Each December, from 2011 to 2016, The Lunchbox Season transformed into an Advent Calendar !Below, you’ll find the complete archive of The Lunchbox Season’s Advent Posts followed by a gallery of links to each individual Advent Roundup Page from 2011-2016
Advent 2016
THE LUNCHBOX SEASON’S FAMILY ADVENT CALENDAR 2016
The Lunchbox Season’s Advent Love-To-Do List 2016 The Lunchbox Season’s Top 10 Gifts for the Kitchen + a Soundtrack The Lunchbox Season’s Family Advent Calendar Kick-Off: Make Favourite Photo Ornaments Family Advent Calendar : Visit the One of a Kind Show and Sale Our Top 10 Gifts From #ooakx16 Family Advent Calendar : Adopt an Animal from WWF Canada #givingtuesday Family Advent Calendar : Make Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Macaroons Family Advent Calendar: Lunch, Shopping, and the Ferris Wheel at the Toronto Christmas Market Family Advent Calendar : Tree Trimming Party with Homemade Eggnog Homemade Eggnog Family Advent Calendar : Massey Hall Christmas Concert Family Advent Calendar : Plan Christmas Dinner and Make “Test Cookies” for Santa Dorie Greenspan’s Speculoos Buttons from Bon Appétit Family Advent Calendar : Holiday Book Swap Family Advent Calendar : Design Santa in a Masterpiece Cards Family Advent Calendar : Skating or a Winter Walk and Roasted Chestnuts Family Advent Calendar : Make Deep Dish Pizza and Watch a Festive Movie Family Advent Calendar: Christmas Canning! Lemon Ginger Marmalade and Whiskey Fig Cranberry Sauce Family Advent Calendar : King Lear Cold Reading Family Advent Calendar: Make Fudge! Have Yourself a Canadian Little Christmas: Our Recipe for Penuche, Butterscotch Fudge with Pralines Family Advent Calendar : Give a Bee Hive via Plan Canada Gifts of Hope #givingtuesday Family Advent Calendar : Write & Illustrate a Beastly Christmas Tale Family Advent Calendar : Random Act of Christmas Kindness Family Advent Calendar : Dinner and Rogue One, A Star Wars Story Family Advent Calendar : Bake ALL of the Christmas Cookies The Lunchbox Season’s Top 10 Holiday Cookie & Bar Recipes Family Advent Calendar : Rewrite the Song of the Summer as a Holiday Carol Family Advent Calendar: Football in the Park After Dark Family Advent Calendar : Daily Bread Food Bank Donation #givingtuesday Family Advent Calendar : Double Chocolate Cookies with Andes Mints Family Advent Calendar : Family Pajama Exchange Family Advent Calendar : Make Bûche de Noël + 5 Bûche de Noël Recipes 5 Bûche de Noël Recipes Family Advent Calendar : Christmas Eve Checklist Merry Christmas Merry Christmas New Year’s Eve Movie Party : Transformation Movies ADVENT 2016 ROUNDUP
KEY RECIPES AND PROJECTS
Favourite Photo Ornaments Make Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Macaroons Homemade Eggnog “Test Cookies” for Santa : Dorie Greenspan’s Speculoos Buttons from Bon Appétit Deep Dish Pizza Lemon Ginger Marmalade and Whiskey Fig Cranberry Sauce Have Yourself a Canadian Little Christmas: Our Recipe for Penuche, Butterscotch Fudge with Pralines The Lunchbox Season’s Top 10 Holiday Cookie & Bar Recipes Double Chocolate Cookies with Andes Mints 5 Bûche de Noël Recipes
ADVENT 2016 ROLL CREDITS
The Lunchbox Season’s Advent Love-To-Do List 2016 The Lunchbox Season’s Top 10 Gifts for the Kitchen + a Soundtrack The Lunchbox Season’s Family Advent Calendar Kick-Off: Make Favourite Photo Ornaments Family Advent Calendar : Visit the One of a Kind Show and Sale + Our Top 10 Gifts From #ooakx16 Family Advent Calendar : Adopt an Animal from WWF Canada #givingtuesday Family Advent Calendar : Make Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Macaroons Family Advent Calendar: Lunch, Shopping, and the Ferris Wheel at the Toronto Christmas Market Family Advent Calendar : Tree Trimming Party with Homemade Eggnog Family Advent Calendar : Massey Hall Christmas Concert Family Advent