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What a great idea! We are starting the tradition t...

2011-11-26T21:53:20.351-05:00

What a great idea! We are starting the tradition this year at our house. If you want to see what we are reading you can come and visit us here: http://inspirationthief.blogspot.com/2011/10/christmas-book-advent-calender.html

I love this! I did this with my class over the pas...

2011-11-17T00:11:00.366-05:00

I love this! I did this with my class over the past years but will be using all my kids books this year with my son as an advent calendar. I think it'd be fun to incorporate an appropriate christmas activity to go along with each book. I plan on using my son's "kid tree" and wrapping "presents" and putting the christmas activities in the gifts (coordinating with the tag number on the books). That way we've got a book and an activity for the day! Example. If on day #15 they pull the book Polar Express, they may unwrap the movie, Polar Express if you own it or you plan ahead and see that it's on TV that night and have them wrap a piece of paper that says "Watch Polar Express tonight on Channel 7!" :o) Double the Fun! :o) :o) Great Idea! Thanks!

I know I am late on this post but I still wanted t...

2009-12-29T16:54:48.221-05:00

I know I am late on this post but I still wanted to stop in and peruse and catch up. saw this and wanted to let you know I love this idea! It is so chic but still cute and actually the kids can make and feel proud of. We have a fireplace so the mantle deco is wonderful for us but this can also sit atop our huge almost to the ceiling Entertainment unit. Above the big screen TV are shelves that go across- meant for audio equipment so also narrow- I think we would do this idea with some of our shorter books and display there since it is about the only place I don't have room for anything... I also thought to swing this idea to wrapping small boxes of different sizes... and put the # tags with a bow so they look like gifts- A beautiful and easy display for Christmas! Thx for sharing!

I absolutely love this idea! I am going to do this...

2009-12-17T13:37:20.563-05:00

I absolutely love this idea! I am going to do this next year and kind of mix your idea and the idea another commentor made, make it a mix of books and movies, one for each night.
I love your over sized tags, I think they add to the charm :)

Thanks for stopping by. It lead me to visit your s...

2009-12-02T17:42:12.131-05:00

Thanks for stopping by. It lead me to visit your site today. It saw your idea loved it last week and forgot where I saw it. I referenced it in a blog entry and now I can put a link to you.

I think that's a great idea!

2009-12-02T07:57:24.632-05:00

I think that's a great idea!

i love this idea..i am gonna start looking for boo...

2009-11-28T21:00:56.266-05:00

i love this idea..i am gonna start looking for books after this christmas (on sale) and hopefully this will be a great tradition starting next yr!

You could print the number, written out, along the...

2009-11-26T21:55:59.975-05:00

You could print the number, written out, along the spine in different colors.

This is a wonderful idea thanks

2009-11-26T21:08:43.352-05:00

This is a wonderful idea thanks

what a cute idea! love it

2009-11-26T01:55:47.749-05:00

what a cute idea! love it

That is seriously a cute idea and I think I might ...

2009-11-25T10:48:09.708-05:00

That is seriously a cute idea and I think I might have to steal it!

What a great idea.... I love it!!! A Lil Enchante...

2009-11-24T23:33:32.884-05:00

What a great idea.... I love it!!!

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

I know of another blogger who would just wrap up C...

2009-11-24T23:29:52.813-05:00

I know of another blogger who would just wrap up Christmas books and movies that they owned in Christmas paper and put them in a box that was wrapped in paper with no numbers on them and let her children take turns picking them out each day. Then they would open them up at night and either read or watch whatever was in the package that day.
What a wonderful idea your's is, and I too love the look of the large numbers... I don't think you need to change them at all, I think it gives them a wonderfully festive look. You are so creative it is something that I am sure Lucas will remember forever.

I LOVE this idea. Can't wait for my young'...

2009-11-24T22:54:24.923-05:00

I LOVE this idea. Can't wait for my young'ins to start to read.

How creative I love it!

2009-11-24T22:28:15.955-05:00

How creative I love it!

What an awesome idea! I might have wrapped them is...

2009-11-24T20:41:57.363-05:00

What an awesome idea! I might have wrapped them is a gingham or calico in Christmas color. I like you tags. Maybe they could be different lengths.

I love this idea. For an idea of how to number the...

2009-11-24T20:32:00.358-05:00

I love this idea. For an idea of how to number them differently, maybe you can just change the shape to more of a vertical rectangle. Make it long and really skinny (kind of like a 1 inch ribbon...rather use a 1 inch ribbon. Use some fun glittery stickers from the scrapbooking supplies at Hobby Lobby/Micheal's. Cut and upside down "V" into the end of the ribbon so that it looks like a "W"...it will look very scholarly! :o) Very fun! I think I might have to do something similar at our house! Thanks for sharing!

What a fun idea! I might try this with my little o...

2009-11-24T18:11:00.837-05:00

What a fun idea! I might try this with my little ones.

I LOVE this idea! We have so many Christmas books...

2009-11-24T15:50:52.456-05:00

I LOVE this idea! We have so many Christmas books, I know we could do one a day. I'm going to do something along these lines.

I love the Advent calendars but candy every day? ...

2009-11-24T15:37:56.873-05:00

I love the Advent calendars but candy every day? This is an awsome idea! The over size tags are kind of cute. Maybe if you use varying lenghts of yarn they wouldn't over lap each other as much. I think I would also make them in varying shapes.

My daughter is 3 and loves to read books... This would be a fun way to get out all the christmas books and not have to read all on them on day one!

This is brilliant. I was looking for an advent id...

2009-11-24T15:10:42.657-05:00

This is brilliant. I was looking for an advent idea & my daughter loves reading. Beautiful stuff!

I think you did a great job. I really love this i...

2009-11-24T12:12:43.981-05:00

I think you did a great job. I really love this idea and I may have to use it. Thanks for sharing!

I love this idea! I don't mind the big tags t...

2009-11-24T10:16:48.189-05:00

I love this idea! I don't mind the big tags that are overlapping, but then again details are not my thing!

I will definitely do this - I love to read and what better way to count down to Christmas than a different book each night?

What a lovely idea! Thank you for sharing...A grea...

2009-11-24T09:19:50.527-05:00

What a lovely idea! Thank you for sharing...A great new tradition for families.

What a wonderful idea!

2009-11-24T07:53:52.478-05:00

What a wonderful idea!