Showing posts with label Advent calender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advent calender. Show all posts

01 December, 2015

Advent Calender 2015

 Merry Christmas everyone.  Now that the urchins are a getting older, the Advent Activities have changed.
 The urchins offered suggestions, and this is what we are doing for December 2015.


Clean Out your toy boxes and donate to Red Cross or Habitat for Humanity
Family Movie Night
Make home made caramel corn
Make Origami ornaments for the Christmas tree
Put up and decorate the Christmas tree
Make a wreath together
Go out for ice cream, and have “fancy dress” for dinner
Make Christmas food
Let everyone choose a country and then use the internet to see how they celebrate Christmas.
Only use Christmas mugs for all of your drinks for the entire day
Go to Carols by Candlelight and watch Oscar play the ukulele.
Put up the outside Christmas lights
Have a picnic at the  Tree Trust
Smile at every person you pass today.
Be nice to family members today.
Make biscuit dough and just eat it.
Make some Christmas food
After dark, spread out some blankets out the back, and do some star gazing.
Have breakfast for dinner.
Wear PJs all day.  Eat Junk Food all day.
Watch a movie at Midnight
Celebrate the Longest Day – Summer Solstice
Go for a moon walk in your PJs.
Have a fondue night with Summer Fruit and chocolate

03 December, 2012

01 December, 2012

Advent Calender 2012



        What have you got planned for the countdown to Christmas this year...these are our activities in the advent calender.
1.        Make some Christmas foods.
2.         Have a candlelit dinner
3.        Smile at every person you pass today.
4.         Perform a random act of kindness for a stranger
5.        Write Christmas cards for Friends and Family
6.        Celebrate St. Nicholas Day! December 6th. Discover the story behind Santa Claus
7.        Make Christmas Decorations
8.        Decorate the Christmas tree
9.        Put up Christmas decorations
10.     Do something around the house to make life easier for a family member. Whether it’s picking up a sibling’s toys, or helping clean up the kitchen, do something nice for each other.
11.     Have breakfast for dinner (scrambled eggs, pancakes etc)
12.     Have a picnic dinner at the Tree Trust
13.      Donate toys, books, and clothes to Red Cross or Habitat for Humanity
14.     Go to Carols by Candlelight and listen to Oscar play Ukulele
15.     Discover how Nana, Oma, Nan and Granddad celebrated Christmas as a child.
16.     Watch The Nutcracker or How the Grinch Stole Christmas eating popcorn
17.     Visit the Wearable Arts Exhibition at the Muesum
18.     Family Movie Night
19.     Drive around and look at the Christmas lights in your PJs
20.     Wear PJs all day
21.     Make play dough
22.     Celebrate the Longest Day – Summer Solstice
23.     Make Gingerbread windows
24.     Go for a bike ride or fly kites together