Christmas Advent Calendar Activity Cards: 41 Printable Pages, Ages 3–8

What’s included

• 24 big activity cards, such as baking cookies, making paper snowflakes, a cozy movie night and kindness ideas
• 24 mini cards to hide in envelopes, bags or boxes
• 6 blank “make your own” cards
• Countdown poster in color and black and white
• Decorate-the-tree countdown tracker in color and black and white
• Paper chain countdown strips in color and black and white
• Number tags 1–24
• 4-page December journal
• Kindness checklist, family memories page, December planner and winter bucket list
• “Countdown Champion” certificate

What it practices

• Number recognition and counting down: number tags 1–24, the countdown poster and the tree tracker
• Drawing and early writing: the December journal, the memories page and the blank make-your-own cards
• Coloring: one day at a time on the poster and tracker, and the paper chain strips made for coloring
• Kindness and talking together: the kindness checklist and cards such as thanking a helper
• Following simple directions: one activity card a day, done with a grown-up

Who it’s for

• Families who want a daily December activity instead of a daily treat or toy
• Kids ages 3–8, with a grown-up doing the cutting
• Teachers who want a countdown for a single classroom

Printing

• Print at “Actual size / 100%” in your print dialog.
• US Letter and A4 files are both included. Use the one that matches your paper.
• Use cardstock (180–250 gsm / 65–90 lb cover) for the activity cards. Plain paper works for the journal, planner and checklist pages.
• The countdown poster, tree tracker and paper chain strips each come in color and in black and white. The rest of the pack has no black-and-white version, but you can choose grayscale in your printer dialog; colors will print as gray.