December Advent Countdown Box

Every year I have good intentions of doing a traditional advent, and every year it sneaks up on me because our Thanksgiving weekend is so full.

A couple of weeks ago I came across Hubbard’s Cubbards Daily Christmas Activity Guide and realized I could start on December 1st instead!

(I realize that is probably a Duh! idea to many, but in my mind a December countdown always involved things like gluing cotton balls to Santa’s beard.)

My wheels started turning and I decided to create a December Advent Countdown Box. I picked up an adorable box at Hobby Lobby with this on the lid: “Every good gift is from above…James 1:17“.

Every night my kiddos will open the box to find these fun activities:

~ Nativity stickers – each will make a stable out of brown paper and they can choose a sticker every day to add to it. (I found mine at Mardel)

~ our Daily Reading (listed below)

~ a silly Christmas joke

~ an activity or craft for the whole family {list coming}

I am making a paper chain out of red & green paper with one key verse per day glued inside. Each day, when they remove a chain and read the verse, they will get a hint of what we will be reading that night.

If you would like to use the verses I chose for my chain, feel free to download them –> HERE <– They are in English Standard Version (ESV).

~Daily Readings~

Day  1 ~ Isaiah 7:14

Day  2 ~ John 1:1-14

Day  3 ~ Luke 1:5-7

Day  4 ~ Luke 1:8-13

Day  5 ~ Luke 1:14-17

Day  6 ~ Luke 1:18-20

Day  7 ~ Luke 1:21-25

Day  8 ~ Luke 1:26-29

Day  9 ~ Luke 1:30-33

Day 10 ~ Luke 1:34-38

Day 11 ~ Matthew 1:19-25

Day 12 ~ Luke 1:39-45

Day 13 ~ Luke 1:46-56

Day 14 ~ Luke 1:57-66

Day 15 ~ Luke 1:67-80

Day 16 ~ Luke 2:1-5

Day 17 ~ 2:6-7

Day 18 ~ Luke 2:8-12

Day 19 ~ Luke 2:13-15

Day 20 ~ Luke 2:16-18

Day 21 ~ Luke 2:19-20

Day 22 ~ Matthew 2:1-6

Day 23 ~ Matthew 2:7-9

Day 24 ~ Matthew 2:10-12

Day 25 ~ Isaiah 9:6

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