Our very own Ashlie has been posting some great ideas about Christmas traditions through Advent Calendars and a Jesse Tree. I thought I would add to the festive fun and share a few of our mostly FREE traditions. I use an advent calendar to tell my kids about our daily activity. My husband illustrates the activity on a small piece of paper (we have non-readers age 5 and 2) or I put a small clue in the box (such as a game piece for game night).
FREE FAMILY FUN AT HOME:
- Bubble Bath and make Santa beards
- Picnic for dinner
- Dance to Christmas music
- Make a fort and play with flash lights
- Sneak a surprise in Dad's stocking
- Annual family cookie exchange party
- Christmas movie and popcorn
- Drink hot chocolate with marshmallows
- Write letter to Santa and take to special North Pole mailbox at local post office
- Game night
- Fondue night
- Bake cookies for Santa
- Rice Krispie Snowman Kit (if you don't have the kit you can do the same thing here)
- Gingerbread House Kit
- Foam Nativity Kit
- Dollar Store Sun Catcher ornaments
- Make fruity garland (with Froot Loops cereal)
- Color pictures and send to family
- Make paper snowflakes (click here for easy instructions and a video)
- Lowes Build and Grow Clinic- FREE (build an ornament Dec 12th)
- View lights in Christmas Town USA (McAdenville, NC)- FREE
- Santa's Wonderland at Bass Pro Shop- FREE
- Horse Drawn Carriage Rides and much more at Billy Graham Library- FREE
- Old Fashion Christmas concert with hot chocolate and sing along (Dec 14th)- FREE
- Attend our church Christmas musical- FREE
- Tubing at SnowPark USA
- Ice Skating outside at Holiday on Ice
The key is to keep it simple so you can enjoy it too.
Merry Christmas!
Love,
Richelle
6 comments:
These are great ideas! I may try to buy a Christmas craft kit today to do with my son. Another idea is to get poster board and marshmallows and make a big snowman with the marshmallows. You just draw the outline of the snowman and your kids can fill it in with the marshmallows. Finish off with a hat drawing, candy eyes, etc. Easy and cheap!
I always love cheap/free Christmas outing or craft ideas!!! Thanks for sharing!
I love the ideas you have listed. Can you share where you got your Advent Calendar...love it!
I got the advent calendar from Target this year. I think it was around $20.
Thank you for letting me know you got it at Target :)
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