100 Christmas Advent Activity Ideas

For anyone planning to do a family advent calendar this year for their family, now is the perfect time to get it started and it’s not as hard as you may think!

 

I’ve made a list of 100 things you and your family could do as you count down the days until Christmas! 

No matter where you are in the world there is something for everyone! 

1. Christmas Treasure Hunt
2. FaceTime a family member
3. Write letters to Santa
4. Look up how other people celebrate Christmas in other parts of the world on YouTube 
5. Learn to say merry Christmas in 3 other languages 
6. Create a gingerbread house 
7. Buy a snow globe 
8. Put Christmas lights in the front yard
9. Invite your neighbours around for a bbq 
10. Handmade Christmas cards 
11. Bake cookies for your neighbours 
12. Wear Santa hats all day 
13. Give out candy canes at sports club
14. Create a red, green and white meal 
15. Wear Christmas socks to school 
16. Ride in a horse and carriage 
17. Have a whipped cream fight
18. Popcorn prayers before bed 
19. FaceTime your aunts and uncles 
20. Camp under the Christmas tree
21. Christmas carol Kareoke 
22. Help out at the local soup kitchen 
23. Volunteer to read your fave Christmas book to kids at the library 
24. Do a family Christmas tiktok 
25. Donate old toys 
26. Donate food 
27. Donate blood 
28. Go Christmas light looking in your town 
29. Kris Kringle/secret Santa with another family 
30. Learn to play a Christmas song on an instrument 
31. Pay for someone else’s meal 
32. Buy flowers for a homeless person 
33. Call a friend and sing your conversation to the tune of a Christmas song
34. Create Christmas bookmarks for people at the library 
35. Donate clothes 
36. Sponser an animal 
37. Sponser a child 
38. Decorate and ride your bikes around town 
39. Sleep under the Christmas tree 
40. Build a snowman 
41. Build a snowman with LEGO 
42. Decorate your Christmas tree 
43. Buy a real tree 
44. Create a Christmas playlist 
45. Create your own Christmas song 
46. Paint your finger nails in festive colors 
47. Decorate your car 
48. Leave merry Christmas notes in books for others to find 
49. Leave a Christmas stocking filled with treats on a strangers door 
50. Shout all the kids at the skate park lunch 
51. Host a Christmas movie night 
52. Go to carols by candlelight 
53. Go to church on Christmas Day 
54. Go to the zoo 
55. Play backyard cricket 
56. Go skiing 
57. Go skating 
58. Worship as a family 
59. Write an appreciation letter to someone you’ve been encouraged by 
60. Visit a family members grave and leave a wreath 
61. Visit your grandparents 
62. Host a Christmas movie trivia night 
63. Have a Christmas movie marathon 
64. Bake a Christmas cake 
65. Make jam 
66. Wear matching Christmas pyjamas 
67. Go swimming 
68. Buy some new Christmas books 
69. Family dinner somewhere fancy 
70. Family photos on front of the Christmas tree
71. Give away a free ticket 
72. Bless someone else 
73. Eat breakfast for dinner 
74. Create Christmas pancakes 
75. Create Christmas hot chocolates 
76. Write Christmas cards 
77. Make string popcorn for the Christmas tree
78. Have some fun with elf on the shelf 
79. Spoil your pets 
80. Decorate your letterbox or wheelie bins 
81. Have a silent disco at the park 
82. Write to a relative 
83. Create and cook a 5 star menu and meal 
84. Create a Christmas bubble bath 
85. Pamper yourself 
86. Make a meal for a needy friend 
87. Christmas photo shoot with pets included 
88. Family weekend get away 
89. Host a bingo night online with Christmas themed gifts 
90. Christmas water fight 
91. Recreate old Christmas photos 
92. Christmas slumber party 
93. Create a bird feeder 
94. Lookup YouTube funny Christmas videos 
95. Host a dress up Christmas party 
96. Write Christmas messages in chalk in your neighbourhood 
97. Decorate the dog house 
98. Picnic at the beach 
99. Travel to the snow 
100. Road trip to that friend/family member you never see

If you guys have any more, please comment below!

 

Also comment any questions you may have regarding these ideas but most are pretty self explanatory! 

Good luck and God Bless 🌿