{"id":2066,"date":"2007-12-05T13:44:26","date_gmt":"2007-12-05T20:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2009-11-20T13:45:14","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T20:45:14","slug":"christmas-advent-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=2066","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Advent Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Make an ornament, and then give it away to a neighbor<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>frostbite<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Create a snowscape with shaving cream and action figures<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Decorate every door in the house<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Go to the Library and pick a new holiday book to read<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What do snowmen eat for breakfast?\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Snowflakes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blindfold kids and have them guess holiday scents \u00e2\u20ac\u201c pine, gingerbread, holly, mistletoe and cinnamon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Write letter to santa<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Watch Frosty the Snowman<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Look in your lunch for a special treat<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sing Christmas carols<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Write a job description for santa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s helpers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make a gift for your teacher<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Write a story together, have each person add a line, round robin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Write a holiday greeting for someone in the armed forces<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Go Christmas shopping.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Buy an extra gift and donate it to charity<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Create a Christmas drawing, add glitter to make the snow glisten <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Put on some holiday music and bake cookies<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Create homemade cards for friends and family<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What do santa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s elves learn in North Pole school?\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>The elfabet<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make Christmas puppets and put on a play.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At dinner, describe what you love best about each family member.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Read a Christmas book<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Secretly do something nice for someone<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make cinnamon Christmas tree ornaments<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Create a Christmas tree from craft sticks, paint and sequins<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have hot chocolate or apple cider and drive around to look at Christmas lights<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make Peppermint Marshmallows<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Go Ice Skating<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pack a sack of\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>non perishable food stuffs and donate to food bank<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make popcorn \/ cranberry garland for tree<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make or buy a holiday treat for Quincy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Single Jingle Bells, and then try and sing it backwards<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Write \/ Illustrate a holiday story featuring your family<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ring in the season \u00e2\u20ac\u201c attach bells to your sneakers, hat, coat or other article of clothing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Convince your family that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been nice, not naughty<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Name all 9 reindeer, without singing Rudolph the red nosed reindeer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Wear one red sock and one green sock and see if anyone notices<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Is there snow?\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Go for a walk in the snow.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Make a snowball and save it in the freezer until next July.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make a wreath (handprint, edible, floral \u00e2\u20ac\u201c whatever you want!)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Watch \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Polar Express\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make Cardboard Tube Carolers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Create a Pringle Can Nutcracker<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make a snowman votive holder from baby food, olive or mayo jars<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make a felt mitten or gingerbread man garland<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Grow a snowflake in a jar with Borax<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Design Q-Tip Snowflakes for a window display<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Create snow scenes with salt paint or Epsom salts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What do you call an old snowman?\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Water!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What do you have in December that you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have in any other month?\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>The letter D<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What goes \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, Oh, OH?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Santa, walking backwards<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What do Monkeys sing at Christmas?\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Jungle Bells, Jungle Bells<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sample different Christmas Candies, rate and journal them<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Go to the zoo \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Zoo Lights!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make a Birdfeeder<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Watch Happy Feet, Make a penguin from an old bottle<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Visit northpole.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Make an ornament, and then give it away to a neighbor What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?\u00c2\u00a0 frostbite Create a snowscape with shaving cream and action figures Decorate every door in the house Go to the Library and pick a new holiday book to read What do snowmen eat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,21,20,8,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2066"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions\/2069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}