Advent Activities-Day 3

I read an article in a magazine about a family that comes up with holiday-related activities for days leading up to Christmas, starting on December 1. They put them in pockets on their hanging Advent calendar. I thought it sounded really fun. I love the idea of starting a tradition like this in our family. So I devised my plan.

Since we don’t currently have a nice Advent calendar (though I’ve always wanted a good quality one), I had to come up with another option. I found an idea online that made envelopes to hang on the wall. I didn’t have time to make envelopes, but I found nice holiday-themed scrapbooking paper and made little cards, dated them, and pasted one activity on each card. I then tacked them to the wall in the shape of a Christmas tree, using poster putty. See?

Our first day, Tuesday, involved decorating the tree. Yesterday, we shopped for “The Giving Tree”. We picked a tag from a tree at church that had the name of a local foster child, their age, and their wish list. We picked a 9-year-old girl who asked for Saucer Scramble, so we headed out to Wal-Mart to pick one up.
Today, our activity was to make paper snowflakes. Fun!

Tomorrow, we watch “Home Alone”! Should be fun!

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In other news, I WON! I won the Tiny Prints giveaway Beth was holding! I can’t wait to put together our card for this year!