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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