Ideas and resources
I have always thought that an Advent Calendar of Crafts would be amazing….especially for my children who beg me everyday to do a new craft! Now I don’t have to figure out what to do each day, lilla a does it for you! Every day this December, lilla a will show you a new craft for your children to do…and if you just can’t wait, she also has a link to her etsy store where you can purchase the entire package! You can start with this adorable Christmas Tree of Rice.
Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.
First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?
Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.
Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.
Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.
Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.
Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.
Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!
You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.
Thank you for kindly featuring my Advent Calendar! Wishing you a great month of Christmas.
Thank you! I love this. I have a 4 year old and this year is the year to get excited for Christmas countdown! I already have 4 different countdowns going 🙂
I have a virtual advent calendar on my blog (http://JoyfullyYoursSusannah.blogspot.com) where you click on a scrapbook embellishment and it takes you to YouTube to hear different children every day singing “O Holy Night,” and then return to the blog and click on the words “Click Me” and you download the embellishment. Changes every day, just like those that are NOT virtual!
This is great!! You should submit it to our scrapbooking editor…She would definitely post about it.. cute idea!