Waiting for the New Year is exciting, magical and, at the same time, tiring. To brighten up the waiting time for the holiday, an advent calendar was invented back in the 19th century. The essence of this calendar is that you can use it to count down the days until the New Year or Christmas and at the same time receive unusual tasks, wishes and small symbolic gifts every day. Often, the advent calendar is designed for 31 days - from December 1st to the 31st.
Banal “counters” in the form of postcards or houses with daily chocolates are no longer in fashion. There are much more unusual options with interesting tasks and gifts - both for children and adults. Now you can purchase a ready-made advent calendar or make it yourself.
5 options for unusual advent calendars
To create an unusual Advent, you don’t need any special skills or knowledge, you just need to show imagination and perseverance.
- Activities and treats in fabric bags. In bags made of the most ordinary fabric, it can be of different colors or one color, small sweets are placed - candies, nuts, candied fruits - whatever your heart desires, and a small piece of paper with a written task for the day. For example, 30 minutes of dancing with a loved one. After this, the bag is tied with a ribbon and hung on the Christmas tree or simply attached to the wall/board. For convenience, you can label each element with the date - when to open.
- Tasks in socks.Traditional Catholic socks hung by the fireplace for gifts from St. Nicholas can also be used as an Advent idea - place a card with a wish or task and a treat in each of the 31 socks. It is worth noting that you don’t have to hang out all the socks at once, but use only 5 pieces. round.
- Document folder or advent calendar? Another great Advent idea is to place 30 small cardboard note boxes in a thick file folder. Each box can be signed with a date, and those containing treats can be additionally decorated with bows or snowflakes.
- Compact "counter". It looks like a small jar with notes rolled into a tube, in the form of scrolls. This Advent will take up minimal space. The text of the notes can contain anything - tasks, wishes, questions, or even interesting quests to find hidden treats and gifts.
- Garland of envelopes. Such a calendar can serve as an additional decoration for the room. On the wall there is a canvas rope with clothespins that hold multi-colored envelopes with letters. This idea is simple to implement, but looks great and is a lot of fun to make.
Options for tasks for a children's advent calendar
Creating a children's Advent involves interesting and educational tasks for every day. They should be varied and exciting so that time passes quickly and usefully while completing them. For example, you can use these:
- Draw your favorite cartoon character.
- Find all red objects in 1 room.
- Sing a song about winter.
- Tell a poem for Grandfather Frost.
- Dance the dance of the little ducklings.
- To make a snowman.
- Go with your parents to a matinee and watch a play.
- Play snowballs with friends.
- Ride down the highest hill on a sled.
- Take a walk through the winter forest and find 1 fir cone.
The main goal of any advent calendar is to create an atmosphere of happiness, family comfort and celebration in the soul.
