Christmas eve my dad used to take me to Morrisons to get a few bits that we Still need for christmas day. When me and my sister were younger we used to go to the pub on Christmas day with my mum and dad then go home and have out, then we would go home for our Christmas dinner after and just sit in front of the television and fall asleep for a few hours. Now I still go shopping to Morrisons on Christmas eve like me and my dad used to do. Enjoy Christmas with my teenagers stay in pjs all day. We are going shopping on boxing day for the first time that should be fun. Plus it's my daughter birthday in December. I love Christmas
That sounds like you had some lovely childhood traditions and some lovely ones that you do now with your kids too. Its so magical isn't it? I love it too. x
I would love to come across your kids when they're all grown up. I can tell that they would tell me that they have had just the best upbringing. Love this video despite it making me tear. We lost our eldest a few months back from an asthma attack at home and it will be his 13th birthday on the 17th Dec and will be the first Christmas without him. He was such a giving and caring boy and so that his siblings will pick out all the gifts he would have loved and loved to give away and give them to kids less fortunate so this will be a new Christmas tradition we will be doing and doing it in his name.
Some great ideas. A couple of our family traditions: we were allowed to open one gift under the tree on Christmas Eve; and my brother and I had to hand out all the presents under the tree to each person before we were allowed to open anything. Also our stocking was a leg of my mum’s tights, left either at the end of the bed or outside the bedroom door. 🤣🤣
Love these Laura. We did the handing out presents thing and lvoed it. Love the idea of opening a gift on christmas eve too- that's cute. That wouldn't work in our family though because my daughter's birthday is on Christmas Eve so we have to make that day more about her. x
Lovely ideas! We always drive to a street called Summerhayes in Milton Keynes. The whole street completely decorates their houses with hundreds of lights. They then have charity boxes that you can donate to. They’ve raised thousands for Willen Hospice over the years. Even nearby streets have started decorating now. Always my favourite Christmas tradition! X
That sounds amazing, we found a really good place not too far away from us last year. It was just one house but it was literally insane! That street near you sounds amazing, we aren't *that* far away from MK i wonder if we should make the trip! x
Katie Ellison I think the kids would love it on a Saturday evening as a treat or something if you aren’t too far. You have to park a couple of streets away as it’s too busy to park on it. I love it when someone walks into the street as you hear them go ‘WOW’ or ‘WOAH’. I think it’s purely because of the sheer number of houses that join in. I’ve found this UA-cam video of it from last year ua-cam.com/video/vlSTXrNyqd4/v-deo.html - it really really doesn’t do it justice, but kinda gives you a taster! X
Yay Katie! I was about to ask you if you were going to vlogmas again and i can't wait! I'll be knitting in front of them and enjoy the moment with your little family. I used to have a chocolate advent calender but as my sister and I got older, we just enjoy being together with my mom and all. But these are so original for kids and it's another way to create memories. I loved that in the vlogmas last year.
I was always the most enthusiastic person of my family about christmas. Since I have my own kids and since I saw your vlogmas last year I was wanting to do a similar advent calendar. I think that these small things are the ones they will always remember! So, thank you so much for sharing what you've put in every day/drawer. I simply love it!
Couldn’t agree more Katie, I’ve done a traditional calendar with notes like .. today we write to Santa, family games night, donations to charity and animal shelters, write Xmas cards to friends, feed the birds etc ... they get so much as it is it’s nice to bring it back to basics xxxx
Great idea. I’ve done a book advent calendar for my little girl who will be 1 just after Christmas. 25 books is a lot so I may do something similar to this for next year :) x
Love all your ideas. we tend to mix it up every year with advent sometimes a choc calendar or a lego/something different calendar or my own made up one. Every Christmas eve we always do a treasure hunt to find a box of comfy PJs socks, hot choc, acitivity book and film. My girls love the excitement finding the clues around the house x
Ah the treasure hunt sounds like a lovely idea, that is such a cute tradition. My girls love a treasure hunt, I might make a note of that and use it next year as one of my activities for the advent calender. We could have a treasure hunt one day. Thank you. x
Our favourite Christmas tradition is to visit a local dairy farm for breakfast (ice cream) on Christmas eve then call in to our favourite farm shop for treaty goodies then watch christmas movies. We're also doing activities this year xx
This is a lovely idea. I did a similar thing for my husband the first year we were married. They weren’t all activities, some days I just left notes hidden in his car. This year for my 3 year old I’ve made him an advent calendar and added chocolates and Thomas minis that I got from Poundland.
