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Category Archives: Christmas Advent Activities

ADVENT ’21 DAY 7: WRITE LETTERS TO SANTA

The kids were thrilled when they learned it was time to write their letters to Santa! As in, danced around the living room thrilled! I provided them with several colors of construction paper, markers, colored pencils, and stickers, and then let their creativity take the lead! ⠀ Having recently spent a day sorting through their...

ADVENT ’21 DAY 6: MAKE A FORAGED WREATH

Spending our first holiday season at the cottage, and thinking about our favorite pastimes here, has inspired some new advent activities for us to try, like making a foraged wreath! On Sunday morning we set off on our favorite hillside hike and gathered greenery, branches, moss, and berries. We made an effort to collect plants...

Advent Calendar Tree

The first of December brings the opportunity to transition our Connection Tree into a Christmas Tree– the perfect place to display our daily advent activity ornaments! Before we make the switch, we always take a few moments to reflect on the colorful thankfulness leaves that filled the tree during the fall, and think about the...