Advent Calendar 2011

It's the most wonderful time of the year! I love Christmas. No other holiday beat it. Especially my family all being together. There is just nothing better than that!!

This year I scanned pinterest (my new obsession) for some ideas and found this truly creative calenadar that I got to utilize all of my scrapbooking goodies as well. It's a win-win!

I decided on a 24 day calendar because it fit the best on the 12x12 paper that I was using. PLUS day 25 is just so darn exciting in itself that I didn't think I needed to add in an activity that we would likely not get done anyways.

Each card pulls out of the slot to reveal our event for the day. Here is what I have on the agenda for this year:

December 2011

1. DECK THE HALLS! (as if mom didn’t have everything decorated weeks ago) Make a home-made Christmas decoration
2. Make a Skype date with Aunties/Uncles to tell them we love them/miss them and will see them soon.
3. Make fruit loop necklaces (either for decoration or to eat)
4. Wrap Christmas presents
5. Make a decoration for the tree
6. Make a snowman or paper snowflakes
7. Make a Christmas card for someone special
8. Color a Christmas picture
9. Download a new Christmas song to sing along to
10. Make the house smell like Christmas: either by baking (depending in the night) or light a festive scented candle ;)
11. Get mom and dad to take you out for a special treat
12. Read a Christmas story book before bed
13. Make hot chocolate and stir it with candy canes
14. Drive around and look at Christmas lights
15. Take food to the food bank
16. Have a campout in front of the Christmas tree
17. Buy & wrap a gift for Angels Anonymous and take it to DQ
18. Call Grandma & Grandpa and sing them a Christmas song
19. Think of something special and do something nice for someone
20. Watch a Christmas movie as a family – complete with popcorn!
21. Deliver presents to family and friends
22. Take that something special to school to that very important figure helping to mould our futures (teacher)
23. Write a note to Santa to leave out with your milk & cookies tomorrow night
24. Read the night before Christmas and check the Santa Tracker to see where the man in red is before lights out

I am pretty pumped to get started. Looking forward to December already and counting down the days until my sisters and neices get here! I plan on documenting each day with pictures (surprise!) to remember our fun!

Stay tuned ;)