She purchased five of them from Current and started filling and mailing them to my four older siblings who were away in college/med school/overseas. When I was about 5, my mom discovered paper Advent calendars – the kind that you can hang with 24 boxes in them. She would take me to our local grocery store and allow me to pick out 24 pieces of candy from their big bins of individual Brochs – heavenly! When I was really little, it was a homemade felt wall hanging with 24 pockets for candy. That’s a really neat idea! My mom has always done some kind of Advent calendar. What’s your favorite Christmas Countdown? The printables are not included in the kindle version, but if you’ll forward me your receipt to, I’ll send you a complimentary printable pack. NOTE: If you live in the EU, know that you can buy it on Kindle since I do not sell to Europe readers due to VAT laws. We need to help each other celebrate a simpler season. Grab your copy today.Īnd if you like it, share this post with a friend. With the busy family in mind, I’ve provided recipes, to-do lists, children’s activity sheets, planning pages, gift ideas, and step-by-step tutorials for creating homemade gifts. This guide to planning the winter holidays provides creative ideas, time-saving tips, and budget-minded inspiration for making the most of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. Want to plan a fabulous holiday? A Simpler Season holds almost everything you need to do just that. It’s never too late to spend fun times with your children! But, other than that, I got you covered!Īnd you know what, if you’re reading this on December 7, or 14, or 21, you can still do it! Just choose the activities that mean the most to you and your family. Well, except for the paper, ink, computer, and envelopes. I’ve even included a schedule so that you can remember what activity you assigned to which days.Įverything you need to pull this off is in this handy, dandy planner. If you want to get fancy, there are also envelope labels to print, but you can just fold the cards in half and mark them with the day. Just type into the blue spaces before printing. There are 6 blanks cards to choose your own adventure. Have a backwards dinner-eat dessert first!.Attend a local Christmas Tree lighting or go light looking.That said, the activities are pretty simple and fun. There are 34 printable cards, which means you can ditch the ones that you don’t really feel like doing. Choose the cards you want to print and print. These Christmas Countdown cards to print, cut, and stuff into envelopes are included in A Simpler Season: The Planner to Help YOU Have a More Fulfilling Holiday. Great idea, right? And you’d really like to do, right? But, where are you going to find the time to put cards together, right? And why am I telling you this on December 1st when you needed AT LEAST A WEEK to get your act together. The important part is that it’s an occasion for us to chill together and have some fun at Christmas time. It might be to go light looking or go a jammie run or watch a movie. Then each evening one child opens the envelope for that day, and we do that fun thing. I think the two can co-exist.Īnywho, years ago I put together these cards with fun things for us to do everyday in December and stuffed them in envelopes to make it surprise-like. One is spiritual, and the other is just silly fun. It’s in addition to the Jesse Advent Tree we usually do. In fact, FishChick9 has practically been counting down the days until we can bust out the envelopes.įor years I’ve put together this fun Christmas Countdown to do with my kids. We need to detox! But that doesn’t mean we won’t have a fun Christmas Countdown.
My sister, fearless of sugar in her home, still does the same.Ĭall me the stingy mom, but I’ve put my kids on a sugar fast for the next week or so. Back then, my mom gave us a piece of candy every day to countdown the days. One of my favorite childhood memories of the holiday season was the Christmas Countdown. With Thanksgiving on the early side this year, it sure seemed like we had plenty of time before December rolled around, but here it is. Sometimes, however, that December 1st jumps us from around a corner and takes us by surprise. Are you looking for an easy Christmas Countdown activity for your family? I’ve gotcha covered with these fun printable activity cards!Īs soon as the Thanksgiving leftovers are devoured, our thoughts naturally turn toward Christmas preparations.
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