Small, Frugal Holiday Activities - Page 3

[Tangled Hill]

Well, it looks as though I won't be able to put up photos for a while, so I thought I'd just list the activities we ended up with:

Dec. 1 Listen to Dr. Demento xmas tape for first time
Dec. 2 Watch The Nightmare before Xmas
Dec. 3 Make paper snowflakes and decorate the windows
Dec. 4 Put up the xmas tree and decorate it
Dec. 5 Town's tree lighting ceremony
Dec. 6 Put up the rest of the xmas decorations
Dec. 7 Write letter to Santa
Dec. 8 Write annual xmas letter to family and friends
Dec. 9 Make xmas cards for family and friends
Dec. 10 Make a popcorn chain for the tree
Dec. 11 Make xmas ornaments
Dec. 12 Visit Santa
Dec. 13 Make pretty name tags for gifts
Dec. 14 Read xmas stories
Dec. 15 Drive around looking at xmas lights
Dec. 16 Bake xmas treats for the dogs
Dec. 17 Bake xmas cookies
Dec. 18 Make an xmas card for daddy
Dec. 19 Make vegan Chex Mix (haven't done this before - hope it comes out well)
Dec. 20 Present wrapping party with music, movies and Chex Mix
Dec. 21 Solstice - Star watching with hot chocolate and peppermint straws
Dec. 22 Wander through Hyde Park's xmas lights (a neighborhood that really does xmas up)
Dec. 23 Watch A Christmas Story
Dec. 24 Watch It's a Wonderful Life, open 1 gift, leave treats for Santa and the reindeer
Dec. 25 Empty - to be filled with a letter from Santa
Dec. 26 Make a list of what we're thankful for
Dec. 27 Have a picnic beneath the tree in the living room
Dec. 28 Family game night
Dec. 29 Make a fire in the fireplace (we're in TX, so this is a big deal)
Dec. 30 Make New Year's resolutions and tuck into stockings
Dec. 31 Take down decorations and toast the new year

So far, it's been going wonderfully. And the little one decries that we must do this "every single year from now on."

Anyone else come up with some good, steal-able ideas?

[griffin2004]

We're concentrating on community activities this year because the price is always right.

We went to our town's tree lighting ceremony last night and it was so much fun! The jr high choir sang, a local coffee shop served free cocoa, and when they flipped the switch nearly every tree in the park was lit. So cool!

Today, we're going to children's museum that has free first Friday admission.

Next week is a community concert--again free.

A couple of nights ago we made Christmas coasters to give as gifts. Ceramic tiles for $.14/each, a $1 piece of fancy paper, a bottle of mod podge and a foam brush. Easy peasy.

We'll devote a night to putting up the tree and decorating it.

And we do our Advent wreath ceremony every night, too.

So far, I've gotta say this is the best Advent ever!

[limette]

So far we've done

Dec 1; decorated tree
Dec 2; made pomanders and paper chains
Dec 3; made gingersnaps
Dec 4; made and drank fancy hot drinks

tonight we are making Christmas cards

tomorrow dh is taking dd1 ice skating
sunday we are going to put out stuff for the birds (suet feeders, pinecones rolled in pb and seeds etc).

It's been fun.

[Tangled Hill]

Finally! I've just finished my blog post with photos of our advent calendar, so I thought I'd bump this up.

Holiday Activities "Advent" Calendar

Anyone else? :