Hello, we are back from a whole week off blogging… and loved every second of it!!! Our blog didn’t fade away as I thought it would, in fact it just kept on chugging!!! But I did miss all our on-line friends!!! I will post about our adventures next… Meanwhile… we’ve made a special calendar for you this month… we have a Christmas village and we have a simpler Nativity scene too.
Click on the images, they will open in a new tab… and print them out (print them landscape it just works better!!!). If you live with a couple of inspired artists get them to decorate/colour the calendars. Then, the trick is while your children are busy on something else to whip a craft knife out and carefully cut along the dotted edges of the village windows… (Only part of three sides of each window have dotted lines). Pop them on the fridge with the village above the nativity scene. On the correct day open the window and your Nativity scene will appear as December rolls by…
Meanwhile here are our links and ideas to add to your calendars and explore during the busy month of December…
- 1 December: World Aids Day
- 1 December: Rosa Parks Day
- 3 December 1967: First Human Heart Transplant (1967).
- 4 December: National Cookie Day (U.S.A.)
- 4 December 1935: Game Of Monopoly Debuted (1935).
- 5 December 1901: Walt Disney’s Birthday (1901 – 1966).
- 7 December 1941: Pearl Harbor Day (1941).
- 8 December: Hanukkah begins at Sundown.
- Se7en Learn About Hannukah: Dreidals, Menorahs and Latkes.
- This is a brilliant, fun resource from Chabad.org
- Everything you need to know from Aklah.com
- Activity village is packed with Hanukkah goodies.
- Did I mention Kaboose!!!
- And Don’t forget the Crafty Crow.
- Hanukah online from Billybearforkids.
- Hanukkah made simple from Simple Kids.
- 8 December 2010: National Brownie Day (U.S.A.).
- 8 December 1765: Eli Whitney’s birthday (1765 – 1825).
- 9 December 1884: Roller Skates Patented (1884).
- 10 December 1830: Emily Dickinson Birthday (1830 – 1886).
- 11 December 1946: UNICEF Anniversary (1946).
- 12 December 1955: Hovercraft Patented (1955).
- 14 December 1911: South Pole First Reached (1911).
- 14 December 1546: Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).
- 16 December 1773: Boston Tea Party (1773).
- 16 December 1770: Ludwig Von Beethoven’s Birthday (1770 – 1792).
- 16 December: Chocolate Coated Anything Day.
- 17 December: Maple Syrup Day.
- 17 December: Wright Brothers Day.
- 17 December 1843: A Christmas Carol first published in 1843.
- 18 December 1892: The Nutcracker Suite Premiered in 1892.
- 18 December 1946: Steven Spielberg’s Birthday (1946).
- 19 December 1732: Poor Richards Almanac first published 1732.
- 21 December 1620: Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth (1620).
- 22 December 1938: A living coelacanth was discovered (1938).
- 25 December: Christmas.
- 26 December: Boxing Day.
- 26 December: Kwanzaa starts.
- 26 December 1606: First performance of Aida (1606)
- 27 December 1571: Johannes Kepler’s Birthday (1571 – 1630)
- 27 December 1822: Louis Pasteur’s Birthday (1822 – 1895).
- 30 December 1865: Rudyard Kiplings Birthday (1865 – 1936).
- 31 December 1869: Henri Matisse’s Birthday (1869 – 1954).
- 31 December: New Years Eve.
Love the calendar – Thank you x
Glad you enjoyed it Shells… Hope you have a fabulous December!!!
ohhh my heavens… that calendar is just precious and amazing! I can’t even look at all your fantastic links… eeeeek! so much to do in DECEMBER! I’m going to come back and look at your links and mark them for next year for sure!!! xoxoxoxox
Hay Busy Friend, Katherine-Marie… Thrilled that you liked the calendar!!! It is crazy around here too… funny how busy we are and getting totally nothing done though… everyday ends the same way – a christmas story and sleeeeeep. At least we are getting that right!!!