lazy advent envelopes

There are a million advent activity projects out there. From little stockings to wall hangings to amazing sculptures made from toilet paper tubes.

 This is not one of them! 

If you have been around here long, you know we are about process and ease. 

So, our yearly advent activity countdown looks something like the picture above. We use humble letter envelopes (we have also used little brown coin envelopes and homemade magazine envelopes), with the date stamped on the front, and many times a kid who is learning their numbers will stamp the appropriate number of stars too. 

That is it!

The kids love this tradition more than any other. They remind me of it starting in October and have great fun helping to make the envelopes and opening them each morning.

some of our activities include:

getting out all the holiday books and reading many

ice skating

gift making session with friends

several homemade movie nights

ornament making

making and hanging coffee filter snowflakes - everywhere

yearly parties

bonfire and hot cocoa

Nutcracker

parade

fondue dinner

driving around to look at lights

cookie decorating

making dog biscuits 

making pinecone bird feeders

What are some of your holiday countdown activities?