Christmas Activities

You can all tell by now that I have Christmas on the brain! Well this morning I was reading a favorite blog of mine, Bloom, and just had to share their list of suggested activities for December. It's full of great ideas and I plan on using many of them on my Activity Tree for the kids. I hope it inspires you too.

1. Present advent calendars to your children
2. Sing Christmas carols together then eat yummy cookies
3. Visit Santa Clause and have their picture taken
4. Go shopping and allow each child to pick out a new ornament
5. Attend a Holiday event
6. Host a family game night and invite another family
7. Take kids to pick out your Christmas tree
8. String a pop corn garland
9. Build a Ginger bread house
10. Serve Sparkling cider with dinner
11. Bake cookies together
12. Paint holiday scenes on your windows
13. Coloring night...each year color in the same book and date it
14. Make Christmas cards
15. Movie night….popcorn and yummy treats
16. PJ Night...everyone gets a new pair
17. Go for a ride and look at all the decorated houses
18. Have dinner by the Christmas tree, picnic style
19. December 6th - St Nick Night. Have kids place their shoes out with carrots and apples in them and while they are sleeping replace with a small gift
20. Make homemade fudge
21. Decorate your Tree
22. Make Christmas gifts
23. Host a Christmas craft club for your children and their friends
24. Help a family in need ...choose ways to teach your children to give.
25. Make or purchase thank you gifts for community service workers then take your children around town to drop them off.
26. Red or Green night….Serve food in these colors, decorate the table in these colors
27. Tell the Christmas story and place a light in your window inviting Jesus into your home.
28. Make paper chain garlands
29. Snowman night—decorate table with snowmen, be creative
30. Ice Cream night ..make sundaes or go out
31. Take kids shopping for daddy or siblings or grandparents
32. Wrap gifts…. kids love to help
33. Bake a pie
34. Make a sugar cube castle
35. Elf hunt
36. Let your kids decorate their bedrooms
37. Bake a gingerbread man and tell the story
38. Play bingo with dollar store prizes...invite your neighbors over
39. Advent wreath
40. Learn about another country's Holiday traditions
41. Celebrate/learn about Hanukkah
42. Tell the Christmas story and wear costumes
43. Dec 22nd - first day of winter..take a day trip to the snow
44. Have a slumber party by the tree

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