I’m so happy you’ve done this video. I found your channel back in March, it was your birthday vlog which I remember so clearly because we have the same birthday! Anyway, I’ve binged watched your past vlogmas’s and I loved the way you did your advent calendar. My little boys are 2&3 and I’m uncomfortable with the whole present a day thing with the big calendars so cannot wait to start our own little traditions doing it this way. It’s such a lovely thing to do & memories they’ll have forever unlike an overpriced crappy toy. Love it! Thank you Katie. Ps-I’m sat here with a pen & paper 😂 xx
Ah thanks so much Selina, firstly for subscribing and secondly I am glad you liked the video. I just think it is a really nice way of doing little traditions and memories with your family. x
This is lovely! Thanks for the inspo. I'm definitely going to put together something like this for our family this year. Mr 2-year-old might be a little young for a few but we'll try and make them work. Please keep us up to date with how you guys go doing all the activities!!
For the last few years my Dad has brought me and my sister (he has brought one for us again this year and we are 31 and 28!) the Divine Chocolate Advent Calendar which I love because not only is the chocolate Fairtrade, behind each door is the Nativity story, being a Christian it means a lot to me.
Stuck in quarantine times thinking of Christmassy things! Thank you for sharing your ideas! I have a few new ones to add to our own advent rings this year!!
Love this, I watched you do this last year and thought it was lovely so I've bought my own calendar this year and hope to do the same. Great way to make memories x
Also, I soooo love the idea of making a list of each decoration, makes me want to do a little cry thinking about sending my future kid off with their childhood bag of decorations 🥰
I watched your vlogmas last year and thought this was a lovely idea that I would love to do with my little once she's old enough to understand! It did strike me as funny that a lot of your tasks involve turning the lights off!! Your Christmas traditions are very energy efficient😂
That is such a lovely idea xx we do elf on the shelf my girls love that ! this year to go along side that we are doing something similar to your advent calendar . but our elf will bring an activity or something along each day as well doing naughty things xx
I have never done Elf on the Shelf but it looks lots of fun I enjoy seeing other people's over on instagram. Thats cute that your elf will bring an activity or something each day too. x
This is the best idea ever. I love it. ❤ My hubby hates how much people spend at Christmas but then don't do the lovely Christmas traditions that don't cost a thing..he will love this idea. I love the idea for giving the ziplock bags too..it would give me the nicest Christmas feeling to do this with my girl. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas. You always do such nice things with your kids, my girl is nearly 2 and I am learning so many tips from you, your kids seem so well brought up and just the loveliest little people. xx
Thanks Jayne for such a lovely comment. I am the same as your husband, I don't spend a lot on my kids at christmas just because they don't need it all. So I love doing this with my three. x
Great list! have picked out 12 of them to consider - my fave is sleeping in front of the tree - the kids would LOVE that! Not sure how much sleeping would happen though!
I love you’re ideas 💡 they’re amazing you really helped me .Is the first Christmas I’m attempting to do an activity advent calendar(they don’t have them in Greece ,I had to make my own from matchboxes)so 🙏 for the help.I am also adding a indoor treasure hunt to make a Christmas puzzle!
