Create a Christmas countdown calendar
Parents can make the Christmas countdown exciting for their children who are already home for the school holidays.
Adding more fun is easy by using fun shapes or any decorative art of your preference.
Get the whole family involved to cut out numbers one to 25 from magazines to paste on the calendar.
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Mark the dates with removable Christmas pictures or an envelope filled with surprises.
These calendars are so easy to make.
Use plain white or coloured envelopes matching your Christmas tree.
If you have more than one child, let them use their hand prints on each day and paste the cut-out numbers over their prints.
When choosing white envelopes, let each child draw their ideas on several envelopes and stick it on the calendar.
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Fill each envelope with chocolates, small packets of sweets, biscuits or small affordable surprise gifts.
Even small Christmas stockings can be used to hide surprises in.
Start today and attach 24 more decorated or colour-filled envelopes to the calendar.
Allow the children to enjoy the countdown by opening an envelope every day until Christmas Day.
Who knows, this can also be the start of your own family Christmas tradition.
