The month of December has to be one of the very best months of the year, it’s full of magic, togetherness, and tiny moments worth celebrating. I’m sharing a FREE Printable Advent Calendar that is a fun way to count down to Christmas day. It’s filled with 25 fun activity prompt which are perfect for younger kids, teens, and adults alike. I love this idea of doing an activity a day vs opening presents or small treasures.
I’ve also included a few blank areas for you to include any special prompt to create your own advent calendar. This is especially handy if you have toddlers or. only teenagers at home and want to create something specific tailored to your family. If you need ideas for those blank cards, try make hot chocolate bombs, ombre christmas Ttee Cookies, printable christmas cards to color pdf, draw a snowman or creative christmas cards
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free printable Christmas Advent calendar Activities
Click the download link to get the PDF file, save it, and use your printer at home to print these out. I appreciate your supporting and reading my blog and try to have as many more free printables for you to enjoy.
DOWNLOAD HERE: Printable Advent Calendar Pdf
The pdf file will open in a new browser window and you can print it immediately. Or you can right-click and choose to save the file to your computer.
To get the best quality print of the countdown calendar I would recommend using a thicker paper like a white card stock.
Free Printable Advent Calendar Display Idea:
One of my favorite setups: fill each envelope with a prompt, seal it, glue or tape numbers on each envelope, and arrange them in a photo frame over the glass. Write “DECEMBER” across the top with a chalk marker. But you don’t need anything fancy, simply fold the prompts, toss them in a jar, let someone pick them each day, however you choose, the joy is in the doing
I used a pack of scalloped envelopes and filled each one with an activity from the Printable Advent Calendar prompts. To seal the envelopes I used a paper die cut tree.
You can use any method of display- or simply even print these prompts, fold them and fill a jar with it. Or make a DIY Paper village for each prompt to sit in along with some chocolate.
I finally glued the numbers onto each envelope and adhered them onto the front of a photo frame (on top of the glass itself) temporarily using a tape adhesive.
Finish it off by lettering the title “december” with a chalk marker, that can be wiped off next month.
TIP: You can adapt this to fit your christmas season and make it a 12 day countdown instead of 25.
There are 25 fun prompts to bond and spend some quality time with your family. I honestly feel that this is so much better than stuffing your advent calendar with candy or tiny toys. Once you print out all these prompts, you can make a gift tag advent calendar, something fancier, or even just cut out each prompt with a scissors and fill a jar to make it simpler.
I personally think that all of these prompts would be perfect for kids of all ages! I am really excited about the “look through photos of this year” advent activity. Many of these are things we always do in December already- like bake cookies, visit Santa, or watch frozen, but opening an envelope a day just makes it feel more special right?
I hope you enjoy this printable advent calendar and that it helps make your holiday season special, full of creativity, connection, and joyful memories.
Happy holidays! ✨