@@katie_ellison i have done it a little different this year i have suppose i have done what you have done with activities but the elf gives natalya her little notes for the day... love the idea of sleeping next to the tree 👌 x
Loved this video Katie, some great ideas in there. Our kids like to sleep downstairs once a month? My husband brings down their mattresses though and they sleep on the living room floor 😂 can’t wait to put up our tree on the first of December too! Love how you keep track of each new decoration for the kids to take when they leave home 😢 💕
Aww that is such a cute idea and I bet they will remember those special memories when they are older. We are definitely going to attempt to all sleep on the floor at least once over December. x
Katie I love this idea!! My son is a bit too young this year but I will definitely use this idea in a year or two. Great! Love all the family activities together. And for vlogmas do what you're comfortable with! Every few days is fine. Enjoy the holidays and don't stress yourself out! ❤
Wow I love this idea, My girls are 16,12 and 9 so not sure if it would work with them. Maybe a pamper evening and things? You've got me thinking now. X
Yes you could do little things like have a lush bath bomb bubble bath, watch a film, paint your nails (you could even put a little nail polish in), bake a cake, etc x
I love this we are going to something similar but have ingredients in them to make cookies for Santa on Christmas eve. This year Albert is to small so we will be starting next year i love the bauble idea all there decorations will have memories and sentimental value.
Definitely I think that is one of my favourite traditions actually because they can take them all when they leave home and it will be really sentimental for them. Love the idea of making the cookies for Santa. x
This is such a lovely idea! I did a book advent calendar a few years ago and haven’t known what special advent thing to do since, so this sounds really lovely. I’ve probably left it a bit late for this year but this sounds great for next Christmas when my littlest is a little older xo
I really really loved this, thank you! We have paper/card advent calendars but this year you've inspired me to do an activity one too and I'm going to steal all of your ideas if that's ok!
What a great idea! I will definitely be giving this a go next year. Hopefully my little boy will be able to join in more then too when he’s 3. I mean terrible 2’s can’t last forever can they!? 🤣
I agree with you about the crazy hype with advent calendars! Especially the beauty ones.. i feel like you end up lots of stuff you don't want/need. I always had a picture one when i was younger and was the odd one out at school because i never had a chocolate one 😂
I completely agree, i wouldn't ever judge anyone who had one, but like the other day I saw a Jack Wills one?!! I mean what the hell!? How are you going to find 12 or 24 things to put in that. Random! I used to have picture ones for ages until we upgraded to chocolate ;) x
Love this idea Katie , we also give our boys a little treat every day in their Advent calendar and also sing Christmas songs before checking what is inside :) I would definitely give a try to some of the activities you mentioned ! :) Thanks for sharing with us
*Hello Katie! I love your ideas! This year I've bought a wooden Advent calendar that we decorated my daughter and me. We have finished it tonight! So my next mission is to write all the activities before the 1rst ;-)*
Absolutely love this, thanks so much for the ideas! My mum has just bought us a beautiful box advent calendar similar to yours and I was trying to think of something different to do with it. This is PERFECT and has come just at the right time for me to organise it! 👌
This was really lovely. I’m attempting something similar this year as we have in the past spent a fortune on advent calendars!! It kind of makes you forget what Christmas is all about so this was incredibly helpful. Can’t wait for your vlogmas 🎄 xx
Thanks Helen I am glad you found it helpful. Yes I think that those advent calendars are lovely but such an expense when December is already such an expensive month as it is. x
Such a fab idea, love this and thanks for sharing! You have me all emotional about it all - you are so right it’s about family times and special memories together. I definitely want to do this if I get the time for my three :) Do you have the one calendar to share between your little ones? When I was little I had the paper ones then the chocolate. My mum bought me an m&s beauty one last year it was fab but quite indulgent and def not something that should be every year.
