Before this Christmas in our little family, our only Advent calendar that the kids participated in was the basic, 8x11, open-a-door-a-day type with scripture passages about Christmas. Those are nice and all, but the scriptures are often "over their heads" and the kids can only be so involved and excited about opening a tiny door every day. So... I was really excited when I was unpacking stuff at our new place and remembered that my grandmother has given us a sticker Advent calendar for the kids every year! Since we have been given it for Christmas every year, by the time Advent comes around I had completely forgotten about it until now. So, I had a couple "saved up", which allowed both my 2 and 4 year-olds to have their own "calendar". We all really enjoyed it, because it involves counting down the days with the stars, but also adding characters to the Nativity scene every day. We saved baby Jesus for last, and it was quite fun seeing it all come together day after day. I'm sure it is a very low-priced set, seeing that it came from the Oriental Trading Company, so if my grandmother either stops giving them or is no longer around, I will definitely be purchasing these yearly. The only critique that I have of these is that they are cheap, so the stickiness of the stickers was not meant to stay in tact for over a year. We needed to reinforce each sticker that was added daily with tape to keep them on.
Now here is the fun part... you can kind of tell which is the 4 year-old's by looking at the Nativity scene on the bottom, but it becomes very clear when you check out the orientation of the numbers on the top... very telling!
-Maria
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