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DIY Advent Calendar: Printable templates and activities. Advent calendar "Santa Claus" Calendar Santa Claus with a beard template

The New Year's advent calendar helps adults explain to the child how soon the holiday will come. And also such a holiday anticipation calendar can bring more joy and fun into the house, because you can not just cut off the calendar, but also receive interesting tasks, completing which the child will be filled with a feeling of the holiday.

I made some very simple advent calendars with Santa Claus, a Christmas tree and a house. These calendars are for 5, 7, 10 and 14 days, as it is difficult for young children to maintain interest and follow the timeline over a long period. The younger the child, the fewer days there should be in the advent calendar. If the child is 2 years old, then 5 days is enough, at 3-4 years old you can already make a calendar for 7-10 days, and at 5-6 years old - for 14 days.

It is better to print a cut-out advent calendar with Santa Claus on 2 A4 sheets, and then cut it out and glue it at the back with tape. We made such a calendar with Danya last year, but we drew it ourselves by hand.

These advent calendars can be printed simply on A4 sheet.

In calendars with Santa Claus, every day you will need to glue a piece of cotton wool to Santa Claus's beard.

And the Advent calendar House for the youngest children from 2 years old. You need to cut out windows in the calendar, leaving only one side uncut so that the window can open. And glue leaves with tasks on the back side of the windows. Tasks for kids can be, for example, the following: make a Christmas tree toy, draw a card, bake gingerbread cookies with mom, make a treat for birds, learn a rhyme, decorate a tree in the yard with frozen pieces of ice, etc.

Herringbone advent calendars are also made in several versions - black and white and color, for 7, 10 and 14 days.


The calendar is designed for the 31st day of December, and when everything is “completed”, the holiday, the New Year, will begin! Decorate the Christmas tree with New Year's balls and a star!
A3, 2 sheets A4+balls / 300 DPI / 36.28 MB
Compiled by: fantastisch




Instructions and fairy tale in the file.
The theater is ready.
Compiled by: limush


Print on any color printer in A4 format.
It is better to print the clearing and background on thick paper or glue it to cardboard,
To prevent the background from falling off, glue a cardboard leg.
Cut out the fairy tale characters, fold the stand along the contour lines, glue, then glue the characters on both sides.
Instructions and fairy tale in the file.
The theater is ready.
by limush


Print on any color printer in A4 format.
It is better to print the clearing and background on thick paper or glue it to cardboard,
To prevent the background from falling off, glue a cardboard leg.
Instructions and verse in the file.
The theater is ready.
Compiled by: limush


To display the poem - counting rhymes by N. Vladimirova “A fungus grew in a clearing...”.
Showing this poem will help teach counting to 10.
You can also make numbers, and add a number when the next character appears.
Print on any color printer in A4 format.
It is better to print the clearing and background on thick paper or glue it to cardboard,
To prevent the background from falling off, glue a cardboard leg.
Cut out the figures, fold them along the contour lines and glue them at the top of the head.
Instructions and verse in the file.
The theater is ready.
Compiled by: limush


This set not only contains colorful alphabet cubes, but also comes with a book with a fairy tale about a little wolf,
how he looked for his favorite letter, turning to all the letter characters. The dice depict all the fairy-tale characters.
There are two folders in the file:
The cube folder contains 18 A4 sheets, which will allow you to make 6 cubes measuring 15x15 cm,

The folder with the book contains 10 sheets + cover,
The book is in finished form, A5 format, printed on a regular sheet of paper
A4 format on both sides, folded along the floors, fastened with a notebook clip in two places.
The pages are numbered so you won't get confused.
Compiled by: limush


Bright, colorful cubes with funny little animals will attract the attention of your children.
During the game, they will easily learn letters, form simple and unpretentious words,
They will build a house and a tower for your favorite doll, as well as a garage for cars.
The file contains 24 A4 sheets, which will allow you to make 6 cubes measuring 15x15 cm,
They need to be printed, cut and glued, instructions are included.
Dear parents, it is advisable to print 3 sets,
so that the children have something to put words together and build from.
It is advisable to print on designer cardboard
or on white cardboard for children's creativity.
by limush


The color cube calendar is located on 4 A4 sheets,
They need to be printed, cut and glued.
There is no date grid in this calendar,
It is suggested that you do this yourself.
cube size 15x15 cm
Compiled by: limush

Galina Shinaeva

The day before New Year to help children brighten up their period expectations I decided to have a wonderful holiday in a group waiting calendar .

Our children are small, a group of junior preschool age, for them time the most difficult area of ​​reality. Work on the development of time concepts in children of primary preschool age is propaedeutic (preparatory) character. The calendar helps"materialize" time.

There are a lot of different options for making these on the Internet. calendars. I liked the idea with Grandfather's beard Frost. The New Year will come when Grandfather's beard grows and becomes fluffy. Frost.

