24 Days of Easy Advent Activities with Children

While I know that not everyone celebrates Christmas, doing easy activities throughout the month of December is something in which everyone can participate. I also know that many families choose to do an Advent calendar where there are daily gifts. For our family, we much prefer our Advent calendar as activities that we can do as a family. So here are at least 24 Days of Easy Advent Activities with Children.

Advent gingerbread house with small wooden boxes for windows and doors, one window pulled out with a paper below that states "Make Paper Snowflakes"

Easy Advent Activities

December is already a busy month, so we typically try to come up with activities that seem to be manageable. Sometimes this means activities that can be set out to do throughout the night. Other times, this means activities the kids do independently. This last one is not often as our goal with the activities is to spend some time together during this busy season and focus on family time.

We have a growing list of activities as some years certain activities do not make sense for us and other years we have more time. This year, one of our activities will actually be after Advent is over as we will have family in town and have an event planned with them.

Our Easy Advent Activities We Have Done Throughout the Years

Write a Letter to Santa
Make a Paper Chain
Put up a Christmas Tree
Make Gingerbread Houses
Make Christmas Cookies
Make Chocolate Pretzels
Deliver Chocolate Pretzels
Watch Elf
Movie Night
Luminaries
Santa on the Firetruck
Take a Drive to Look at Lights
Make a Card for a Friend
Make Hot Chocolate
Make Paper Snowflakes
Make Snow
Put up the Snowman Tree
Wrap Gifts for Family
Gifts for Neighbors
Go to the Zoo Lights
Movie Night
Color a Picture
Take a Walk
Sleep by the Christmas Tree
Make Ornaments
Game Night
Catch up Day
Christmas Song Dance Party

Other Ideas We Have on Our List:

Choose and donate outgrown toys to a local shelter
Buy and donate food to the local food pantry
Go Ice Skating
Make an Ice Wreath or Lantern
Read a Holiday Book
Gather old towels and blankets to donate to a local animal shelter
Make a teacher gift
Have a Marshmallow Fight
Put out snacks for delivery drivers
Go Christmas Caroling
Shovel a Neighbor’s Driveway
Make Popcorn Garland
Make a Paper Plate Wreath
Make Reindeer Food
Decorate your own wrapping paper

December to Remember

The ultimate goal is to spend time together during the month. All of these activities can do that in some fashion. Some years we accomplish more together time than others but no matter what, we enjoy this activity. This is something that my kids truly look forward to each year.