Where do I go when I need inspiration? Say it together now: pinterest! And I came across this cute snowman ornament:
After making the countdown to Christmas calendar, we were both in Christmas craft moods. My son decided that we need to make a Christmas craft every day until Christmas. Well, I don't know about every day, but I will try to have more days of crafts than usual.
Where do I go when I need inspiration? Say it together now: pinterest! And I came across this cute snowman ornament:
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Growing up, we had a countdown to Christmas calendar. It was less a calendar and more a, something else, I'm not sure. It was this big house, with lots of rooms, with 25 buttons sewn various places around the house. And every morning, whoever was the first kid downstairs (the only 25 days out of the year I made a concerted effort to get up early) got to move the little bear to the next button. As I was trying to explain the bear/button/house thing to my husband, this is how I started: "The bear starts in the chimney, because that's the top of the house, and he makes his way through the house, visiting all the bedrooms, and he ends up by the fireplace, because the tree is right next to it." Oh man! We counted down to Christmas with something starting at the chimney and ending at the fireplace? I didn't realize that until the other day as I was explaining, so maybe my parents didn't either? Oh well, I guess no harm done. :-) (It's okay Mom and Dad, I know you weren't trying to incorporate Santa into our celebrations!)
At any rate, I loved that countdown. I wanted my own son to be able to make happy memories counting the days til Christmas also. Of course, he doesn't have to race any siblings downstairs. I searched the internet (ie, pinterest) and found some cute ones made completely out of felt. I decided this one would be my inspiration: Most people have heard about Advent, the name. I always thought it had something to do with Lent, which ironically I didn't really know what that was either. It wasn't until last year that I learned anything about what Advent was (and that wasn't much). As this Christmas season approaches, I've been thinking about last year and what my new family member introduced me to and what I would do with that new information as it pertains to this year. Before you wonder why I'm talking about Christmas in October, let me tell you: I want to make a countdown to Christmas calendar for my son, so I need it finished before Dec. 1, meaning I need to start making it soon, meaning last night I was browsing my favorite idea site (pinterest) and this word Advent kept coming up. A little research later, and I decided to write about it. You may be interested, you may not be able to care less. Either way, here are some things I learned:
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