A screen-free advent countdown of printable activity cards for ages 3–5 and 6–10. Print once, open one card each morning, and do the day's cozy activity together. Most days take about 10 minutes and use simple things you already have at home.

Instant download · print at home · nothing ships. Every file comes in US Letter and A4, in full colour and an ink-saving black-and-white version. Both age bands are included in every tier.

How it works

1. Print once. Print the cards at home. They come four to a page with cut lines, so a grown-up does the cutting.
2. Hang the countdown. The first card shows how to peg the cards on a string, or slip one into an envelope each night. One card waits for every morning, December 1 to 24.
3. Open, peek, play together. Each morning, open that day's card and do the activity together: a tiny craft, a kindness mission, a game, a giggle. For ages 6–10, every card also hides a riddle. The 24 answers spell a secret message, revealed on Christmas Eve.

What's inside

Start Here guide — welcome, printing and age-band guides, safety notes, and the grown-ups' riddle answer key (2 pages)
Advent Cards, Ages 3–5 — 24 picture-led daily cards (Dec 1–24) + 6 blank "Our Family's Idea" cards (30 cards)
Advent Cards, Ages 6–10 — 24 daily mission cards with the riddle chain, the Big Reveal page, and 6 blank DIY cards (30 cards + reveal)
12-Day "Start Any Day" Set — 12 favourite cards with no dates, for starting or gifting late, in a version for each age band (12 cards × 2 bands)
Family Games Pack — picture bingo (8 boards + calling cards), 30 trivia questions, 30 charades & draw cards, word search and word scramble with answer keys, 16 Would You Rather cards, a 12-clue indoor scavenger hunt, a tournament scorecard, winner's and participation certificates, and lights-spotting games (26 pages)
Santa Mail Kit — letter to Santa, reply letter from Santa, Nice List certificate, wish list, envelope template, and "Santa Stop Here" door hanger (6 pieces)
Colouring Pack — 12 bold-line colouring pages matched to the card artwork, single-sided so markers don't bleed through (12 pages)
Christmas Eve Box Kit — Eve checklist, hot-chocolate bar sign, wildlife-safe reindeer-food labels, a six-clue Eve mini-hunt, a "letter to future us", and photo-prompt cards. Just add your own box (8 pages)
Keepsake Pages — "Our Christmas 2026" record page, a family recipe card, a handprint page, and a year-in-review drawing page (4 pages)
Gift-Giver Pack (Deluxe only) — gift envelope, gift voucher, an instruction card written to the receiving parent, 6 experience coupons, and 8 gift tags (8 pages)

Core = 130 pieces · 88 printable pages per format · 16 PDF files (delivered as 4 grouped ZIP downloads).
Deluxe = 138 pieces · 96 printable pages per format · 20 PDF files (5 grouped ZIP downloads), plus the editable name template.

Two age bands, genuinely different sets

Ages 3–5: picture-led. Big artwork, almost no reading. Kindness, sensory play, movement, and simple first crafts. Every card is written to the grown-up, with any safety note right on the card.
Ages 6–10: missions and a mystery. Challenges, scavenger elements, kindness missions, and a riddle on every card. The riddle answers' first letters build a secret message across the month. Weekend cards run a little bigger.
Mixed-age family? Both bands share each day's theme, so siblings do the same day at two depths. Both bands come with Core and Deluxe, so the second child costs nothing extra.

Made to print well on a normal home printer

300 DPI artwork throughout, no fuzzy web-resolution images
US Letter and A4 versions of every file
Colour, plus ink-saving black-and-white with true line art in pure black (which doubles as colouring pages)
Cards laid out 4 per page with cut lines and a "grown-ups cut" note on every sheet
Single-sided layout, so marker pens won't bleed through
Plain paper works fine; card or thicker paper lasts longest

Core vs Deluxe

Core: $11.99 (list $16.99). Everything above except the Gift-Giver Pack and the editable name template. 16 PDFs.
Deluxe: $14.99 (list $19.99). Everything in Core, plus the Gift-Giver Pack and the editable name template. Type the child's name onto the Santa reply letter, Nice List certificate, door hanger, gift envelope and voucher, then print. 20 PDFs.

Giving it as a gift?

Deluxe gives them something to open: print the gift envelope and voucher, put the voucher inside, and the child opens something physical on the day while the download waits in the grown-ups' inbox. The instruction card is written to the receiving parent and explains everything, including how to start late. Because it's delivered instantly, a gift bought on December 23 can be printed, vouchered and under the tree the same evening.

Personalisation, private by design

You personalise the set yourself, at home. In Core, name spaces print as fill-in lines. In Deluxe, you also get an editable template link: type the name, then print. Either way, we never receive your child's name, photo, or any personal details.

Good to know

Is anything posted to me? No. This is a digital download. After checkout your files are available instantly, and the download links are also emailed to you.
Starting late? Every set includes the 12-Day "Start Any Day" cards, twelve favourites with no dates, so you can start on any day and still finish on Christmas Eve.
What do the cards ask us to buy? Nothing. Activities use things most homes already have: paper, crayons, blankets, socks, plain oats for reindeer food. A few cards involve food, ovens, scissors or small items. Those cards carry a clear grown-up note, and the Start Here guide lists them up front.
A file won't download or print properly? Email support@seasonsofgifting.shop and we'll send a corrected copy. Because the files are delivered instantly, please check the "What's inside" list before buying to be sure it's what you want.

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