Christmas Countdown Calendar - Homeschool Share

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Are you looking for a non candy advent calendar? We have several! Try one of our Christmas countdown printables this holiday season and make amazing memories with your family.

What’s Included in the Christmas Countdown Printable?

The file includes four different advent calendar ideas for kids, so that you can find the right Christmas countdown calendar printable for your family.

Option 1: Advent Calendar Coloring Page

This advent calendar coloring page option includes an image for your child to color each day from the first day of December through Christmas Eve.

Option 2: Christmas Drawing Countdown

This option includes numbers and blank spaces. For this countdown calendar, your student will be able to choose a different holiday item to draw each day.

Option 3: Christmas Fun Countdown Printable

This option has fun Christmas activities added to it. If you don’t like the ones on the page, you can edit it. Just click on the box and change the text! Advent calendar filler ideas have been added below to help you generate ideas for the countdown.

Option 4: Christmas Kindness Advent Calendar

This option has Christmas Kindness activities added to it. If you don’t like the ones on the page, you can edit it. Just click on the box and change the text! Ideas have been added below.

Advent Calendar Filler Ideas for Kids

If you choose option four or five, use some of these ideas to fill the advent calendar spaces:

Make snow ice cream.
Make snow candy.
Build a snowman.
Build a gingerbread house.
Go sledding.
Go ice skating.
Make a snow angel.
Make paper snowflakes.
Make homemade marshmallows.
Read Luke 2.
Hang Christmas lights.
Make a paper chain.
Drink hot cocoa with marshmallows.

Go and look at Christmas lights.
Complete a holiday themed puzzle.
Read a holiday themed picture book (or chapter book).
Host a game night or have a family game night.
Watch a holiday movie (you could add this to the calendar more than once).
Sing Christmas songs with your family.
Make a Christmas craft.
Make Christmas ornaments.
Go and see Santa.
Write a letter to Santa.
Go Christmas Caroling.
Go to Christmas Eve Service

These additional ideas would be perfect for the Christmas Kindness Advent Calendar.

Collect mittens, scarves, and hats for people who need them.
Hang suet treats in the trees for birds.
Complete a random act of kindness.
Donate clothes or toys that you no longer need.
Make a thank you note for a mail carrier, librarian, police officer, firefighter, or teacher.
String cranberries and popcorn and put them in trees for forest friends.
Create a card for a friend or family member.
Make a gift for a friend or family member.
Call a friend or family member who lives far away.