Christmas eve my dad used to take me to Morrisons to get a few bits that we Still need for christmas day. When me and my sister were younger we used to go to the pub on Christmas day with my mum and dad then go home and have out, then we would go home for our Christmas dinner after and just sit in front of the television and fall asleep for a few hours. Now I still go shopping to Morrisons on Christmas eve like me and my dad used to do. Enjoy Christmas with my teenagers stay in pjs all day. We are going shopping on boxing day for the first time that should be fun. Plus it's my daughter birthday in December. I love Christmas
That sounds like you had some lovely childhood traditions and some lovely ones that you do now with your kids too. Its so magical isn't it? I love it too. x
I would love to come across your kids when they're all grown up. I can tell that they would tell me that they have had just the best upbringing. Love this video despite it making me tear. We lost our eldest a few months back from an asthma attack at home and it will be his 13th birthday on the 17th Dec and will be the first Christmas without him. He was such a giving and caring boy and so that his siblings will pick out all the gifts he would have loved and loved to give away and give them to kids less fortunate so this will be a new Christmas tradition we will be doing and doing it in his name.
Some great ideas. A couple of our family traditions: we were allowed to open one gift under the tree on Christmas Eve; and my brother and I had to hand out all the presents under the tree to each person before we were allowed to open anything. Also our stocking was a leg of my mum’s tights, left either at the end of the bed or outside the bedroom door. 🤣🤣
Love these Laura. We did the handing out presents thing and lvoed it. Love the idea of opening a gift on christmas eve too- that's cute. That wouldn't work in our family though because my daughter's birthday is on Christmas Eve so we have to make that day more about her. x
Lovely ideas!
We always drive to a street called Summerhayes in Milton Keynes. The whole street completely decorates their houses with hundreds of lights. They then have charity boxes that you can donate to. They’ve raised thousands for Willen Hospice over the years. Even nearby streets have started decorating now. Always my favourite Christmas tradition! X
That sounds amazing, we found a really good place not too far away from us last year. It was just one house but it was literally insane! That street near you sounds amazing, we aren't *that* far away from MK i wonder if we should make the trip! x
Katie Ellison I think the kids would love it on a Saturday evening as a treat or something if you aren’t too far. You have to park a couple of streets away as it’s too busy to park on it. I love it when someone walks into the street as you hear them go ‘WOW’ or ‘WOAH’. I think it’s purely because of the sheer number of houses that join in. I’ve found this UA-cam video of it from last year ua-cam.com/video/vlSTXrNyqd4/v-deo.html - it really really doesn’t do it justice, but kinda gives you a taster! X
This made me cry a bit, you're such a lovely mum and the bit about collecting decorations for them to take when they leave home is beautiful ❤
Ah thanks Josie I think it will be lovely for them to have lots of sentimental decorations to put on their own first tree when they leave home. x
You should do a what you are buying your kids for christmas presents this year - I think that would be really helpful to others.
I could definitely something like that ❤️
These are all great activities! I may have to try an activity advent with my kids next year.
Thanks Larissa it is great fun :) x
Yay Katie! I was about to ask you if you were going to vlogmas again and i can't wait! I'll be knitting in front of them and enjoy the moment with your little family. I used to have a chocolate advent calender but as my sister and I got older, we just enjoy being together with my mom and all. But these are so original for kids and it's another way to create memories. I loved that in the vlogmas last year.
Ah thank you I am so glad you will want to watch my vlogmas. :0) x
I was always the most enthusiastic person of my family about christmas. Since I have my own kids and since I saw your vlogmas last year I was wanting to do a similar advent calendar. I think that these small things are the ones they will always remember! So, thank you so much for sharing what you've put in every day/drawer. I simply love it!
Couldn’t agree more Katie, I’ve done a traditional calendar with notes like .. today we write to Santa, family games night, donations to charity and animal shelters, write Xmas cards to friends, feed the birds etc ... they get so much as it is it’s nice to bring it back to basics xxxx
I love this! I'm doing this for my kids too. Thanks for all of the lovely ideas! I really admire your parenting. X
Ah thank you Abby I hope it helped you. And that is such a nice thing to say I really appreciate it. x
So so lovely!! Thank you Katie xxx
Thanks Michelle x
I really enjoyed this Katie you have got lots of lovely ideas for some really nice memories for your family this year. xx
Thanks Lauren I hope so. x
Loved this video think it’s such a lovely idea, I would add baking Christmas cookies to deliver to local fire station and police station or hospital.
