This year we are making a list of calm, creative and meaningful ways to countdown to Christmas that include outdoor and nature activities. Here are some ideas that we (including my children) have come up with so far;
- Outdoor tea party
- Picnic
- Reading Christmas books or tell Christmas stories
- Star gazing
- Knitting or sewing
- Leaf rubbing
- Paper chain decoration (at my daughter’s request)
- Waldorf Rainbow wool twistie head bands
- Sensory playdough with smells of Christmas
- Bush walk or hike
- Rock/stick or leaf painting
- Go for a night walk to see some of the neighbourhood Christmas light displays
- Make some wool pom poms as a decoration
- Bake some biscuits/cookies and decorate
- Wishing Tree Christmas Gift Appeal. Share the joy of giving to someone in need. Take a tag from a Wishing Tree (tag indicates a specified age and gender to buy for). Gift is then placed under the Wishing Tree.
- Make some beeswax candles for a gift
- Christmas Carol singing by candlelight
- Make a nature wreath with items found in our backyard or neighbourhood
- Put on a family puppet show night
- Make some healthy goodies for the Teachers.
- Make some salt dough ornaments for the Christmas Tree
- DIY wrapping paper
- DIY Christmas cards for loved ones
- DIY Presents (bath bomb, bath salts, candles, cookies etc)
- Decorate the Christmas Tree
- Set up our advent calendar wreath (we have a wooden Waldorf Birthday/Advent wreath)
- Flower arranging or flower pressing
- Make a rainbow Waldorf window star with kite paper
- Visit family and friends or have them over to our house
- Make a fruit salad
Some other lovely Advent Inspiration;
- Owlet Permaculture Advent Calendar (some really great ideas)
- Hippie in Disguise Botanical Advent
- Happy Whimsical Hearts- A Waldorf Advent Journey (looks beautiful)
- Adventures with Monster- Our First Waldorf Advent, Week One
- The Montessori Notebook- An Advent Calendar Montessori Style
This is our wooden advent calendar where we will place an activity into each drawer.
Edited: Dec 2nd 2016; a photo of our Advent table and how my children have decorated the Waldorf Birthday/Advent ring. Underneath this little table is our Nature Tray which is items they can use for decorating. The only thing missing from this photo is our candles which we light each Sunday before Christmas. Currently using our home made beeswax candles but once they are all used up we will swap over for natural soy based ones.
This is great, it makes the season far more meaningful and it also looks a lot of fun 🙂
I just read your post about Advent (Waldorf style) and added it to my list on this blog post. I agree with you, it does make the season more meaningful and fun.
Thank you 🙂 we also have a little knitted gnome who joins us on 1st December and brings little notes each morning with an activity idea. All activities are fun filled and set around the theme of helping each other, care and thought for others x
That sounds lovely! What a great idea.
Great ideas!!! Thank you for sharing!
Hi Kelley, thanks for commenting. I just had a look at your Blog, It’s lovely. Merry Christmas!