As I was sitting here thinking about Thanksgiving I realized that if I am going to start a Christmas advent calendar with my kids and have time to share it with you for your kids I needed to make it now because December 1st is almost here. I am so excited with what I came up with because it’s a simple print and go activity that’s so cute! Everyday kids will color a different Santa and winter themed Christmas ornament and hang it on their advent calendar that looks like a Christmas tree.
Each year kids could color a new set of ornaments or you could laminate them and flip through them each year.
For those of you with good eyes, the printable says countdown and not count down (as shown in the large photo). Sometimes I make mistakes at 1 a.m. after a full day of kids–purty sure I am working on half a brain right now :).
After we get a chance to assemble our calendar I will update this post with a few photos. I love how advent calendars have numbers on them for some number recognition–even while we are Crafting for Christmas we are learning!
Free Printable Advent Calendar
When will Santa visit?
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Supplies:
Advent Calendar printable (available for download at the end of this post)
Green and brown craft paper
White printer paper
Scissors
Markers/Crayons
Metal Paper Fasteners (affiliate link), sticky tack, or tape
Glue
Small hole punch (optional)
Directions:
1. Print the Christmas tree on green paper, cut it out, cut out a brown rectangle for the trunk and glue it on the tree.
2. Print ornaments out on white paper and each day have the child color and cut out one ornament. I am planning on having my kids start at 1 and count up to 25, but you could always count backwards–it’s up to you :).
3. Poke a hole at the top of the ornament and hang it on the tree.
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