Countdown the days until Christmas with this fun DIY Christmas book advent calendar for kids.
‘Twas the night before Christmas when… What better way to countdown the 25 days of Christmas than a Christmas book advent calendar! Reading Christmas books are such a fun part of childhood. And the stories about baby Jesus, St. Nick, and Rudolph add to the magic of it all. Many of you probably already read books to your children before bed, so this is an easy Christmas tradition to incorporate into your family’s nighttime routine. It is a helpful visual for kids to see how many days are left until Christmas too.
To create this DIY advent calendar you’re going to need 25 Christmas books! You can find tons of Christmas books at your local bookstores such as Barnes & Noble. Target and Walmart have a great selection too! But you don’t have to buy new! Sometimes you can find used books at the thrift store or even on Amazon. For a free option, rent out Christmas books at your local library. And don’t forget to check your parent’s house for some old ones. I’m sure they would love to pass down those old Christmas books to you. If you do end up buying new, know that these books will be treasured. You will read them year after year and they can even be passed down to your grandchildren.
Here are some of my favorite children’s Christmas books:
- How The Grinch Stole Christmas
- The Polar Express
- The Night Before Christmas
- The Snowman
- Eloise At Christmastime
- I Spy Christmas
- A Charlie Brown Christmas
Once you have all your Christmas books, wrap each one up like a Christmas gift. You can choose to put the numbers 1-25 on each gift, so the kids know which book to pick each night. Or you can choose to let them pick whichever book they’d like. I like to leave ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas for Christmas Eve as a fun tradition, so I will leave it unwrapped or wrapped in special Christmas paper. Once all your Christmas books are wrapped, display them under the tree or in a festive Christmas box.
Your kids will have so much fun picking out a new Christmas book to read each night! This is a tradition you can continue year after year. After sitting in storage for a whole 365 days, you can wrap up the same Christmas books each year and it will be like reading a new book each time.
I hope you have so much fun with this Christmas book tradition and that it excites your children to read each night. Merry Christmas and happy reading!
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