Calendar : Plan Christmas Dinner and Make “Test Cookies” for Santa : Dorie Greenspan’s Speculoos Buttons from Bon Appétit Family Advent Calendar : Holiday Book Swap Family Advent Calendar : Support Forests Ontario #givingtuesday Family Advent Calendar : Design Santa in a Masterpiece Cards Family Advent Calendar : Skating or a Winter Walk and Roasted Chestnuts Family Advent Calendar : Make Deep Dish Pizza and Watch a Festive Movie Family Advent Calendar: Christmas Canning! Lemon Ginger Marmalade and Whiskey Fig Cranberry Sauce Family Advent Calendar : King Lear Cold Reading Have Yourself a Canadian Little Christmas: Make Fudge! Our Recipe for Penuche, Butterscotch Fudge with Pralines Family Advent Calendar : Give a Bee Hive via Plan Canada Gifts of Hope #givingtuesday Family Advent Calendar : Write & Illustrate a Beastly Christmas Tale Family Advent Calendar : Random Act of Christmas Kindness Family Advent Calendar : Dinner and Rogue One, A Star Wars Story Family Advent Calendar : Bake ALL of the Christmas Cookies + The Lunchbox Season’s Top 10 Holiday Cookie & Bar Recipes Family Advent Calendar : Rewrite the Song of the Summer as a Holiday Carol Family Advent Calendar: Football in the Park After Dark Family Advent Calendar : Daily Bread Food Bank Donation #givingtuesday Family Advent Calendar : Double Chocolate Cookies with Andes Mints Family Advent Calendar : Family Pajama Exchange Family Advent Calendar : Make Bûche de Noël + 5 Bûche de Noël Recipes Family Advent Calendar : Christmas Eve Checklist Merry Christmas New Year’s Eve Movie Party : Transformation Movies Advent 2016 Roundup
Advent 2015
THE LUNCHBOX SEASON’S FAMILY ADVENT CALENDAR 2015
Reinventing a Holiday Classic : Chocolate Hazelnut Bûche de Noël Our Yule Log Recipe Featured on Huffington Post Canada Living! Advent 2015 Love To Do List Our Top Picks from the One of a Kind Show and Sale Family Advent Calendar 2015 : Family Tree Trimming Party Family Advent Calendar : Make Italian Lemon Knots Italian Lemon Knots Family Advent Calendar : Family Book Exchange Rewrite the Song of the Summer as a Holiday Carol Create an Elaborate Christmas Colouring Page Donate to the WWF Design Your Own Playing Cards Make Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies Make Whisky Fig Cranberry Sauce and Carrot Cake Jam Whisky Fig Cranberry Sauce Carrot Cake Jam Provide a Newborn Checkup via Plan Canada Gifts of Hope Make Lichtenstein Inspired Holiday Cards Picnic Beneath the Christmas Tree Make Saffron Lussekatter : Santa Lucia Buns Saffron Lussekatter : Santa Lucia Buns Illustrate or Cartoon “Good King Wenceslas” Holiday Cookie Bake Off Design Holiday Gift Tags Teacher Gifts : Make Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies Random Act of Kindness Day Visit the Toronto Christmas Market Dinner and Star Wars Posterize the Twelve Days of Christmas Red and Green Supper : Make Bowtie Pasta Homemade Red & Green Bowtie Pasta Give to the Daily Bread Food Bank Pizza, Popcorn, Pajamas, and an Ernst Lubitsch Triple Feature Illuminate or Video Shelley’s Ozymandias and Make a Chocolate Hazelnut Bûche de Noël Christmas Eve Checklist Merry Christmas! A New Year’s Thin Man Movie Marathon Advent 2015 Roundup
KEY RECIPES AND PROJECTS
Chocolate Hazelnut Bûche de Noël Family Tree Trimming Party Italian Lemon Knots Make Whisky Fig Cranberry Sauce and Carrot Cake Jam Whisky Fig Cranberry Sauce Carrot Cake Jam Saffron Lussekatter : Santa Lucia Buns Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies Gift Tags for Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies Homemade Red & Green Bowtie Pasta
ADVENT 2015 ROLL CREDITS
