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AN ADVENT CALENDAR- HOW TO MAKE IT PART OF YOUR CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS





30.10.2020




Create meaningful ways to count down to Christmas with your family. Check out these 5 advent calendar ideas.





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Are you looking for Simple ways to make your Christmas special? how about starting a new tradition- an advent calendar?

Counting down to Christmas is always so much fun.. especially for kids. And an Advent Calendar really helps to make that lead-up time to Christmas more tangible, more meaningful.

It also means that you don't have to answer the ongoing question, "How long until Christmas? When can we unwrap all the presents?"



why use an advent calendar?





Sure, an advent calendar looks great as part of your festive decorations as you gradually add, day by day, to the finished calendar. And, it can add to the Christmas fun.


But I found that, although there are many calendars with Superhero, Princess or Lego themes there are rarely ones that remind kids of the real Christmas story. And the vast majority of any commercially presented ones I discovered had really cheesy graphics.



focus on the birth of the saviour





Never fear.. Advent calendars can be found that will keep the focus of Christmas on the birth of the Saviour.


And, depending on your choice of calendar, it can help your kids focus on the joy of giving and serving others, too.



1. The Wonder of the Greatest Gift





'This is an heirloom, a Christmas tradition, a wonder for the child in all of us!' ​ ​


The Wonder of the Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp is a beautiful pop-up book with 25 daily readings plus little decorations (one each day) to hang on the pop-up tree.


'Read your daily love letter from The Greatest Story ever told, right from our genesis beginning to our King’s coming under Bethlehem’s star — so your family will know the WHOLE GREATEST STORY, from Creation to His birth, & how His love has always, always, always been coming for you!'

(I've bought this for my grandkids and they loved it.)


find it here

2. The Shepherd On The Search - Advent Calendar, Advent Book, Activity Book & Notes





This Advent calendar set includes so much more than just the calendar. Certainly, your kids will enjoy taking turns to pry open the tab for each day as they count down to Christmas.


But you'll also need the family devotional book- one devotion for each day. There's a Christmas story and activity book with stickers.


Plus, you'll find a booklet of 32 encouraging notelets for your kids.


find them here

3. All the Colors of Christmas





This special pack from Focus on the Family includes daily family devotions and Bible readings along with Christmas designs to colour.


When it's all competed, it will form a 3 dimensional Christmas tree.


find it here

4. Made by Me Nativity Kit





This suggestion is not so much an Advent calendar as a Christmas focus on serving others each day leading up to Christmas.


First, kids will use the wooden pieces to make their own nativity set. Then, a book of suggested ideas will get them off the couch and making, cooking, creating and thinking of others.

'The funnest Christmas season ever!'


find it here

Sample of daily adventures





Twenty-five adventures are included- Recipes for FUN plus printables. Each one includes a list of need supplies for each day, storytime segment suggestions and an activity. And, there are daily questions that help your kids work through the main point of each fun adventure.



5. shepherd on the search advent activity kit





This is actually another resource from the Shepherd on the Search. This is a little different. The Advent activity kit includes a storybook that retells the Christmas story plus a plush, huggable shepherd.

Similar to the Elf on the Shelf concept, children will search daily for the shepherd. Then there are daily activities to be completed.

For example, Day 2 same is on the following slide.


find it here

Sample of daily adventures





Kids will love searching for the shepherd each day. They will also enjoy the activities that accompany the daily search for the shepherd.



Use the time leading up to Christmas to build excitement around the birth of the Saviour with some of these ideas. It's also a wonderful way to build in family memories of the Christmas season.



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