The Advent Calendar Diaries - Dec 16

Cullen's ABCs have got a video blog series for kids on youtube where they countdown to Christmas by opening doors on 2 advent calendars each day. It's a bit out of date but if your kids haven't quite worked out youtube (yet) you can just wing it and show them one clip a day.

-Stef

Submitted by stefan on Tue, 16/12/2008 - 11:36am

The Advent Calendar Diaries - Dec 21

Check out Jamie Oliver's online advent calendar if you are stuck for recipe ideas this Christmas.

-Stef

Submitted by stefan on Sun, 21/12/2008 - 10:45pm

The Advent Calendar Diaries - Dec 20

Check out a nicely animated calendar by "The DFC" group (if you are into comics).

-Stefan

Submitted by stefan on Sat, 20/12/2008 - 8:38pm

The Advent Calendar Diaries - Dec 19

I had no idea there was a Christmas Magazine - well there is and they've got an online advent calendar with tips for parents on what to do with or for your kids in the run up to Christmas.

-Stef

Submitted by stefan on Fri, 19/12/2008 - 8:10pm

The Advent Calendar Diaries - Dec 18

Check out this little online advent calendar by Castle Arcana with Christmas stories for kids and historic information about Christmas.

-Stef

Submitted by stefan on Thu, 18/12/2008 - 5:02pm

The Advent Calendar Diaries - Dec 17

Today's featured advent calendar by helpkidzlearn.com offers some offline activities for kids each day (provided you've got a printer).

-Stef

Submitted by stefan on Wed, 17/12/2008 - 8:37pm

The Advent Calendar Diaries - Dec 15

Ok today's advent calendar is possibly a bit on the weird side and somewhat avant-garde (advent-garde). But I love the images and the scrolling (once it's loaded click on previous dates to see images from past days - nice!). If your teenage daughters are into the band "Cinema Bizarre" you're on to a winner (the website tagline is "style is war").

-Stef

Submitted by stefan on Mon, 15/12/2008 - 11:23am

The advent calendar diaries - Dec 14

Great effort by Junior School in Kent (UK) - they created an online advent calendar that features Christmas traditions from 25 countries round the world. It's a great site to explore with kids as the questions and answers are revealed step by step and there is additional information about the featured country. I think I might know the answer to the question they are asking on the homepage - "In what country is Pavlova a popular Christmas dessert?" :-)

-Stefan

Submitted by stefan on Sun, 14/12/2008 - 9:45pm

The Advent Calendar Diaries - Dec 13

Well you have to hand it to the Swiss for coming up with novel ideas to get them through a long winter - the village of Neuenhof runs an annual photo gallery for ACTUAL windows of houses to be decorated as an advent calendar door/window.

Stefan

Submitted by stefan on Sat, 13/12/2008 - 9:28pm

The Advent Calendar Diaries - Dec 12

Here's a great idea - the good people at advientos.com are offering a platform to build your own online advent calendar. It's a great idea and it's free! Why not create one for your kids - there's still time! :-)

-Stefan

Submitted by stefan on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 8:45pm