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Christmas Activity Countdown Chain

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An advent chain with a job on every link: tear one off each morning from 1 December and do the activity on it, from "Make a paper snowflake" to "Hang up your stocking" on Christmas Eve. The activities are free, quick and need nothing more than paper, pencils and a grown-up now and then.

How to make the chain

  1. Print the 3 sheets at 100% (actual size) and colour the numbers and pictures.
  2. Cut out each strip along its outline. There are 24 strips, numbered 24 to 1.
  3. Curl strip 1 into a ring, picture outside, and glue or tape the tab. Thread strip 2 through it and close that one, and so on, so the highest number ends up at the bottom.
  4. Hang it up and tear off the bottom link every morning.

The 24 activities

  1. Make a paper snowflake
  2. Write a letter to Santa
  3. Sing a Christmas song
  4. Colour a Christmas picture
  5. Make a card for someone you love
  6. Read a Christmas story
  7. Bake something yummy together
  8. Make a gift tag
  9. Help someone without being asked
  10. Watch a Christmas movie
  11. Draw your dream present
  12. Have a Christmas dance party
  13. Make a paper star for a window
  14. Count the Christmas lights you see
  15. Play Christmas bingo
  16. Do a Christmas word search
  17. Wrap a present for someone
  18. Pick a toy to give away
  19. Make a paper ornament
  20. Have a hot chocolate together
  21. Tell someone why they are special
  22. Draw your family at Christmas
  23. Tell a Christmas joke
  24. Hang up your stocking
Use on your class or library site

Paste this into your school, class or library web page. It shows the picture and a link back here, so families can print it themselves. You can change the wording.

How to add it to your site

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Printing tips

  • Print at 100% (actual size) so the strips are the same length.
  • Glue sticks and tape both work; tape is quicker for little hands.
  • Hang the chain where it can be reached for the daily tear-off.

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