Many households display the Advent calendar for children as the 1st holiday decoration, which expresses the sense of anticipation and excitement of the upcoming holiday season. As your kids open the windows, they know that Christmas is on its way.

Dating back to the 19th century, the tradition of the Advent calendar was common practice among pious families to mark the days until Christmas Eve. As the days passed, some families would lit just one candle with 24 notches, or an arrangement of four candles, every one representing a Sunday of Advent, while others would only chalk lines on their front doors to mark each day of Advent.

At the end of the 19th century Advent calendars for children had become a lavish affair. These days, however, it has become difficult to get attractive designs that aren't merely chocolate-filled marketing tools. Kids, of course, love them, but they are far from being festive, and are normally anything but stylish.

It shouldn't be so difficult to aid your young ones feel the spirit of the season by surprising them with an unexpected alternative. A miniature Christmas tree decked with 24 numbered mittens or socks, each containing a little treat – chocolate coins, or perhaps tiny decorations that may be added to the tree – will probably be way more original than any calendar bought at the store. In the same way, a swag of Christmas greenery, mini buckets from lengths of ribbon, or 24 numbered packages could be suspended on a Christmas tree. Adults or older kids might enjoy 24 Advent envelopes that you have pegged to a clothes line, every one containing a silly puzzle or riddle.

To make Advent Calendar for your young ones shouldn't be difficult, or you can help them design their very own calendars for each other, if you would like the traditional window-styled Advent calendar for children. Help them choose a simple image to paint it onto card stock, such as front of your house. Mark where the flaps would be opening and fill each space with an image on a separate piece of card stock. Family photographs or, perhaps, old magazines would be a good supply of surprise images. Don't forget to bend the flaps back to place to ensure they don't open earlier than they are supposed to, and, when finished, stick the two pieces of card stock together.

Advent calendar for children will always be so much more personal than anything available at supermarkets, particularly if the photographs inside each window relate to your family.An Advent tree is a lovely way spruce up a kid's playground. Either look for a little open-branched tree, or lop the top off a really large tree. It's important that the tree shouldn't be too dense, so that the numbered mini Christmas gifts are not just visible, but also easy to remove when the day arrives.

You can create your individual tree using bare twigs, if buying a tree for your young ones's Advent count-down seems excessive. You can buy them from a local florist, or you can take your kids to the park and collect them together. Get a sand-filled galvanized metal basket to arrange the twigs, and then decorate the branches with numbered presents tied on with ribbon.

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