{"id":2178,"date":"2013-11-13T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2011\/11\/30\/countdown-calender-adventkalender\/"},"modified":"2013-11-13T00:00:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T05:00:59","slug":"countdown-calender-adventkalender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2013\/11\/13\/countdown-calender-adventkalender\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown Calender &#8211; Adventkalender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to share this special post written by an au pair in my cluster a few years ago. If you want to make an Advent calendar for your host child(ren) you should probably get started now.<\/p>\n<p><em>A post by special guest blogger, Alex from Austria:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Countdown calender &#8211; Adventkalender<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2177 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/advent-calendar.jpg\" alt=\"advent calendar\" width=\"403\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/advent-calendar.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/advent-calendar-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>The Christmas countdown starts on December 1! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-static.ak.facebook.com\/images\/blank.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nTo make it sweeter, funnier and not that long for kids, we in Austria  (guess so in Germany too) have an &#8220;Adventkalender.&#8221;\u00a0 That is a calender  with 24 little gifts (mostly sweets) and you can open one number every  day till the 24th of December!<\/p>\n<p>I always love that and my mom still buys one for me, so I want to share that tradition with my hostchild!<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way is to go to the shop and buy a ready made one with  small little chocolate treats, but of course it is more fun for the kids  to get a homemade one! I did that this year and it was fun for me  too!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> I bought some sweets and small presents like a pen, warm socks, a  cd or a toy (&#8211;&gt; go to dollar tree, you can find cute stuff there and  just for $1 ) and wrapped them into paper.<\/li>\n<li>Then write the 24 numbers on the little  gifts.<\/li>\n<li>You can also make a number 25, but we in Austria open our  presents on the 24th.<\/li>\n<li>I pinned my packages on a big carton that we can  hang the calender on the wall and decorated it!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I made a Christmas tree  with all the packages under it and some stars, but you can make  something else too. Maybe a snowman and the gifts all look like  snowflakes or what about the crib with mary and the baby and the stars  are the gifts.. Whatever you want! &#8211; be creative and make an awesome  Adventkalender! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-static.ak.facebook.com\/images\/blank.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is very easy and it does not take very long and I guess it is a really nice gift for my little girl!<\/p>\n<p>Try it too, I bet the kids love it <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-static.ak.facebook.com\/images\/blank.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><br \/>\nHave fun and Frohe Weihnachten (Merry Christmas)<br \/>\nAlex \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to share this special post written by an au pair in my cluster a few years ago. If you want to make an Advent calendar for your host child(ren) you should probably get started now. 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