Reinventing a Holiday Classic : Chocolate Hazelnut Bûche de Noël Our Yule Log Recipe Featured on Huffington Post Canada Living! Advent 2015 Love To Do List Our Top Picks from the One of a Kind Show and Sale, or, The 12 Crushes of #OOAKX15 Family Advent Calendar 2015 : Family Tree Trimming Party Family Advent Calendar : Make Italian Lemon Knots Family Advent Calendar : Family Book Exchange Rewrite the Song of the Summer as a Holiday Carol Create an Elaborate Christmas Colouring Page Donate to the WWF Design Your Own Playing Cards Make Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies Make Whisky Fig Cranberry Sauce and Carrot Cake Jam Provide a Newborn Checkup via Plan Canada Gifts of Hope Make Lichtenstein Inspired Holiday Cards Picnic Beneath the Christmas Tree Make Saffron Lussekatter : Santa Lucia Buns Illustrate or Cartoon “Good King Wenceslas” Holiday Cookie Bake Off Design Holiday Gift Tags Teacher Gifts : Make Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies Random Act of Kindness Day Visit the Toronto Christmas Market Dinner and Star Wars Posterize the Twelve Days of Christmas Red and Green Supper : Make Bowtie Pasta Give to the Daily Bread Food Bank Pizza, Popcorn, Pajamas, and an Ernst Lubitsch Triple Feature Illuminate or Video Shelley’s Ozymandias and Make a Chocolate Hazelnut Bûche de Noël Christmas Eve Checklist Merry Christmas! A New Year’s Thin Man Movie Marathon Advent 2015 Roundup
Advent 2014
THE LUNCHBOX SEASON’S FAMILY ADVENT CALENDAR 2014
The Lunchbox Season’s Sweet Shop: Our Best Holiday Recipes Family Advent Calendar Kick-Off Event: Stir-Up Saturday, Make a Twenty-First Century Canadian Christmas Cake Sketch-It Sunday: Re-Illustrate Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas Make-Ahead Monday: Vanilla Extract, Simple Syrup, and Simple Ways to Give Them Vanilla Extract & Simple Syrup Tonic Tuesday, Adopt an Animal from the World Wildlife Fund Write-It Wednesday: Compose and Perform an Original Christmas Carol Throw-Back Thursday: Draw Fresh Blueprints of Santa’s Workshop and Make Our Famous Santa Baby Cookies Famous Santa Baby Cookies Festive Friday: Tree Trimming Party Stir-Up Saturday: Make Soft Gingerbread Crackle Cookies with Candied Ginger Bits Soft Gingerbread Crackle Cookies with Candied Ginger Bits Sketch-It Sunday: Create Your Own Illustrations of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Make Ahead Monday: Massage Oil Bars, Bath Bombs and Bath Salts Make Ahead Monday: Massage Oil Bars, Bath Bombs and Bath Salts Tonic Tuesday: Give a Family an Endless Harvest via Plan Canada Write-It Wednesday: Use a Line from ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas as the Inspiration for your own Poem or Story Throw-Back Thursday: Make Picasso Santa Holiday Cards and Bake Turkish Pizza Pides Turkish Pizza Pides Festive Friday: Take Out Chinese and a Triple Feature: The Maltese Falcon, Murder My Sweet, and The Lady in the Lake Cherry and Pistachio Studded Shortbread Cookies Cherry and Pistachio Studded Shortbread Cookies Sketch-It Sunday: Read and Illustrate Much Ado About Nothing, Acts I-III Make-Ahead Monday: Hot Chocolate Bombs and Microwaveable Mitten Warmers Hot Chocolate Bombs and Microwaveable Mitten Warmers Tonic Tuesday: Donate to the Daily Bread Food Bank Write-It Wednesday: Holiday Haiku Challenge Throw-Back Thursday: Play Holiday Floor Scramble and Christmas Clue, Revive the Holiday Shadow-Puppet Theatre and Make Butterbeer Blondies Festive Friday: Fish and Chips and a Quadruple Feature! Stir-Up Saturday: Reverse Chip Brookie Cookies Reverse Chip Brookie Cookies Sketch-It Sunday: Read and Illustrate Much Ado About Nothing, Acts III-V Last-Minute Monday: Make Holiday Bark for Giving: Host a Bark-Making Party for the Kids Tonic Tuesday: Give to Forests Ontario Christmas Eve Checklist and a Gingerbread Bûche de Noël Gingerbread Bûche de Noël Merry Christmas 2014! Holiday Brunch : The Lunchbox Season’s Panettone French Toast The Lunchbox Season’s Family New Year’s Eve : The Hitchcock Edition ADVENT 2014 ROUNDUP
KEY RECIPES AND PROJECTS
