little homemade advent calendar for my kids. I wanted to switch things up from the usual store bought chocolate calendars. I thought it would be fun if each day would have an activity for us to do together, kind of like a Christmas bucket list.
I wrote out 24 different activities, on a scrap piece of paper, and put one in each day of our advent calendar. The kids had so much fun doing each activity last year, that I decided to up my game this year, and I created some printable activity cards that we could reuse each year.
Because I know that there are probably others out there looking for activities to do in the month of December, and not everyone is into crafting, feel free to use my activity cards.
You can click the link above to download your own set of cards. You can either put them in your own advent calendar, or just keep them in a box and draw a card each day. I'd love to see how you end up using them! Feel free to tag me on Instagram or send me photo.
Tips for using your Activity Advent Cards
1. You can purchase a reusable advent calendar to put your cards in, or you can make one. I numbered some paper bags and strung them on my banister using a beaded garland and clothespins, but there are so many different ideas out there.
2. I've included a couple blank cards in case you want to create your own activity to use in lieu of one of the others. For example, you may not live in a climate with snow, so unless you plan on making a snowman in your freezer, you may want to veto that card.
3. You may want to plan ahead and think about which activity you'd like to do on each day, rather than putting the cards in your calendar randomly. That way you don't end up pulling out the "Put up Decorations" card on December 24th - unless that's when you like to decorate.
