One of my favorite Christmas traditions has always been the advent calendar. Chocolate, ornaments, trinkets, pictures…it didn’t matter what was inside of those little doors – I always enjoyed opening one each night leading up to the big day.
For Hudson’s first Christmas, I decided to make him a very special advent calendar to use for his whole childhood (or longer!). Each little pouch contains a slip of paper with a special Christmas wish or activity to do that day. For example, yesterday’s read, “Make an ornament with Mommy.” The day before was, “Read a special new Christmas book before bed.” This is the first year that he’s actually old enough to understand and enjoy the calendar, and it makes me so happy to watch how excited he gets to open a pouch each evening.
**I found the instructions for the project at the Allsorts blog years ago, when I actually had time to do projects like this 🙂
Kim says: Sarah, Looks Magical so pretty! on 12.7.11 @ 10:23 pm