The Lunchbox Season’s Sweet Shop: Our Best Holiday Recipes Twenty-First Century Canadian Christmas Cake Vanilla Extract Simple Syrup Famous Santa Baby Cookies Roasted Chestnuts Cider with Cinnamon Whiskey Favourite Photo Ornaments 2014 Soft Gingerbread Crackle Cookies with Candied Ginger Bits Bath Salts Bath Bombs Massage Oil Bars Turkish Pizza Pides Cherry and Pistachio Studded Shortbread Cookies Hot Chocolate Bombs Microwaveable Mitten Warmers Reverse Chip Brookie Cookies Holiday Bark for Giving Gingerbread Bûche de Noël The Lunchbox Season’s Panettone French Toast
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ADVENT 2014 ROLL CREDITS
The Lunchbox Season’s Sweet Shop: Our Best Holiday Recipes Kick-Off Party: Stir-Up Saturday: Make a Twenty-First Century Canadian Christmas Cake Sketch-It Sunday: Re-Illustrate Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas Make-Ahead Monday: DIY Vanilla Extract and Simple Syrup Tonic Tuesday: Adopt an Animal From the World Wildlife Fund Write-It Wednesday: Compose and Perform an Original Christmas Carol Throw-Back Thursday: Draw Fresh Blueprints of Santa’s Workshop and Make Our Famous Santa Baby Cookies Festive Friday: Tree Trimming Party: Roast Chestnuts, Sing Carols, Make Favourite Photo Ornaments… Stir-Up Saturday: Make Soft Gingerbread Crackle Cookies with Candied Ginger Bits Sketch-It Sunday: Create Your Own Illustrations of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Make-Ahead Monday: DIY Massage Oil Bars, Bath Bombs, and Bath Salts Tonic Tuesday: Give a Family an Endless Harvest via Plan Canada Write-It Wednesday:Use a Line from ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas as the Inspiration for your own Poem or Story Throw-Back Thursday: Make Picasso Santa Holiday Cards and Bake Turkish Pizza Pides Festive Friday: Take Out Chinese and a Triple Feature: The Maltese Falcon, Murder My Sweet, and The Lady in th Lake Stir-Up Saturday: Cherry and Pistachio Studded Short Bread Cookies Sketch-It Sunday: Read and Illustrate Much Ado About Nothing, Acts I-III Make-Ahead Monday: Hot Chocolate Bombs and Microwaveable Mitten Warmers Tonic Tuesday: Donate to the Daily Bread Food Bank Write-It Wednesday: Holiday Haiku Challenge Throw-Back Thursday: Play Holiday Floor Scramble and Christmas Clue, Revive the Holiday Shadow-Puppet Theatre, and Make Butterbeer Blondies Festive Friday: Fish and Chips and a Quadruple Feature: Pimpernel Smith, Q Planes, The 49th Parallel, The Spy In Black Stir-Up Saturday: Reverse Chip Brookie Cookies Sketch-It Sunday: Read and Illustrate Much Ado About Nothing, Acts III-V Last-Minute Monday: Make Holiday Bark for Giving: Host a Bark-Making Party for the Kids Tonic Tuesday: Give Forests Ontario Christmas Eve Checklist and a Gingerbread Bûche de Noël Merry Christmas 2014 Holiday Brunch : The Lunchbox Season’s Panettone French Toast The Lunchbox Season’s Family New Year’s Eve : The Hitchcock Edition Advent 2014 Roundup
Advent 2013
THE LUNCHBOX SEASON’S FAMILY ADVENT CALENDAR 2013
Family Advent Calendar 2015 : Family Tree Trimming Party Gingerbread Garland Favourite Photo Ornaments 2013 Family Advent Calendar, Day 1: Illustrate-Your-Own Books, Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Act I Family Advent Calendar, Day 2: Give a Bear Hug! Contribute to the World Wildlife Fund Family Advent Calendar, Day 3: Honeycomb and Turkish Delight Turkish Delight Turkish Delight Family Advent Calendar, Day 4: Write a Holiday Story inspired by a Work of Art Family Advent Calendar, Day 5: Make Christmas Cards! Draw Portraits of Santa in the Style of Modigliani, Kahlo, Klee or Etrog Family Advent Calendar, Day 6: The Advent Film Festival Begins with Pilsner Pretzels and a William Powell Double Bill: My Man Godfrey & After the Thin Man Pilsner Pretzels Family Advent Calendar, Day 7: Lego Christmas Party! Lego