[…] toys and a bunch of candy. Out of all the advent calendars I’ve seen, my favorites include a book advent calendar and a letter-writing calendar. I really wanted to do the latter because it would cost almost […]
We decided to use a book advent calendar this year to count down until Christmas. Each day the girls get to unwrap a book that we read together. Using library books makes this an easy, free advent activity.
We checked out these books. It’s a nice mix of funny, non-traditional, classic, and/or beautifully illustrated Christmas books for kids.
Row 1: Christmas in the Big Woods │ The Polar Express │ The Nutcracker │ Olive, the Other Reindeer
Row 2: Bear Stays Up For Christmas │ The Velveteen Rabbit │ It’s Christmas, David! │ A Pirate’s Twelve Days of Christmas
Row 3: The Story of Christmas │ Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas │ The Christmas Mice │ How Santa Got His Job
Row 4: A Christmas Tree for Pyn │ Is It Christmas? │ Santa’s New Jet │ The Christmas Quiet Book
Row 5: A Letter to Santa Claus │ Angelina’s Christmas │ Olivia Helps with Christmas │ Little Rabbit’s Christmas
Row 6: A Christmas Carol │ Redneck Night Before Christmas │ Santa is Coming to Texas │ Little Santa
What a fun idea, Stephanie! I bet the girls are loving it. Children’s books are the best!