Advent Calendar Activities

This was our 3rd year doing our activity advent calendar.  We love it.  The kids love that we get to do something fun everyday!  And I love to sit down in November and make up a plan. I like to get each day ready so that December is a little calm and we actually get to do some different things because I planned ahead of time. Now some of these “fun” activities consist of watching a Christmas movie and eating popcorn.  Not too tough.  I write down all my ideas on a calendar and try to only plan one activity a week that requires us to leave the house. I put the slip of paper in the advent calendar the night before because I am constantly switching activities around and adding/deleting things. It’s also a great way to make sure I fit in everything that I want to do. I remember one Christmas feeling like we didn’t do a lot of the things I wanted to do with the kids. We have our traditional activities like the Live Nativity at Tuacahn. And we also try new things each year.  Last year we went to the Springdale Light parade and had so much fun. This year we went to a Christmas concert and Taylor told me it was the worst night of his life. However, while it wasn’t the worst night of my life- I could have passed on that one as well.

The kids make Rolo pretzels every year and it has become their thing.  They are in charge and have their own little system.  It’s fun to listen to them figure it out.  Greg and I unwrap rolos as fast as we can and they do the rest.  Pretty fun.

Another easy activity was making these reindeer cookies.

Sugar cookies for Santa is a must as well.

Lindsey was grossing us out with her huge bites of frosting- no wonder they get a little crazy making these.

And as long as the kids will allow it- we will always make these hand print and footprint reindeer. I just think they are the cutest.