Advent calendars
have long helped build excitement and anticipation on the countdown to
Christmas, typically revealing a pretty picture or piece of chocolate behind
the cardboard door for each December day along the way. The Woodlands
Junior Advent Calendar 2008, on the other hand, is an online interactive
advent calendar with fascinating questions and facts on how Christmas is
celebrated in different countries around the world.
In Gengenbach,
a town in Germany's Black Forest, the Rathaus (town hall)—which
fortuitously has 24 main windows—is turned into a giant Advent calendar each
year. An artist, often an illustrator of children's books, is invited to set a
scene or painting in each of the 24 main windows. These are unveiled one by
one, beginning on the evening of November 30
This
year try an advent calendar with a difference - an advent paper chain.
It is fun for the kids to make themselves and is an economical - as well as
decorative, alternative to the shop-bought advent calendars. http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/advent_paper_chain.htm
There
are many different ways to make an advent calendar, here are a few suggestions.
If you have any ideas you would like to share with us or any great websites you
have found please let us know.
http://www.request.org.uk/main/festivals/christmas/advent/calendar.pdf
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-Make-Create-Creator-4924/dp/B000308IVK
http://crafts.kaboose.com/santas-beard-advent-calendar.html
http://www.santaspostbag.co.uk/homemade-advent-calendar-to-make.shtml
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