Advent Activities 2013

Here are our Advent Activities for 2013. We repeated a couple of favorites from 2012, but added a lot of new ones. If you're a procrastinator like I am, feel free to steal my ideas! :-) 

This year, I found a package of 12 blank cards at the dollar store in red and green. I bought 3 packages and went to town decorating them. (Pictures to come.)

Last year, I numbered them from 1-24, but this year we're going to do it as a countdown, so we'll start with number 24 tomorrow morning.

24. Make a cinnamon roll Christmas tree for breakfast. 

23. Make ornaments and decorate the Christmas tree. Some ideas from pinterest: bead candy canes, scrabble (gonna use the girls' birth dates), marshmallow snowman

22. Go to Chicago to visit Aunt Kaley!

21. Paint nails red and green.

20. Make a Christmas card for Judie (our Compassion International child)

19. Visit Frederick Meijer Gardens with Great Grandma

18. Make hot chocolate snowmen to deliver to friends. 

17. Take silly Christmas pictures (for Christmas card).

16. Make treats for a friend. 

15. Make a cupcake for Jesus (ornament).

14. Check out Christmas books from the library.

13. Decorate cookies with friends.

12. Make Christmas pizzas. 

11. Live nativity at church.

10. Build a snowman.

9. Buy a gift for Toys for Tots.

8. Make treats for the librarians at our local library.

7. Secret one! (Facebook message me if you must know. ;-) )

6. Buy presents for Lena and Daddy.

5. Make popcorn and watch a Christmas movie.

4. Family game night. Might try this one.

3. Make a popsicle nativity.

2. Paint snow.

1. Play the wise man game. Open one present (Christmas jammies.)