Here is our collection from last year:
1. Decorate the house and rooms. I love putting out the crafts and creations we made from previous years.
2. Food Bank Run and work adopt-a-family gift drop off. Every year, my department at work adopts a family and stacks them up for Christmas. I use this opportunity to get the boys involved in picking out gifts for the kids of these families.
3. Write a letter to Santa and colour Christmas pictures.
4. Make Christmas bracelets. I found this cute little set at Dollarama. Super cheap but the boys loved it!
5. Pine cone elves. The boys loved their little buddies!
6. Pom pom reindeer...how cute!
7. Our first random act of kindness for the holiday season. This was our new act that was added this year. Every year we try to add a couple more. We gave Elf Kisses to the nurses I work with in the ER.
8. Christmas Breakfast for supper. The VDV Four absolutely love breakfast for dinner!
9. Glitter Christmas Tree on canvas: we used white glue and green yarn to outline a Christmas tree. We let that dry for a bit and then filled the whole inside with white glue and let the boys go to town with the glitter. These took a while to dry, so leave them on a flat surface for a few days after the craft is done.
10. Penguin foot print painting. This VDV mommy sure loves her penguins!
11. Pin the heart on the Grinch.
12. Paper plate Christmas tree garland. We painted the paper plates, then cut them into fourths. Then the boys glued pom poms on for decorations.
13. Pictures with Santa and another random act of kindness. This is an act we brought back from the previous year. We picked out some of our favourite books and bought new copies to give to kids we saw at the mall. This advent activity really makes me smile.
14. Tissue Paper Votive Candles.
16. Skating with the family!
17. Colour snow with food colouring. This day was actually supposed to be Water Gun Snow Painting; however, we had an unseasonably warm winter last year and not much snow. I found a pile outside and brought in a couple of cups, got out some eye droppers and dyed water, and let the boys colour the snow a different way. Still an enjoyable time for Bug and Bear.
18. Ring 'n Run. We picked one neighbour to give a big gift bag to full of Christmas goodies, geared around what the VDV Four enjoy doing as a family.
19. Christmas Bingo
20. Christmas Word Search for Bug; Christmas Item find for Bear.
21. You Deserve a Break. Our last random act of kindness for this Advent year. We gave a card and a kit kat bar to cashiers during our final Christmas shopping excursions.
22. Make hot chocolate mugs and have a Snowman hot chocolate bath.
23. Baking day and making homemade lollipops.
24. Christmas movie night and new pajamas!
25. Unwrap presents!
There you have it. 25 days of Advent fun with the VDV Four! Check out the links below to go to our Advent activities from years prior.
