December Holiday Activity Calendar 2020

A few years ago, I created a set of simple Advent countdown activities to keep things fun and interesting and to spend extra time with family and do kind things for others. That evolved into daily activity cards through the entire month of December plus a daily holiday/winter themed Lego build. Last year we ended up with a huge Lego winter village! This year I have not gotten myself organized to prep daily Lego builds, but I did have the brilliant idea of including some cleaning challenges with our fun activities!

We don't do Elf on the Shelf, but I found this cute elf-ish looking doll among the Christmas decorations in the store a couple of years ago. Elfie will be joining Sock Monkey (I felt like I needed two helpers since I have two kids! I think we can make Sock Monkey a festive scarf to dress him up!) in presenting the kids with a daily cleaning challenge. If they complete the challenge, the next morning they will find a little treat along with their next cleaning challenge. My hope is that the house can be less cluttered and our things can all be put away where they belong by Christmas!

Anyway, back to the activities. This year, I chose activities that promote family time, acts of charity and kindness, and understanding of multicultural holiday traditions. I have created a calendar along with daily cards that you can download and print out to use at home! At the end of the file are blank cards in case you want to replace some of my activities with your own. Activities written in blue on the calendar will correlate to a post here. Check Cardboard Mom on those days for video read alouds of the stories and details about the activities.

I hope you all take this month to celebrate love and family along with us! Happy holidays from all of us here at Cardboard Mom!

Download your Holiday Activity Calendar here