1. First I printed "portrait" Grandfather Frost.


2. I cut out a beard and mustache from white paper.


3. From circles with numbers from 1 to 31, I compiled them on the computer and then cut out my grandfather’s beard, following the December calendar 2016.

4. I made a face out of pink paper, eyes, cheeks, nose.

5. "I put it on" red hat

6. Pasted the portrait onto the background (two sheets of blue cardboard A 4).

Total size calendar A 3.

The children liked the portrait of Grandfather Frost.

The children glued mustaches out of cotton wool. The edging on the hat was made from cotton wool.

Every day, children glue one cotton swab to their beard,

and when it becomes full and fluffy, the New Year will come. A miracle will happen, Grandfather Freezing will become real and bring gifts!

Publications on the topic:

The New Year is just around the corner and we are all thinking about what presents our preschoolers can make for their families. I want your attention.

Hello, dear colleagues, friends! I invite all teachers and parents of children to make such a didactic game on their own.

The time has come for the New Year's calendar, the holiday is very soon. We decided to have a calendar competition in our garden. I had an idea.

I would like to present to your attention a nature calendar that I made while working with children in the preparatory group. In my opinion, this is the calendar.

Valentina Yatskova DIY nature calendar This is our natural corner Here the turtle Frosya lives. We feed her and change her water. And about.

Every day, together with my preschoolers, we note changes in nature (season, air temperature, cloudiness, precipitation, wind direction.

Nature calendar: seasons (with your own hands). The manual presents the seasons with their characteristic colors and features. What is the difference.

Woohoo, New Year is coming! Everyone's favorite holiday. Even adults, like children, expect some miracles in the New Year, decorate their apartments and create such a winter, but warm coziness. And today I’ll talk about one New Year’s thing, or rather about a book (well, of course it can’t be called that) - "Santa Claus waiting for the New Year" . This is a poster book.

How long are the days until the New Year!.. Let's spend them fun and usefully. Open the poster book, complete fun tasks and count down the days until the New Year. Santa Claus's beard will help you in this difficult task. "How?" - you ask. It's simple: every day, glue a little cotton wool to his beard and see how fluffy and thick Santa Claus's beard becomes. You will be surprised how quickly time flies and the long-awaited New Year comes!

Place of purchase: Online store Labyrinth.

Price: 48 rubles.

Year of issue: 2016


At first, when my friend ordered this poster book for me at the same time, saying that it was something like an advent calendar, I thought it was a great price for 31 tasks and a large poster, and I gladly agreed. But she didn’t elaborate. Everything was somehow chaotic. When I received this book, I was a little upset. It turns out that there are only 3 tasks (but they are good and interesting, at least for my child). And one, but chic and large, a poster (or rather a portrait) of Santa Claus with a large beard, painted by day. It is very bright and colorful, just festive! But it’s boring to just glue on your beard every day. No, of course it’s all very good, but it’s still not enough, and it’s true, it’s a little boring. No, it won't work that way))

AND! After thinking a little, I realized that I could complete a full-fledged Advent myself. I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, but somehow last year I didn’t have much time to do it. And I got down to business. Connected the Internet, imagination and everyone around)))

First, let's figure out what an advent calendar is!?

What is Advent?

Catholics call Advent the period of anticipation for the holiday, which covers the last four weeks before Christmas (December 25). These days, believers prepare for a big holiday, perform various rituals, and observe fasting.

What is an advent calendar?

It is created according to the number of days remaining until the holiday date. In Western countries, this calendar is dedicated to Christmas. In our country, more attention is paid to the New Year, so parents prepare advent calendars specifically for this holiday. They are intended for children to help them realize how much time is left before the holidays and fill the anticipation with fun surprises. Every day, kids receive small, but such nice gifts, and at the same time learn to count, develop motor skills, imagination, and creativity.

Many thanks to those people who came up with all this, and even more thanks to those who thought of it and came up with Advent for children, thanks to which you can show your child how many days until the New Year in an exciting, fun, educational and educational way. After all, many children, looking at a beautifully decorated city, often ask: “ Maaaam, when will the New Year come?!"

The Germans were the first to keep waiting calendars at the beginning of the 19th century. They drew the number of days until Christmas with chalk on the door or wall, erasing or crossing out one date each day. On the eve of the holiday, some families lit candles and decorated their homes with pictures on biblical themes. But the first advent calendar for children was made by the mother of little Gerhard Lang, who simply tormented her with questions about when Christmas would come. The woman made a cardboard calendar with windows for him. The son could open only one a day and take away the small cookies hidden behind the doors. Over time, the boy grew up, got a job in a printing house, and in 1908 he printed a calendar with 24 pictures behind which sweets could be hidden. He launched production and constantly improved his invention. In total, about 30 calendar options were created.

