Christmas Advent 2013

It's that time of year again! I can not even believe how incredibly fast this year has gone by. I love Christmas and this time of year the most for all the fun family activities we get to do together. I am not big on gift giving and receiving and this year we will be focusing on it even less. I want to end this year with a pile of memories, not a pile of stuff. 

 

Countdown to Christmas - Advent Calendar Activities

 

 

December 1: Letters to Santa

December 2: Make and hang paper snowflakes

December 3: Make a birdseed wreath

December 4: Dance to Christmas music

December 5: Watch the original version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and drink apple cider

December 6: Read The "J" is for Jesus and eat candy canes

December 7: Make cards for our holiday friends

December 8: Make salt dough ornaments

December 9: Make snow globes

December 10: Watch Elf and eat Christmas popcorn

December 11: Make chalkboard ornaments

December 12: Make tin can luminaries

December 13: Family ornament shopping trip

December 14: Wake Forest Christmas Parade with hot cocoa

December 15: Visit Santa

December 16: Make cinnamon ornaments

December 17: Watch The Polar Express and drink egg nog

December 18: Make chocolate peppermint fudge

December 19: Make a gingerbread house

December 20: Dress up in pajamas and drive around to see Christmas lights

December 21: Open Christmas cards

December 22: S'mores on the firepit

December 23: Make reindeer food

December 24: Bake cookies for Santa

December 25: MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

 

Be on the lookout for a few upcoming posts that relate to some of the activities we will be doing.

 

Do you do an advent calendar with your family? What are some of the activities you include? 

 

                    

Halloween Mummy Relay with Cottonelle Triple Roll

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Growing up, Halloween was not that big of a deal to my parents. Throw a pumpkin on the porch and boom... that was Halloween at our house! I don't even remember carving the darn thing! So, how Halloween became my favorite holiday, I honestly have no idea, but I love it! Every year, I put up the decorations, bake all the goods, we carve multiple pumpkins, watch all the "scary" movies, play the games, and more. However, we still have that strict budget that raising six kids requires, so we always have to keep in mind that fun must also equal affordable.

This past weekend, I headed to Target to pick up a 12-pack of Cottonelle Triple Roll Toilet Paper for a fun Halloween game that is great for the whole family. Sometimes we like to stay inside where it's warm this time of year, so this was a great game to get us outside and moving!

The Halloween Mummy Relay is also a great game to play if you are a teacher, or simply throwing a Halloween party at home. It's sure to bring lots of laughs as well!

Halloween Mummy Relay

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Supplies Needed:

• Cottonelle Triple Roll Toilet Paper
• Orange cones (or something similar to mark off the finish line)

Yep, that's it! So affordable!


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To play this game, you will need at least two or more teams, and each team needs at least 2 or more people. One person on each team will be the mummy. Once you have divided into teams and chosen the mummy, each member of the team, except the mummy, gets a roll of Cottonelle Triple Roll Toilet Paper. Before getting started, someone should mark a finish line using the orange cones. The distance to finish line is up to you.

The object of the game is to wrap your teammate like a mummy, from head to toe (be sure to leave a place for the eyes and mouth), as quickly as possible. Once your mummy is wrapped completely, with arms outstretched, in true mummy fashion, the mummy must run toward the finish line as fast as they can. The first team to successfully wrap their mummy and get to the finish line, wins!

 

A great alternative way to play this if you have a team with more than 2 players is to continue wrapping other teammates and racing toward the finish line until only one person is left. Or, what about racing toward the end and then having to bob for apples? Now that would be a funny sight!

This was such a budget friendly game for my family! My kids had a ball with the Halloween Mummy Relay and have already asked if we can play it again. I enjoyed it myself, and have even suggested to friends that we should get together and play. I am sure it will be something we continue to play year after year!


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