Advent Chain

Here is our quick and easy Advent chain

I had C paint 4 pieces of construction paper which I cut into strips when they dried.

On each strip I wrote the date and a simple activity. Most are things we can do at home since we live in WI in the country. We never know when the weather will keep us home.  Some of the ideas I got from The Activity Mom's list, others are ideas from when I was a teacher or from ideas I have found online.

1. Make cookies with Grandma 

2. Ornament Shadow Match (I bought these ornaments at the Dollar Tree a few years ago)

3. Brown Reindeer, Brown Reindeer Book

4. Christmas Garland (I will post pictures when we make it, C made me a fall leaf garland and I loved it, so will do the same with winter and Christmas shapes)

5. Advent Wreath  but the wreath will be a handprint wreath

6. Counting Presents

7. Shop for Toys for Tots

8. Position word Tree

9. Tree and gift shape match

10. Handprint Santa

11. Santa Dice Game

12. Hand and footprint Angel

13. Bow and Gift color match

14. Christmas Tree Shapes 

15. Drive around to see lights (I plan to do this on the way to Awana, so we will be out and about anyway)

16. Fireplace and stocking ABC match

17. Hand and foot print reindeer

18. What is in the stocking game (I will put different toys in the stocking and C will feel and guess what is inside, without looking of course)

19. I can color Christmas book

20. Candy Cane pattern

21. Rudolph Rudolph Book

22. Make cookies with Mommy

23-25 - those are blank since we will be traveling for Christmas. Not exactly when or if we would get to activities :)

And here is the chain hanging up. When C saw it, she stood under it and said "I am at a party!"

(ignore the half painted doorway, we live in a "work in progress" home which hasn't been "worked" on much since we had children)

Sites with great Christmas activities

Little Giraffes

Activity Mom

Pre-K Pages

1+1+1=1 

Pre-Kinders