We had a play date the other day where we made gift boxes for Samaritan's Purse- Operation Christmas Child (a church organization that gives gifts to children in other countries) and advent calendars. Here are some random pics from that day. The advent calendars I came up with are made with paper chains and fun foam. I took green and red strips and wrote out the Christmas story so it would fit on 24 strips and then attached them to fun foam shapes. I made one into a snowman and put Parker's picture in it. I think I'm going to do it over and make it with some more decorations. I think he needs some arms!