Last minute St Andrew's Day - and our Online Advent Calendar!

Our Online Advent Calendar is back by popular demand! Visit the website every day from 1st to 24th December to find 2 lovely colouring pages (from our 2016 calendar), a new Christmas puzzle, a Christmas video or two, Christmas music, Christmas jokes and more to enjoy with the kids! Bookmark the page or just look for the image or link on the website!

In other news ... It is almost St Andrew's Day and that means that it is a great opportunity to celebrate all things Scottish - or to learn about Scotland, perhaps! We've been updating our St Andrew's Day pages to bring you some fun new activities. 

 

We've also been adding some lovely new Advent and Christmas content (see below). Shelly and her kids have also been getting ready for the festive season with some lovely ideas.

 

For those of you planning ahead until next year - our 2019 updates will be up very soon!

There are now over 31,730 printable activities available exclusively to Activity Village Members. We add resources nearly every day so there's always something new to explore!

 

We've been adding to our Saint Andrew section

Colour in a thistle - or two! New colouring pages and cards for older kids and adults.

Learn about Scotland with our fun facts and these new activities.

We've added more useful printables for Advent  - perfect for homemade advent calendars. Many more ideas on the website!

We've added an assortment of new printable Christmas cards to add to our existing collection

Plan characters for a Christmas story with the help of these new Christmas story character worksheets

In this lovely guest post, Shelly and her kids create some colourful wreaths using paper plates and a variety of our printables!

And here Shelly shares some ideas to get you set up for Christmas and the Advent countdown... including colouring pages, puzzles, paper chains and more!

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success." 
Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

"Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work that will never be done if you don't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you were gone. There is a place that you alone can fill."
Jacob M. Braude

 

"Whenever I feel discouraged, I remember the words of my then three-year-old after she puked carrots on the floor: 'I'm gonna need more carrots'."
Jessica Valenti

 

30th November: St Andrew's Day

1st December: Advent

2nd - 10th December: Hanukkah

25th December: Christmas

26th December: Kwanzaa

 

​​​​​​​Spring . . Summer . . Autumn . . Winter

 

And don't forget you can click through to our Holiday Calendar to explore our resources by upcoming holiday and event. Get your planning done and activities printed out in plenty of time!

 

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All the best until next time!

 

Lindsay Small

www.ActivityVillage.co.uk​​​​​​​