I LOVE Advent calendars and Christmas countdown activities of all kinds. When my kids were little, we always had an Advent calendar and read Christmas books each day leading up to Christmas.
I’m awed by all the amazing Christmas countdown activities available online! Today, I want to share 40+ ideas from around the blogosphere. But don’t miss my previous posts, which contain LOTS Of Christmas countdown activities and other December family activities. The links are still good. I won’t be repeating activities in this post, so be sure to check out my previous posts as well:
December Family Activities (Image: Only 24 Gummi Days Till Christmas by Jackie at Flickr Creative Commons)
50+ December Family Activities
Christmas Countdown Activities {with Lots of Free Printables}
Advent Calendars and Other Christmas Countdown Activities
Advent Calendar from Kids’ Art (Photo from Red Ted Art)
Kids’ Art Advent Calendar (for Granny) from Red Ted Art
Advent Calendar from Across the Ocean (Photo from Kitchen Counter Chronicles)
Advent Calendar from Across the Ocean from Kitchen Counter Chronicles
Advent Calendar (Photo from Crafty Moms Share)
Advent Calendar from Crafty Moms Share
Advent Calendar (Photo from 123 Homeschool 4 Me)
Advent Activity Calendar from 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Giant Advent Calendar from Oh Happy Day
Chalkboard Advent Calendar from Oh Happy Day
Mini Tree Advent Calendar from Oh Happy Day
An Elfish Advent Calendar (Photo from An Everyday Story)
An Elfish Advent Calendar from An Everyday Story
Count Down to Christmas – DIY Advent Calendars from Rainy Day Mum
Clothes Pin Wreath Advent Calendar from Simply Mommie
Activity Advent Countdowns from The Activity Mom
Our Simple Advent Calendar and Ideas for Creating Your Own from Fantastic Fun and Learning
The Countdown is On: Making Paper Advent Chains from Training Happy Hearts
Christmas Tree Countdown (Photo from This Reading Mama)
Christmas Tree Countdown from This Reading Mama
Advent Activity Tree (Photo from The Imagination Tree)
Advent Activity Tree from The Imagination Tree
Homemade Jesse Tree from This Simple Home
Magnetic Christmas Countdown (Photo from Craft to Art)
Magnetic Christmas Countdown from CrafttoArt
Creative Christmas Countdown with 24 bloggers, featured by Red Ted Art
24 Children’s Christmas Jokes from NurtureStore
Santa’s Fireplace Christmas Countdown (Photo from De Tout Et De Rien)
Santa’s Fireplace Christmas Countdown from De Tout Et De Rien
Advent Candy Wreath (Photo from JDaniel4’s Mom)
Advent Candy Wreath from JDaniel4’s Mom
Kids Advent from Housing a Forest
Countdown to Christmas with Advent Activities (Photo from Kids Activities Blog)
Countdown to Christmas with Advent Activities by Rachel at Kids Activities Blog
Counting Down to Christmas from Making Boys Men
Lazy Advent Envelopes (Photo from Mama Scout)
Lazy Advent Envelopes from Mama Scout
Advent Calendar for Kids Reading Plan from Not Consumed
Building Traditions of Kindness in Kinders by Marsha of A Differentiated Kindergarten at PreK + K Sharing
Our Elf Arrives (Photo from 3 Dinosaurs)
Our Elf Red Snowflake Arrives (includes links to free printables) from 3 Dinosaurs and Royal Baloo
The Good Elf on the Shelf by Laura at Natural Parents Network
20 Nice {Not Naughty} Elf on the Shelf Ideas from East Coast Mommy
Elf Possible – 3 Tips for a Successful Elf Season from Peanut Blossom
Elf on the Shelf Printable Joke Cards from Over the Big Moon
Christmas Books
25 Christmas Books for Kids from Here Come the Girls
My Little Advent Bookcase (Photo from My Little Bookcase)
Christmas Countdown Ideas for Little Bookworms from My Little Bookcase (Blog is no longer available.)
Book Tree Advent from Reading Confetti
Book Advent and Christmas Books for Toddlers from Gingerbread House
Christmas Books from Middle of Somewhere
Kids’ Christmas Activities Pinterest Board
I have a Kids’ Christmas Activities Pinterest Board with Christmas activities of all kinds.
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Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday! I did an Advent Calendar Round-Up today and featured yours.
