25 Days of Christmas, 2012 Edition

Christmas Camping is already checked off the list! Ryan couldn't wait until December.

Thanks to Pinterest, most of my 25 Days of Christmas activities are NEW for a change! (for more ideas, check out my schedule from 2009, 2010 and 2011)  Here is our advent calendar of events for this year...

Dec 1 - Make a "Countdown to Santa" calendar
Dec 2 - Roast marshmallows by the firepit in the backyard
Dec 3 - Make paper crafts: paper snowflakes, Paper Christmas Trees and Santa craft
Dec 4 - Bake and decorate Reindeer Cookies and eat Reindeer Sandwiches for lunch
Dec 5 - Family Movie Night
Dec 6 - Handprint Nativity Animals
Dec 7 - Make Time Capsule Ornaments
Dec 8 - Snow Day at Desert Ridge
Dec 9 - McCormick Railroad Park Christmas Lights
Dec 10 - Ice Cream Cone Christmas Tree craft
Dec 11 - Popsicle Stick Nativity Craft
Dec 12 - Pick 3 "angels" off the tree at the mall (each child's age and gender) and buy gifts for them
Dec 13 - Make Cinnamon Roasted Almonds
Dec 14 - Bake Chocolate Crackle Cookies for cookie exchange
Dec 15 - Marshmallow Snowmen craft
Dec 16 - Deliver Christmas gifts to kids at Phoenix Children's Hospital
Dec 17 - Santa Belt Flower Pot craft
Dec 18 - Snow What Fun at Desert Ridge
Dec 19 - Create Cotton Ball Christmas doorway
Dec 20 - Dessert: Build-Your-Own Ice Cream Snowmen sundaes
Dec 21 - Family Movie Night
Dec 22 - SNOW DAY in Flagstaff
Dec 23 - Drive around in PJs looking at Christmas lights with cookies and cocoa
Dec 24 - Bake a birthday cake for Jesus
Dec 25 - Read the Nativity Story from the Bible