Tonight I will get Richard to get all our decoration and tree etc down from the attic area and tomorrow when he heads off to work and David off to School i am going to blast christmas carols and start decorating....We have an entry way with a dresser that I want to decorate and the area around it with possibly an extra small tree, our big tree and decorations in our open plan lounge, kitchen and dining area....Then there is the little extra surprise Mr 6 has no idea about...I managed to get a 3ft white christmas tree off Ezibuy for $13.00 and have some extra decorations and will decorate this tree and put in David's room for when he gets home from school...
I will then have a small box of special decorations and ornaments that we will put up as a family tomorrow night!
I will post before and After Pictures tomorrow night!!!!
When do you all decorate?
Advent Callendars do you all do these and have them?
We always have gone with a little message or occassional treat in a little countdown stockings...This year i am decorating Christmas Noodle Boxes and will number them and put a message or treat in them for each day...We do activities, christmas books, DVD etc! I have gotten about 9 new Christmas books that have been on special through out the year.
Once I have finished our noodle boxes and gotten them already I will post photos for you all.
Our Activites include
Visit to Santa
Make Christmas cards
Wrap some pressies and drop off to Salvation Army
Visit Christmas Wonderland
Work on some Christmas Colouring In
Work on some printed out activities
Do some christmas baking
Open a new Christmas Book
Make gift for teachers
Make gifts for classmates
Watch a Christmas DVD
etc etc etc
Don't get me wrong there will be the odd Freddo Frog or something like that along with a couple of new christmas decorations that he gets every year...
What sort of Advent Callendar do you do?
Here are some ideas I have found around the Internet.
http://workmanfamily.typepad.com/our_life/2008/11/christmas-bucket.html
http://workmanfamily.typepad.com/our_life/2008/11/christmas-advent-calendar.html
The wonderful amazing idea from the talented Tamar from Tarisota
http://tarisota.typepad.com/
http://tarisota.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/11/smiggle-xmas-2012-advent-calendar.html
http://tarisota.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/11/christmas-countdown-advent-candles.html
on the above post Tamar has some awesome idea for Advent Callendars
Tamar is using the following little bags for her Advent this year
Please do visit her blog and show support!
The following are great ideas from Eighteen 25
there are also a huge amount on Pinterest.com as well. I am having a bit of trouble posting from things I have pinned so will update this in a few days!
Take care everyone and the next post will be about Daily December albums and 25 Days of December Albums....If you spot any great ideas you think should be featured on here please let me know.
Last year I got the boys a lego advent calendar each but the warehouse havent got them this year...hopefully they will get them in the next couple of days but we always have the cholocate advents and this year I have also got 24 xmas themed books, puzzles, games for the boys to have turns at opening one each day like what your first picture is, this will be the first year for doing that.
ReplyDeleteDecorating starts anytime from tomorrow onwards depends on when i get time in between moving, unpacking and sorting