Christmas Building Challenges and Lego Christmas Cookies Lego Christmas Cookies Family Advent Calendar, Day 8: Illustrate As You Like It, Act II Family Advent Calendar, Day 9: Give Fruit Trees! Contribute to Plan Canada! Family Advent Calendar, Day 10: Make & Eat Chewy Christmas Nougat [with Pistachios and Dried Cherries] Chewy Christmas Nougat [with Pistachios and Dried Cherries] Family Advent Calendar, Day 11: A Percy Jackson Christmas? Improvise Christmas Scenes as some of Your Favourite Fictional Characters Family Advent Calendar, Day 12: Make a Shadow Puppet Theatre and Christmas Shadow Puppets Make a Shadow Puppet Theatre and Christmas Shadow Puppets Family Advent Calendar, Day 13: Watch Topper & His Girl Friday and Make Thin Crust Pizza! Thin Crust Pizza Family Advent Calendar, Day 14: Make and Play Holiday Floor Scramble Holiday Floor Scramble Family Advent Calendar, Day 15: Read & Illustrate As You Like It, Act III Family Advent Calendar, Day 16: Fill a Pantry! Donate to the Daily Bread Food Bank Family Advent Calendar, Day 17: Make and Eat Soft Salted Caramels [Then, Make More for Teacher Gifts] Soft Salted Caramels Family Advent Calendar Bonus Post: Our Pink Lemonade Jelly & Gochujang Pickles All Dressed Up For Giving Family Advent Calendar, Day 18: It’s a Carol-Off! Re-write an Existing Christmas Carol or “Christmassify” a Popular Song! Family Advent Calendar, Day 19: Harry Potter Special! Design Your Own Patronus Family Advent Calendar, Day 20: Watch The More the Merrier & The Talk of the Town + Make Punch & Judy Cookies Punch & Judy Cookies Family Advent Calendar, Day 21: Christmas Cookie Party! Make Chocolate Chocolate Chip Crinkle [Kringle] Cookies, Pfeffernüsse, and other Old Favourites Make Chocolate Chocolate Chip Crinkle [Kringle] Cookies Pfeffernüsse Family Advent Calendar, Day 22: Read & Illustrate As You Like It, Acts IV & V Family Advent Calendar, Day 23: Encourage Deep Breathing, Contribute to Cystic Fibrosis Canada Family Advent Calendar: Our Christmas Eve Checklist and A Lemon Bûche de Noël Lemon Bûche de Noël Merry Christmas! It’s a Lego Doctor Who Year’s Eve: Multi-Serial Marathon and Lego Building Challenges Advent 2013 Roundup
KEY RECIPES AND PROJECTS
Gingerbread Garland Turkish Delight Turkish Delight Pilsner Pretzels Lego Christmas Cookies Lego Christmas Building Challenges Chewy Christmas Nougat [with Pistachios and Dried Cherries] Make a Shadow Puppet Theatre and Christmas Shadow Puppets Thin Crust Pizza Holiday Floor Scramble Soft Salted Caramels Make Chocolate Chocolate Chip Crinkle [Kringle] Cookies Pfeffernüsse Lemon Bûche de Noël Lego Building Challenges
ADVENT 2013 ROLL CREDITS
Family Advent Calendar 2013, Advent Eve: Tree Trimming Party: Make Easy Gingerbread Garlands and Favourite Photo Ornaments Family Advent Calendar, Day 1: Read & Illustrate As You Like It, Act I [Withe Some Alternate Options for the Little ones] Family Advent Calendar, Day 2: Give a Bear Hug! Contribute to the World Wildlife Fund Family Advent Calendar, Day 3: Make & Eat Honeycomb and Turkish Delight Family Advent Calendar, Day 4: Write a Holiday Story Inspired by a Work of Art Family Advent Calendar, Day 5: Make Christmas Cards! Draw Portraits of Santa in the Style of Modigliani, Kahlo, Klee & Etrog Family Advent Calendar, Day 6: The Advent Film Festival begins with Pilsner Pretzels and a William Powell Double Bill My Man Godfrey & After the Thin Man Family Advent Calendar, Day 7: Lego Christmas Party! Lego Christmas Building Challenges and Lego Christmas Cookies Family Advent Calendar, Day 8: Read & Illustrate As You Like It, Act II Family Advent Calendar, Day 9: Give Fruit Trees! Contribute to Plan Canada! Family Advent Calendar, Day 10: Make and Eat Chewy Christmas Nougat [with Pistachios and Dried Cherries] Family Advent Calendar, Day 11: A Percy Jackson Christmas? Improvise