Day 17

String fruit loops to make a garland.

I use yarn and wrap the end in tape so the kids can easily thread it through the fruit loop. This is also a great fine motor skills activity for you toddler. For more detailed instructions check out this blog.

Day 15 & 16

Day 15
Make a Christmas card and send it to a friend.
This could be anything from drawing a picture or writing a letter and sending it or printing off a card to color and send. We like to find printable quarter fold cards to color and envelope templates to make our own envelopes. This year [...]

Day 14

Learn a Christmas song (yes this one is a repeat) and read a Christmas story.
Some of our favorite story books are,
Bear Stay Up for Christmas, by Karma Wilson

and…
What Is Christmas? by Michelle Medlock Adams

Day 13

Decorate cookies.

Sugar cookies or gingerbread cookies are fun to decorate. We always do sugar cookies. So get out the frosting, sprinkles, chocolate chips, red hots, etc and let those little ones pile it on. This has always been one of my favorite things to do for just about every [...]

Day 12

Felt Snowman
I love felt and my kids really enjoy the felt activities I do for them. So I thought it would be fun to do a “build your own snowman” type activity. So, cut out 3 circles from white felt (each one a little smaller than the previous) or you can just cut the body [...]

Day 10 and 11

Day 10
Make a tree ornament.
These are the ones we do every year. Most toddlers love to string things and the pipe cleaner makes it pretty easy. I like the triangle shaped beads because it makes the candy canes look more candy cane-ish.
There are also a # of cute tree ornaments you can make [...]

Day 9

Popcorn Santa
Print off a picture of Santa and glue popcorn (or pom poms or cotton balls) onto his beard and hat.
This is the picture we will be using. I found it at http://www.free-coloring-pages.com/christmas.html

Day 8

Drink hot chocolate and eat a candy cane.
My older toddler just recently discovered the joys of hot chocolate. We went to starbucks the other day and bought a large hot chocolate to share. When it was his turn he took a sip and refused to give it back. He kept hugging the [...]

Day 6 & 7

Day 6
Learn a Christmas song.
My kids love to learn new songs, so this one was a fun one. I found a website that has lyrics and music to a few songs that might be helpful.
Day 7
Salted Pinecones:
Put some craft glue on a paper plate and roll a pinecone around in it to [...]

Day 5

Make paper snowflakes and hang them from the window. For instructions on how to make basic snowflakes click here. If you want to try a fancier 3D snowflake, try these.