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Reverse Advent Calendar


I've created a reverse advent calendar, whereby instead of kids receiving a small gift/chocolate/lolly each day of December leading up to Christmas, they choose a toy/belonging that they will give up, and donate to a charity that will pass it on to children who otherwise wouldn't get any gifts on Christmas.

I know my nephew is going to be showered with gifts this Christmas, more than he'll be able to play with, which also means that a lot of the toys he's received previously will be pushed to the bottom of the toy box. Most of these toys are in near perfect condition, which would make it a shame for them to be forgotten at the bottom of a box, they could actually be enjoyed by another child.

By choosing toys to donate, and understanding why he's doing it, he'll learn generosity and selflessness, knowing that he's helping to make another child's Christmas as good as his. There's also the advantage that his room won't get so messy with an overload of toys, but most of all, it will hopefully make Christmas brighter for however many kids that received these toys.

The idea is that on each 'Donate Day' of the calendar, he'll choose a toy from the category that's written for that day, with a few special ones sprinkled in on different days.

I really think this could be a great way to enrich the lives of not only the kids receiving them, but also the kids donating their toys.

I've created the above one for my nephew, so it's geared toward a boy, but if you would like to create your own, for a daughter, or with different categories, here is a blank version  that you can download.

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