It’s December, friends! The countdown has officially begun. We started our Christmas tree advent calendar this morning, and tonight we will kick off the book advent that I have been wanting to do for years. Yay! I am so, so excited for this!
If you haven’t seen a book advent before, the idea is to wrap up twenty-four Christmas books, then open and read one each night before Christmas. We already had a good number of Christmas books that we have collected over the years, so I didn’t have to buy too many to get twenty-four. I wrapped up a Bible for our twenty-fourth book so we can read the Christmas story on Christmas Eve.
I printed off number tags that I attached to the books using washi tape (Numbering the books allowed me to spread out the new books so we don’t get them all at once). Then I stuck them in a cute basket and nestled them under the (partially decorated) tree.
- The Jolly Christmas Postman
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- A Wish to Be A Christmas Tree
- Olivia Helps with Christmas
- The Polar Express
- Bear Stays Up for Christmas
- The Night Before Christmas
- The Little Christmas Elf
- Disney Christmas Storybook Collection
- The Sweet Smell of Christmas
- Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale
- Mortimer’s Christmas Manger
- Merry Christmas, Curious George
- Sofia the First Holiday in Enchancia
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Ten on the Sled
- Olive, the Other Reindeer
- Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree
- The Christmas Wish
- Samurai Santa
Tonight the kids will be opening The Jolly Christmas Postman
, and I can’t wait. The Jolly Postman was one of my favorite books as a kid, and I know they are going to love it!
UPDATE: Check out another version of our book advent HERE.
Have you done a book advent in your family? What Christmas books do you love?
Bethany says
December 2, 2013 at 12:46 amWow, this is an amazing idea! I will have to remember this for next year, how fun!
Amy @ Homey Oh My! says
December 2, 2013 at 1:56 amThis is my first time learning about a book advent. What a heartwarming and memorable tradition. Unwrapping gifts is always so exciting and I love how that's incorporated with this advent. Will need to this with my future kids :). So many future things I need to do haha! Seriously, so adorable.
Sami Bookout says
December 2, 2013 at 2:12 amGreat idea! Now that we're already in December it's def. an idea I want to try next year. Love it!<br />Sami
amy says
December 2, 2013 at 5:12 amWe just started doing this as well! I'm so excited about it. And I adore that basket you used to hold all the books!
Toni Barsi says
December 3, 2013 at 3:15 amWe do this too, and it's so much fun! I don't bother to wrap up our books though. Our elf on the shelf (Swizzle) brings them in a giant Santa sack when he comes down from the North Pole. That way I can fill in the extra days with library books while we keep growing the collection.
Melanee says
December 4, 2013 at 6:47 amWe do this, too! I'm still supplementing the collection with library books but my kids still love it. And I totally remember reading The Jolly Postman back at good ol' M.J. 🙂
Deonna Wade says
December 4, 2013 at 6:41 pmIt's Deonna from the Child at Heart blog! Thank you so much for linking up at the Merriest Blog Hop! I can't wait to see all of your holiday ideas this month! Is washi tape not the best thing ever. I want every color and pattern ever made after using it once last week. I think I'm kinda late to the washi tape party 🙂
Alexis Middleton says
December 4, 2013 at 6:56 pmI'm a little late to the party too. I think I used to think it was too expensive, but now I'm hooked. I'm building up quite the little supply. And I use it ALL the time.
MorganizewithMe says
December 5, 2013 at 11:19 amI love the cute crate you used! Excited to feature you this week, thanks for linking up at the Merriest Blog Hop!
Jenn Romano says
December 6, 2013 at 11:21 pmThis is really a lovely idea. Thanks so much for sharing!