Ah that is such a lovely idea :) x
Great idea. I’ve done a book advent calendar for my little girl who will be 1 just after Christmas. 25 books is a lot so I may do something similar to this for next year :) x
I think a book advent will be lovely though, it will be so special reading together every evening. x
Love all your ideas. we tend to mix it up every year with advent sometimes a choc calendar or a lego/something different calendar or my own made up one. Every Christmas eve we always do a treasure hunt to find a box of comfy PJs socks, hot choc, acitivity book and film. My girls love the excitement finding the clues around the house x
Ah the treasure hunt sounds like a lovely idea, that is such a cute tradition. My girls love a treasure hunt, I might make a note of that and use it next year as one of my activities for the advent calender. We could have a treasure hunt one day. Thank you. x
What a lovely idea,the best memories are often those that don't cost a penny xxx
Our favourite Christmas tradition is to visit a local dairy farm for breakfast (ice cream) on Christmas eve then call in to our favourite farm shop for treaty goodies then watch christmas movies. We're also doing activities this year xx
That sounds perfection :) x
This is a lovely idea. I did a similar thing for my husband the first year we were married. They weren’t all activities, some days I just left notes hidden in his car. This year for my 3 year old I’ve made him an advent calendar and added chocolates and Thomas minis that I got from Poundland.
Aww that is such a lovely idea to do it for your husband. And your 3 year olds ones sounds fab!x
I’m so happy you’ve done this video. I found your channel back in March, it was your birthday vlog which I remember so clearly because we have the same birthday! Anyway, I’ve binged watched your past vlogmas’s and I loved the way you did your advent calendar. My little boys are 2&3 and I’m uncomfortable with the whole present a day thing with the big calendars so cannot wait to start our own little traditions doing it this way. It’s such a lovely thing to do & memories they’ll have forever unlike an overpriced crappy toy. Love it! Thank you Katie. Ps-I’m sat here with a pen & paper 😂 xx
Ah thanks so much Selina, firstly for subscribing and secondly I am glad you liked the video. I just think it is a really nice way of doing little traditions and memories with your family. x
Katie I love this so much. You are the cutest Mum. x
Thanks so much Lily. x
This is lovely! Thanks for the inspo. I'm definitely going to put together something like this for our family this year. Mr 2-year-old might be a little young for a few but we'll try and make them work. Please keep us up to date with how you guys go doing all the activities!!
Thanks Cass and I will, I will make sure I document them on my vlogmas. x
I love this!! Thanks for the great ideas!!
You are welcome thanks Megan I am glad you enjoyed it. x
wow this is the best advent calender idea ever! i love it
Thank you :)
Aww what a lovely idea. What love to see some of these featured on vlogmas please x
Thanks Jazz I will definitely do them for Vlogmas, I did them all last year as well on there and it is such lovely memories to look back on. x
@@katie_ellison aww yay looking forward to vlogmas 😍 I am so ready for Xmas videos and content and my fave UA-camrs haven't put enough out yet x
I love all the ideas you are such a lovely Mum Katie you really are.
Thanks so much Sarah that is so kind of you to say. x
For the last few years my Dad has brought me and my sister (he has brought one for us again this year and we are 31 and 28!) the Divine Chocolate Advent Calendar which I love because not only is the chocolate Fairtrade, behind each door is the Nativity story, being a Christian it means a lot to me.
Oh that sounds like a lovely one :)
I love this idea!!
Thanks Susie :)
Very lovely idea. I will do this next year for our family.
It's really fun for the little ones :)
Stuck in quarantine times thinking of Christmassy things! Thank you for sharing your ideas! I have a few new ones to add to our own advent rings this year!!
Ah so glad it was useful x
I love this idea! Going to put some of these in our advent calendar!
