Time for Advent and Crafting

Looks like I'm lucky to get one post a month done! The girls were excited for the start of the Christmas countdown. They unpacked the Advent calendar (house) and just waited for December first. They still had so much candy leftover from Halloween that I didn't want to fill it with candy. I didn't want to fill it with holiday activities either because during the week there just isn't time for anything but homework and dinner. So my next idea was a scavenger hunt to find the little "treasures" they would receive each day after school. They've enjoyed trying to figure out my lame clues and looking for their little prize everyday. They also embraced the December Daily journal idea from Ali Edwards. The weekend after Thanksgiving they picked out papers for their scrapbook/journal and assembled the book. The first thing they did when they got home from school on December 1st was to run up to the craft room and begin work on their first page and they continued everyday this past week. They've discovered more paper crafting techniques this past week than they (or I) could have possibly imagined. We check in with Tim Holtz everyday for his 12 Tags of Christmas inspiration and have used a few of his ideas on their pages. Hopefully, I'll be able to post a few of their pages within the next week.