Advent activity list

[Hibernatalie]

Hi all, I'm making my DC (7 and 5) an activity advent calendar this year. Bought a beautiful fabric pocket calendar - very excited. Here is my list of ideas, can anyone think of any more? Some are things I already have booked, I need a couple of low maintenance ones because 10 days of December will be days DH have been at work and the kids have been at school all day so we will only have a couple of hours of evening together and will be tired. Also would like some more altruistic ones. So far:

⁃	Watch a Christmas film or episode 
⁃	Hot chocolate with marshmallows 
⁃	Polar express 
⁃	Decorate the tree 
⁃	Listen to Christmas music 
⁃	Drive or walk to look at Christmas lights 
⁃	Go to church service 
⁃	Read a Christmas book 
⁃	Clue to find new teddy/ PJs/ bath bomb + leave snack out for Santa 
⁃	Christmas jigsaw puzzle 
⁃	Ice skating
⁃	Buy a new decoration for the tree 
⁃	Sing a christmas carol
⁃	Listen to Christmas music 
⁃	Do some Christmas colouring
⁃	Bake some Christmas cookies 
⁃	Eat a gingerbread man 
⁃	Give out Christmas cards 
⁃	Donate to a food bank 

Thanks all!

Not at all, the smell is heaven!!

So many lovely ideas - so excited to make this! Thanks all!

I've just set mine up for the DCs. Tomorrow they have "Let's get Christmas started" with a new (from Vinted) Christmas top each to change into after school!

What have you all gone for for 1st Dec? I've only gone as far as Sunday so far but have plenty of ideas thanks to previous posts.

I saved this thread way back when I saw it months ago 😊 I made their calendars years ago but didn't want to fill it with any more tat this year. Thanks for the tips so far🎄

Today was open our advent box which has Christmas jumpers and books inside as well as a chocolate.
Tomorrow we are going on a ride on the polar express!
Sunday is a North Pole breakfast.
Then a bit more low key for next week!