Thanks I am glad you enjoyed it. They are really simple but lovely ideas to make memories. x
Love this, I watched you do this last year and thought it was lovely so I've bought my own calendar this year and hope to do the same. Great way to make memories x
Ah yay that's great Nichola I hope you enjoy doing yours! x
This is brilliant! An easy way to keep Christmas fun but not expensive 💕🎄
Also, I soooo love the idea of making a list of each decoration, makes me want to do a little cry thinking about sending my future kid off with their childhood bag of decorations 🥰
It does me too! So emotional. x
I watched your vlogmas last year and thought this was a lovely idea that I would love to do with my little once she's old enough to understand! It did strike me as funny that a lot of your tasks involve turning the lights off!! Your Christmas traditions are very energy efficient😂
Hahaha well you know, making memories and helping the planet one step at a time, ;)
That is such a lovely idea xx we do elf on the shelf my girls love that ! this year to go along side that we are doing something similar to your advent calendar . but our elf will bring an activity or something along each day as well doing naughty things xx
I have never done Elf on the Shelf but it looks lots of fun I enjoy seeing other people's over on instagram. Thats cute that your elf will bring an activity or something each day too. x
This is the best idea ever. I love it. ❤ My hubby hates how much people spend at Christmas but then don't do the lovely Christmas traditions that don't cost a thing..he will love this idea. I love the idea for giving the ziplock bags too..it would give me the nicest Christmas feeling to do this with my girl. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas. You always do such nice things with your kids, my girl is nearly 2 and I am learning so many tips from you, your kids seem so well brought up and just the loveliest little people. xx
Thanks Jayne for such a lovely comment. I am the same as your husband, I don't spend a lot on my kids at christmas just because they don't need it all. So I love doing this with my three. x
Loved this video and the ideas!
Thank you :) x
Great list! have picked out 12 of them to consider - my fave is sleeping in front of the tree - the kids would LOVE that! Not sure how much sleeping would happen though!
I love you’re ideas 💡 they’re amazing you really helped me .Is the first Christmas I’m attempting to do an activity advent calendar(they don’t have them in Greece ,I had to make my own from matchboxes)so 🙏 for the help.I am also adding a indoor treasure hunt to make a Christmas puzzle!
Oh that's such a lovely idea. The indoor treasure hunt sounds so fun. x
Will definitely do this next year as i have planned to do the elf on the shelf this year 🎅🌲🎅🌲
Ah that sounds fun, I have never done Elf on the Shelf but it looks really fun. x
@@katie_ellison i have done it a little different this year i have suppose i have done what you have done with activities but the elf gives natalya her little notes for the day... love the idea of sleeping next to the tree 👌 x
Loved this video Katie, some great ideas in there. Our kids like to sleep downstairs once a month? My husband brings down their mattresses though and they sleep on the living room floor 😂 can’t wait to put up our tree on the first of December too! Love how you keep track of each new decoration for the kids to take when they leave home 😢 💕
Aww that is such a cute idea and I bet they will remember those special memories when they are older. We are definitely going to attempt to all sleep on the floor at least once over December. x
Katie I love this idea!! My son is a bit too young this year but I will definitely use this idea in a year or two. Great! Love all the family activities together. And for vlogmas do what you're comfortable with! Every few days is fine. Enjoy the holidays and don't stress yourself out! ❤
Wow I love this idea, My girls are 16,12 and 9 so not sure if it would work with them. Maybe a pamper evening and things? You've got me thinking now. X
Yes you could do little things like have a lush bath bomb bubble bath, watch a film, paint your nails (you could even put a little nail polish in), bake a cake, etc x
Love this! Have just finished writing all ours out and have pinched some of your lovely ideas! X
Ah that's great Kimberley I am glad it was helpful. x
Some fab ideas!
Thank you :)
This is so lovely, thank you for sharing these ideas 😊
You are welcome I am glad you enjoyed it. x
Love this! It’s given me lots of ideas for my little girl. You’re such an amazing thoughtful mum xx
Aw I love this idea so lovely 😊
Thank you Dawn. x
I love this idea! I’m going to steal it for next year!
I love this we are going to something similar but have ingredients in them to make cookies for Santa on Christmas eve. This year Albert is to small so we will be starting next year i love the bauble idea all there decorations will have memories and sentimental value.