Thanks so much, Carrie! I really appreciate it! 🙂
So many fun ideas make my traditional calendar look blah in comparison, but it works for us and I love incorporating the kids and service ideas into it. I wrote about last night and published it this morning at http://www.traininghappyhearts.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-countdown-is-on-making-paper-advent.html
Thanks so much for sharing your link, Martianne! Simple ideas are exactly what many people need for Christmas countdown activities. I love the way your kids are so involved in making your Advent chains. I couldn’t resist adding your link … even though it must be at least 50+ Christmas Countdown Activities by now. 😉
Lots of great ideas! I only have teens and above, one is a guest who just mentioned how nice it was in his family to have an advent calendar with goodies, so I’m looking for an easy way to do that. I liked the envelopes idea, very easy!
Thanks, Mary! I always loved easy ideas for Advent calendars, too. 🙂
Wom great ideas!! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much! I hope you have a great December! 🙂
Oh, love all these ideas. We are set for years to come. I just posted this week about my “ABC Your Way to Christmas” Part 1. It’s 26 books and 26 family fun literacy activities to take you right up to Christmas. You can see it here: http://growingbookbybook.com/2012/11/26/abc-your-way-to-christmas-part-1/
Thanks, Jodie! I love your “ABC Your Way to Christmas” idea! Thanks so much for sharing the link! 🙂
I really enjoy the season of Christmas and Advent. This is, by far, probably the most extensive list I’ve seen yet on Advent ideas/posts. Thanks so much for it!
Thanks for your kind comment, Demetria! I love Advent and Christmas, too. This was a lot of fun to put together! 🙂
What a great round up – we are still working on our holiday countdown activity and hope to finish it and have it soon! These are such great ideas.
Thanks, Jen! There are so many countdown activities to choose from now that it’s both harder and easier than it ever was! 😉
WOW! what an incredible round up of some truly diverse and unique ideas! I love this Deb. Thanks SO much for including one of mine!
Thanks, Anna! I’m amazed at the creativity of bloggers around the world … it’s great fun to see so many different ideas. I absolutely LOVE your Advent Activity Tree! 🙂
These are all amazing. I love the faux fireplace!
Thanks, JDaniel4’s Mom! I had so much fun putting this together. The faux fireplace is awesome, isn’t it?! I love your activity, too! 🙂
Great Roundup Deb! I love the Gummy bear tree. Thanks for including us!
Thanks, Esther! The Gummi bear tree is super creative, isn’t it?! My pleasure … I love all the skills that your activity helps develop in addition to being fun! 🙂
Thanks for sharing our book tree advent! What a fabulous list!
Thanks so much, Lorie! My pleasure … I love that your book tree Christmas countdown is so attractive and creative! 🙂
I love this list! I’m in planning mode for December so this was very helpful, thank you! ^_^
Thanks so much, Jasmine! I’m glad the timing was right. 🙂
Great round up Deb! Thanks for including ours 🙂
Thanks, Valerie! My pleasure … I love that your Christmas countdown is both simple and appealing! 🙂
What a fun round-up Deb! Thanks for sharing ours =-)
Beth
Thanks, Beth! My pleasure … I LOVE your Christmas countdown activities! 🙂
Thanks for linking up to TGIF! You always have such great round-ups! I featured this at TGIF this week here: http://www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/2012/12/tgif-linky-party-57.html
Have a great weekend,
Beth =-)
Thanks so much, Beth! I really appreciate it … and thanks for hosting TGIF! 🙂
love Deb – pinned & shared!!
Thanks so much, Stef! I really appreciate your pinning and sharing my post! 🙂
Great list, thanks for including our ‘No Numbers’ Advent Calendar!
Thanks so much … and my pleasure! Your jars are beautiful, and I always love activities using glass pebbles! 🙂
What a fantastic list you have put together with so many wonderfully creative ideas. Thank you for featuring several of our family countdowns!
Thanks, Jill! My pleasure … you have some awesome Christmas countdown activities! 🙂
We also count down with 25 books! I use a reusable gift box so that I don’t need to wrap each book.
Something for those who want to focus on Jesus’ birth would be a Jesse Tree. I have mine at http://www.thissimplehome.com/2012/11/homemade-jesse-tree.html if you are interested.
Thanks so much for your comment, Annette! Great idea of using a reusable gift box for the 25 books! And thanks so much for sharing the link to your Jesse Tree. I love Jesse Tree activities and added your link to my post so that everyone can see it. 🙂
Deb, this looks GREAT! SO many wonderful ideas. Thank you for including mine. 🙂
Thanks, Becky! And my pleasure … I love that you integrated so many learning activities into your Christmas countdown activity. 🙂
Ooh the gummi bears are so CUTE!! So many wonderful ideas here! Thank you for including our homemade kids art calendar too!
Maggy
My pleasure, Maggy! I love that your kids helped create an Advent calendar as a gift! 🙂
Thanks for adding it in!
My pleasure, Annette! 🙂