advent calendar 2012

Remember last year, when I made our advent calendar? 

Well, last year it was rather difficult to find tiny gifts for each pocket, as well as gifts that didn't cost too much.  This year I decided to do something different for the advent calendar.

 I saw THIS idea on Pinterest & decided to do something similar to fill our advent calendar.

Here are our 25 activities for our advent calendar:

1. Read "The Secret of the Star"
2. Play Candyland
3. Draw pictures & mail to Grandpa & Grandma
4. Paint Lily & Mommy's toenails
5. Make popcorn & watch "Charlie Brown Christmas"
6. Get in the car & go look at Christmas lights
7. Read "All is Well"
8. Go get Frosty's at Wendy's
9. Ride the Polar Express at Mayfaire
10. Paint a picture with watercolors
11. Read Luke 2
12. Go get ice cream at Cold Stone (we have gift cards to use up)
13. Get out the beads & make a necklace
14. Get out the jingle bells & sing
15. Have hot cocoa with marshmellows
16. Go carol to Papa & Nonnie
17. Make a Christmas craft with Mom
18. Go see Santa at Mayfaire
19. Read "You are Mine"
20. Make a Christmas tree out of play-dough
21. Read "A Tale of Three Trees"
22. Turn on some Christmas music & make latte's once the girls are in bed
23. Decorate Cookies
24. Open up the Christmas Eve box
25. Make Jesus a birthday cake.  Open presents - Merry Christmas!