Definitely I think that is one of my favourite traditions actually because they can take them all when they leave home and it will be really sentimental for them. Love the idea of making the cookies for Santa. x
I will using the bauble idea start next year we bought a 1st christmas 2018 one he could take.
This is such a lovely idea! I did a book advent calendar a few years ago and haven’t known what special advent thing to do since, so this sounds really lovely. I’ve probably left it a bit late for this year but this sounds great for next Christmas when my littlest is a little older xo
Thanks lovely it is a really nice way of encouraging us to do small but happy things together as a family. x
I really really loved this, thank you! We have paper/card advent calendars but this year you've inspired me to do an activity one too and I'm going to steal all of your ideas if that's ok!
Of course I don't mind I am glad it helped give you some inspiration. x
What a great idea! I will definitely be giving this a go next year. Hopefully my little boy will be able to join in more then too when he’s 3. I mean terrible 2’s can’t last forever can they!? 🤣
Hahaha I really hope not! ;)
Saw this on your vlogmas last year and absolutely loved it!. Look forward to doing this with my two little ones, thanks for the great idea XX
Love this idea Katie!
Such a cute idea 😊
Thanks Kate my kids love it. x
I agree with you about the crazy hype with advent calendars! Especially the beauty ones.. i feel like you end up lots of stuff you don't want/need. I always had a picture one when i was younger and was the odd one out at school because i never had a chocolate one 😂
I completely agree, i wouldn't ever judge anyone who had one, but like the other day I saw a Jack Wills one?!! I mean what the hell!? How are you going to find 12 or 24 things to put in that. Random! I used to have picture ones for ages until we upgraded to chocolate ;) x
Love this idea Katie , we also give our boys a little treat every day in their Advent calendar and also sing Christmas songs before checking what is inside :) I would definitely give a try to some of the activities you mentioned ! :) Thanks for sharing with us
Aww that sounds lovely, it's the little traditions that is what Christmas is all about isn't it? x
*Hello Katie! I love your ideas! This year I've bought a wooden Advent calendar that we decorated my daughter and me. We have finished it tonight! So my next mission is to write all the activities before the 1rst ;-)*
That's such a lovely idea to decorate it together :)
Absolutely love this, thanks so much for the ideas! My mum has just bought us a beautiful box advent calendar similar to yours and I was trying to think of something different to do with it. This is PERFECT and has come just at the right time for me to organise it! 👌
Oh I am so glad it has helped! x
This is so lovely and I love the ideas I might do one for my two. Thank you. x
Thanks Candace I definitely recommend it, our children love doing the activities. x
Love this! I've got a chocolate one for my Daughter but I think I'm going to give this a go as well. Fab ideas x
Thanks Kay I am glad you enjoyed it. I definitely recommend it, the activities are so simple but they love doing it. x
LOVED this video Katie.... great ideas 👍🏼 xx
Thanks Lauren :) x
Doing it for the first time this year x
Yay how exciting! x
Love these ideas. x
Thank you. x
This was really lovely. I’m attempting something similar this year as we have in the past spent a fortune on advent calendars!! It kind of makes you forget what Christmas is all about so this was incredibly helpful. Can’t wait for your vlogmas 🎄 xx
Thanks Helen I am glad you found it helpful. Yes I think that those advent calendars are lovely but such an expense when December is already such an expensive month as it is. x
I love Alvin calendar
I think given the choice all children would much rather spend fun times together rather than having extravagant gifts xx
I couldn't agree more! x
Loved this video and I don't have any kids yet 😂 debating writing down all your ideas to save for the future x
Such a fab idea, love this and thanks for sharing! You have me all emotional about it all - you are so right it’s about family times and special memories together. I definitely want to do this if I get the time for my three :) Do you have the one calendar to share between your little ones? When I was little I had the paper ones then the chocolate. My mum bought me an m&s beauty one last year it was fab but quite indulgent and def not something that should be every year.
Please will you adopt me for December? 😁👍🏻 xxxx
Hahaha the more the merrier! ;) x
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