Free printable Christmas paper toys, holiday activities, paper crafts for kids | Examiner.com

Are you channeling your inner Scrooge this holiday season? Got a bad case of the Grinchies? Did your Christmas spirit fly the coop? Sounds like someone needs a holiday cheer fix and for that you need to visit The Toymaker. Get ready for free Christmas printables like you've never seen before. Because The Toymaker has a sleighful of free printable Christmas paper toys, holiday activities and 3D paper crafts to make. The pictures look child-like but don't be fooled. As we've recently seen, adult coloring books are good therapy for adults and so are cut and paste paper crafts.   Free printable Christmas paper toys, holiday activities, paper crafts for kids | Examiner.com

Advent Christmas countdown activities: 30-day holiday calendar for kids

 Advent is the four-week preparatory season leading up to Christmas, celebrated by Orthodox and Catholic Christians and some protestants. Using an Advent calendar and Advent wreath, families mark the days till the Feast of Christmas, followed by the Octave of Christmas and Epiphany (Twelfth Night, Three Kings Day). Here are Christmas countdown activities for children, with an Advent flavor. Make one of these homemade Advent calendars. There's one Advent calendar with pockets and another lift-the-flap Advent calendar. Use this 30-day holiday calendar to plan your Christmas and keep children productively occupied till Santa arrives! This list includes feast days and holy days from the Catholic liturgical calendar. Fill in activities around those days. Advent Christmas countdown activities: 30-day holiday calendar for kids | Examiner.com