Looking for simple intentional activities for Christmas? These are great activities for your family!
I love Christmastime and finding intentional activities for Christmas to do as a family. Currently, I have been using November to create a plan for Christmas so that things actually happen. A lot of these activities can be used together. For example, the daily countdown chain can be used with anything. I have split the ideas into daily, weekly, and just for moms.
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Simple Activities For Christmas with Kids
Daily Intentional Activities for Kids
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Light ‘Em Up- Courtney DeFeo
Courtney has a really fun idea of lighting up the world with kindness by doing daily acts of kindness. I love her ideas and how simple everything is. This is a great way to get your kids to focus on others.
Paper Chain Countdown
My kids love a good countdown and this is so simple! Remember the construction paper chains from elementary school? That is all you have to make! Put 24 rings on it and a star at the top. Starting December 1st have your kids take one ring off a day.
Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones
If you have the Jesus Storybook Bible you automatically have a 24 day reading plan! Head to Faithgateway to find more details and the printable pictures to correspond with the stories.
Glory and Wonder
This is a daily countdown that gives you a daily activity idea + Scripture to read! Learn more here.
Truth in the Tinsel
This is a really great countdown to do if you have crafty kids. Basically, it is a devotional and craft for each day of Advent. The crafts are all ornaments that you make. If you do not want to make the ornaments, there are also printable ornaments that your kids can color. It is a lot of fun to prep this together at a party! Head here to learn more!
Jesse Tree Project
Using a Jesse Tree devotional, you can have a daily devotional and an ornament to go with it. A fun idea is to get a group of 24 women, yourself included, and each person makes 24 of the same ornament. Then you all meet to exchange so everyone has a complete set.
Unwrapping the Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp
Go through the book and you can get her printable ornaments. You can also use The Wonder of the Greatest Gift along with this. Ann recently released this book and it is an interactive daily book.
Star from Afar
Using a wooden nativity set, you can work your way through the Christmas story. My kids absolutely love this. Every single day you hide the star and the kids have to find it.
Weekly Intentional Activities for Kids
Toilet Paper Roll Advent Candles
We did this last year and loved the simplicity of it! Every Sunday leading up to Christmas, light a candle by placing the “candlestick” in the appropriate candle. You will move through the candles for hope, peace, joy, love, and end on the white one for Christmas day. Read more about how to do the advent candles here.
Simply Christmas
Spend time once a week, connecting as a family and going through the Christmas story. The Simply Christmas Weekly Advent Plan includes a passage to read, questions to ask, and a service and family connection idea for each week.
Do you have any intentional activities for Christmas to add to the list? Leave your idea in the comments below!
Remember, the point of being intentional is to focus on doing one thing well. Decide what you will do as a family and then focus on that. What you do in the small moments with your family really does matter and makes a great impact. You are doing great work mama!
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