In general, I thought, came up with ideas, looked on the Internet, and I came up with this advent calendar by day. Every day there is a new task and I specially made a sign so that my daughter can clearly see what date it is today.



Some tasks are very easy, some are more difficult, some are creative. In general, a lot of things. But I wrote these assignments for myself, for our days, when I can devote more or less time to this. If someone else does it, you can redo some tasks for something else, to suit your taste and desires. For example, go to the theater, have a family New Year's photo session (can you imagine what cool, positive and evocative photos you'll get), take a walk around the New Year's city, make angels in the snow, experiment with ice and soda, bake New Year's cookies (ginger houses or something similar), make a masquerade mask, look for a gift in an apartment using a map and many many others. There are a lot of tasks and it makes me happy. You can use your wild imagination to create a chic advent calendar.)))

Here are some of my tasks for the calendar, which I found on various resources and at home:


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Here is the assignment for December 3rd. Envelope for a letter to Santa Claus. We will write and draw what our daughter wants for the New Year, put our creativity in an envelope and I will tell my daughter that I will take this letter to the post office and there it will be sent to Santa Claus. I'm sure my child will be absolutely delighted with this. After all, she believes (for now) in a magical grandfather and I intend to extend her faith in miracles for as long as possible.


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And here is a questionnaire with questions (interview) for December 14 . At first I thought that this was still not a very good idea, and almost all of the questions were not New Year’s, BUT, then I imagined how cool it would be to read such an interview in a year and then in a few years. And in general, I realized that we need to make it a tradition to take such an interview with a child every year and look at the changes. I remember that I had such a thought for every birthday, but somehow it didn’t work out and was forgotten. Well, great, now it will be a tradition for the New Year))

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By the way, when I came up with the advent calendar, I included these three tasks from the poster book itself. When I printed everything out, it only then dawned on me that I would hang Santa Claus on the wall and that the tasks would not be completed, because... they are behind. And in general, I scanned them and everything turned out great, I didn’t lose 3 interesting days and didn’t have to come up with something new!


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This is how my entire advent calendar turned out. And it all started with just one thin poster book, which, despite its thinness, served me as a useful tool. I'm even glad that there wasn't a 31st task. Because I was so inspired, inspired and I enjoyed this process so much. The process of writing assignments, the process of finding them and everything else. I even got into the atmosphere myself!

You can also put stickers on the poster for some days (for example, one day a week) or draw stars at the bottom. This means that after completing this task, you not only need to stick on a piece of the beard, but you can also receive a small gift (for example, a kinder surprise or candy or stickers, if anyone likes, or a small doll/car... there are many options).

Today is December 1st. We have already completed our first task and glued on the first piece of the beard. The first day of winter has arrived, hurray! 31 days until the New Year! (At first I thought of gluing round cotton pads, but it would not have turned out to be a voluminous beard, but with cotton wool it’s much more beautiful!)

P.S.. I specifically wrote a review today, not in January (after we complete all the tasks and grow a beard for Santa Claus). After all, this calendar may be useful to someone and you will buy yourself such a good poster book. Good luck everyone, have a nice weekend and as soon as we grow a beard, I will definitely update the review and show you how it was (our completed tasks, crafts, etc.). Maybe it will be useful to someone next year!

Ekaterina Novikova
Advent calendar "Santa Claus"

I was the first to think of publishing Advent-calendar by German entrepreneur Gerhard Lang. He himself remembered that, as a child, he constantly pestered his mother with questions about the coming of Christmas. And the main question was So: "When?" Frau Lang was a smart, busy woman and doted on her son. She came up with an original craft so that questions would disappear forever. The woman cut out 24 small windows on a cardboard box. She explained to Gerhard that he could open only one window once a day. Behind each door, a loving mother prepared a sweet gift for her son - cookies. The boy liked the game. He received the sweets and stopped pestering his mother with questions. Everything became clear without them: there are as many days until Christmas as there are unopened windows left. At the same time, the boy mastered counting.

The tradition has taken root not only in Germany or other Catholic countries. At first it “registered” in neighboring Austria and Switzerland, and later received recognition in all countries of the world. New Year's Eve has spread throughout the Orthodox world. advent calendar. In general, the word " Advent"translates as “coming, waiting.” Children can wait not only for New Year or Christmas. They are waiting for their birthday, the arrival of their beloved grandmother or the date of departure to the sea. Each expected event can be brightened up with a game by offering the child a calendar - Advent. It may include more than the accepted 24 days and extend for a month. Or it could become shorter and turn into a ten-day game or a week-long event.

So we decided to count the days until the beginning of the New Year. We decided to make him in the form of a grandfather Frost with a beard, on which the numbers from 1 to 31 are located. And every day we cover the number with a cotton pad. It is very interesting. At the end of the month, grandfather's beard Frost completely filled with cotton pads. This calendar will serve as a decoration for a group of New Year's holidays!