Are you looking for ideas for the countdown to Christmas? Consider these fun advent activities:
- Make hot chocolate, hot apple cider, or eggnog.
- Go on a drive to look at Christmas lights.
- Pick up a new ornament to hang on the tree.
- Buy a book and donate to a child.
- Shoot a short video of your year’s highlights and share on social media.
- Get the sleeping bags out and sleep under the Christmas tree. If you have a fireplace, enjoy it.
- Take turns reading a Christmas story. Consider purchasing a new book each year.
- Decorate cookies and have your extended family vote on who did a better job.
- Fill a stocking and surprise them.
- Gift the 12 Days of Christmas for your love.
- Watch a Christmas movie and pop popcorn.
- Make your own cinnamon dough ornaments.
- Donate to a children’s giving tree.
- Christmas song dance party.
- Game night in your pajamas.
- Go to the park and feed the birds or ducks.
- Write a letter to Santa.
- Take a horse carriage ride or go ice skating.
- Make gingerbread houses.
- Cut out snowflakes and hang them in your windows.
- Pick a new treat to make together.
- Hang mistletoe and kiss.
- Take a bubble bath together.
- Make cards to drop off at a nursing home.
- Decorate a mailbox and invite each other to write notes of love and appreciation.
- Make a birdfeeder and hang in a tree.
- Take a neighborhood walk at night.
- Have dinner by candlelight by the tree.
- Make a snow angel or snowman.
- Learn a carol and sing a Christmas song to share on social media.
- Find one way to pay it forward or give back to the community.
- Attend a Christmas concert online or in-person. Dress up either way.
- Give pj’s to each other and wear on Christmas Eve.
- Read the Story of Jesus.
Enjoy the season!