This is a fun Christmas tradition that's cheap and so fun. First, find 25 Christmas books. It may sound like a lot, but once you start gathering all your holiday books, you'll be surprised at what you can find!
Once you wrap them all up, put them in under your tree in some type of fun basket or container. Now every night before bed for entire month of December, your child (or if you have more than one they can take turns) picks a book out to unwrap. Now you can read it as a family together before bedtime. There's just something about being able to un-wrap things that kids just love! And it allows for quality time together as a family. It's a fun and inexpensive tradition my family enjoys!
A few book tips:
Find books from After Christmas Sales each year at various bookstores for great prices – so plan ahead!
Or go to your local library and check out a bunch of holiday books! Wrap those up to read, it works all the same.
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We do this every year and I love it except we have added a few new things that are fun. We add a few C-mas movies in the mix of books. This year we bought the Polar Express and got the Grinch from a discard library sale-so we add those to the books. My husband also buys me a C-mas CD and puts it in with the books. You don't even have to buy a CD- you could make your kids a mix- w/ C-mas songs- and put that in with the books. It adds a little spice to the story a day countdown fun! I love this idea- everyone should do this
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This is a fantastic idea! I love the idea of throwing in a couple of Cmas movies and CDs (I want a hippo for cmas would be a cute cd to put in) I will have to do this next year!
I love this Advent idea. I think it's the best idea I've seen yet. Not only fun with opening the gifts every day but educational as well. I always like the idea of books with kids. I let my daughters know about this one to do with my grandkids. Thanks for sharing this with us. I put it on my blog as well.
Love this idea! You could also check out the books from the library and renew them.