I'm almost done with the ideas of activities for the Advent Calendar, which I'm happy to say, has been mentionned {here} & {here} (thanks Whip Up & The Crafty Crow !). I have to be very careful about which day each activity will happen, as I may need (or appreciate LOL) the help of another adult for some of them. Some of them will be taken care of by hubby, too. Sweet hubby also had a lovely idea for adding a little extra fun for the boys, which I did my best to make come true, very simply. He thought about a two pages booklet, with the 24 days written inside, and 24 stickers to stick each day an activity is done. I love the idea & quickly gather the very few materials I thought I needed to make this : one sheet of white cardboard (bristol), a rule, a pencil, rubberstamps & ink.
I cut the A4 size sheet of cardboard paper in half, which made me two A5 rectangles. I folded them in half. I stamped the front with letters, numbers & a Christmas themed big stamp (that I've been having for so many years, and never did make a lot of use ...) to write (in French) "Advent Calendar 2009" + their respective name, and then I made a grid of 24 squares on the right side in the inside. I stamped each and everyday. Then I looked for my tiniest stamp that could fit a holiday theme, and I found a pine cone one that I had bought on Etsy at NoraJane earlier this autumn. Then I stamped around 60 tiny round white labels, yes more than 2 x 24, because I thought the boys would love to use them for something else ...
Simple, quite effective, and I hope, fun for the boys !
I wanted to add that, because of the extreme busyness of this coming month, because of the Activity Advent Calendar, because I also am crafting for the shop, because I really MUST start crafting for the Christmas presents ... I have decided several things ...
- I will blog daily about our activity of the day, but most of the time, it will be only the photo & a short description (until the 24)
- I will also blog about what I've crafted for the { Shop }
- I originally wanted to host a giveaway BEFORE Christmas, but this is so NOT going to happen ... on the other hand, I'm clapping hands at the idea of preparing a week of little giveaways Post-Holidays Version !! Wouldn't it be a lovely idea ?!
OK, I really must go now.
Lots of hugs to everyone, and have a good week !
xoxoxo
