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Christmas Advent 2013
This year my five-(and a half)-year-old will probably be getting three Christmas gifts. (None of the teeny-tiny Advent surprises costs over $1, except for going ice skating.) His 11-m.o. baby brother will most likely be more interested in the wrapping paper *g*
I hope I have enough variety in here and not be too materialistic.
I made the tiny boxes from Mr. Printables' Christmas Advent Calendar Street, black and white on pastel cardstock. I put two of the unusually sized advent treats on The Toymaker's pencil boxes. Should've gone with a Christmas pencil box instead, but I only browsed the website's holiday section today. Ah well, green elephants pencil box is cool.
I wrote the "Read Bible story" instruction on Mr. P's advent paper strips.
The golden "tickets" I printed on heavy yellow paper using The Toymaker's movie tickets printable. I then used wavy line scissors to cut out the tickets.
#17 ticket: Make a gadget (Skip counter) is a Math toy. The trebuchet is cool, but first I need better glue options or putting it together will be an exercise in frustration.
Chocolate = one Lindt truffle.
The content of the advent boxes are:
I hope I have enough variety in here and not be too materialistic.
I made the tiny boxes from Mr. Printables' Christmas Advent Calendar Street, black and white on pastel cardstock. I put two of the unusually sized advent treats on The Toymaker's pencil boxes. Should've gone with a Christmas pencil box instead, but I only browsed the website's holiday section today. Ah well, green elephants pencil box is cool.
I wrote the "Read Bible story" instruction on Mr. P's advent paper strips.
The golden "tickets" I printed on heavy yellow paper using The Toymaker's movie tickets printable. I then used wavy line scissors to cut out the tickets.
#17 ticket: Make a gadget (Skip counter) is a Math toy. The trebuchet is cool, but first I need better glue options or putting it together will be an exercise in frustration.
Chocolate = one Lindt truffle.
The content of the advent boxes are:
1. Bible story: An angel visits Mary
2. Ticket: Make a Christmas card
3. (Unusual size) Toy: Slinky Jr.
4. (Unusual size) Toy: expanding duck
5. Bible story: An angel visits Joseph
6. Ticket: Make a Christmas garland (ornaments)
7. Chocolate
8. Christmas stickers
9. Ticket: Make a Christmas garland (gingerbread men)
10. Bible story: Jesus is born
11. Ticket: Make a Christmas craft (decorate a gingerbread man)
12. Eraser: dinosaur
13. Christmas stickers
14. Ticket: Go ice skating
15. Bible story: Shepherds hear about baby Jesus
16. Chocolate
17. Ticket: Make a gadget (Skip counter)
18. Eraser: dinosaur
19. Chocolate
20. Bible story: The Wise Men visit Jesus
21. Ticket: cuddle under a blanket and read a story
22. (Unusual size) Chocolate: Chocolate stick for hot milk
23. (Unusual size) Toy: giraffe puppet pen
24. (Unusual size) Eraser: slinky confetti eraser
25. Bible story: Jesus goes to the temple
25a. Chocolate