Christmas Scenes with some of your Favourit Fictional Character Family Advent Calendar, Day 12: Make a Shadow Puppet Theatre and Christmas Shadow Puppets Family Advent Calendar, Day 13: Watch Topper & His Girl Friday and Make Thin Crust Pizzas Family Advent Calendar, Day 14: Make and Play Holiday Floor Scramble Family Advent Calendar, Day 15: Read and Illustrate As You Like It, Act III Family Advent Calendar, Day 16: Fill a Pantry! Donate to the Daily Bread Food Bank Family Advent Calendar, Day 17: Make and Eat Soft Salted Caramels Bonus Post: Our Pink Lemonade Jelly & Gochujang Pickles All Dressed Up For Giving Family Advent Calendar, Day 18: It’s a Carol Off! Rewrite an Existing Christmas Carol or “Christmassify” a Popular Song Family Advent Calendar, Day 19: Harry Potter Special! Design Your Own Patronus Family Advent Calendar, Day 20: Watch The More the Merrier & The Talk of the Town and Make Punch & Judy Cookies Family Advent Calendar, Day 21: Christmas Cookie Party! Make Chocolate Chocolate Chip Crinkle [Kringle] Cookies, Pfeffernüsse, and Other Old Favourites Family Advent Calendar, Day 22: Read and Illustrate As You Like it, Acts IV & V Family Advent Calendar, Day 23: Encourage Deep Breathing, Contribute to Cystic Fibrosis Canada Family Advent Calendar, Day 24: Christmas Eve Checklikst and a Recipe for Lemon Bûche de Noël Family Advent Calendar, Merry Christmas! It’s a Lego Doctor Who Year’s Eve: Multi-Serial Marathon and Lego Building Challenges Advent 2013 Roundup
Advent 2012
THE LUNCHBOX SEASON’S “SHADOWBOX” ADVENT CALENDAR 2012
Advent Shadowbox 2012: An Introduction Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 1, Have a Tree Trimming Party, Make Cinnamon Glitter Ornaments & Favourite Photo Ornaments Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 2, Read & Illustrate The Winter’s Tale, Acts I-II Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 3, Support the World Wildlife Fund Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 4, Draw Blue-Prints of the House for Santa Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 5, Write and Perform Harry Potter Themed Christmas Carols & Make Butter Beer Blondies Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 6, Create Your Own Christmas-Themed “Clue”-Style Board Game Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 7, Begin Our Friday Holiday Film Fest with an Unusual Double Feature and Make Kringle Corn! Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 8, Holiday Canning & Test-Cookie Party! Kid-Friendly Thumbprint Cookies, Carrot Cake Jam & Cranberry Sauce Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 9, Read & Illustrate The Winter’s Tale, Acts II-III Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 10, Give a Beehive! Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 11, Make a Christmas Collage Post-Card, Write a Memory Poem on the Back & Send it to a Friend Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 12, Improvise a One-Act Christmas-Themed Hunger Games Play Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 13, Learn “Who” to Knit, Beginning a Family/Welcome-Guest Scarf Project Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 14, Watch Holiday (1938) and Make Prof. Potter’s Punch and Judy “Hidden Whallop” Cookies Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 15, Gingerbread Party, Design, Build, Decorate Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 16, Read & Illustrate The Winter’s Tale, Act IV [OUTDATED] How to Make Silhouettes Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 17, Fill A Pantry Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 18, Make Silhouette Self-Portrait Cards and Send Them To Friends and Family Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 19, Pre-Christmas Concert Pizza Party with Quick & Easy Individual Thin Crust Pizzas Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 20, Make a Deck of Constellation Cards Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 21, Order Fish & Chips and Watch The Bishop’s Wife Cannoli Bûche de Noël Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 22, P.M. Pajama Party – Make Cookies for Santa! Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 23, Read & Illustrate The Winter’s Tale, Act V Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 24, Christmas Eve Checklist Advent Shadowbox 2012: Merry Christmas Family Advent Calendar Bonus Post, December 29: Perform and Record As You Like It with Stuffies and Bears Lord Peter Wimsey’s Case-Crackin’ New Year’s Eve Party ADVENT 2012 ROUNDUP
KEY RECIPES AND PROJECTS
Glitter Ornaments & Favourite Photo Ornaments Butter Beer Blondies Christmas-Themed “Clue”-Style Board Game Kringle Corn Kid-Friendly Thumbprint Cookies Carrot Cake Jam Cranberry Sauce Gingerbread Silhouette Self-Portrait Cards Quick & Easy Individual Thin Crust Pizzas Punch and Judy “Hidden Whallop” Cookies Cannoli Bûche de Noël Cookie Meteors Santa Baby Cookies
ADVENT 2012 ROLL CREDITS
Advent Shadowbox 2012: An Introduction Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 1, Have a Tree Trimming Party, Make Cinnamon Glitter Ornaments and Favourite Photo Ornaments Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 2, Read & Illustrate The Winter’s Tale, Acts I-II Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 3, Support the World Wildlife Fund Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 4, Draw Blue-Prints of the House for Santa Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 5, Write & Perform Harry Potter Themed Christmas Carols & Make Butter Beer Blondies Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 6, Create Your Own Christmas-Themed “Clue”-Style Board Game Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 7, Begin our Friday Holiday Film Fest with an Unusual Double Feature & Make Kringle Corn Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 8, Holiday Canning & Test-Cookie Party, Kid-Friendly Thumbprint Cookies, Carrot Cake Jam & Cranberry Sauce Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 9, Read & Illustrate The Winter’s Tale, Acts II-III Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 10, Give a Beehive Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 11, Make a Christmas Collage Post-Card, Write a Memory Poem on the Back, & Send it to a Friend Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 12, Improvise a One-Act, Christmas-Themed Hunger Games Play Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 13, Learn “Who” to Knit, Begin a Family/Welcome-Guest Scarf Project Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 14, Watch Holiday (1938) and Make Prof. Potter’s “Hidden Whallop” Punch & Judy Cookies Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 15, Gingerbread Party, Design, Build, Decorate Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 16, Read & Illustrate The Winter’s Tale, Act IV Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 17, Fill a Pantry How to Make Silhouettes from Digital Photos Using Free Online Photo-Editing Tools & a Printer/Scanner Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 18, Make Silhouette Self-Portrait Cards & Send Them to Family & Friends Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 19, Pre-Christmas-Concert Pizza Party with Quick & Easy Individual Thin Crust Pizzas Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 20, Make a Deck of Constellation Cards Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 21, Order Fish & Chips and Watch The Bishop’s Wife Cannoli Buche de Noel Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 22, P.M. Pajama Party – Make Cookies for Santa Advent Shadowbox 2012: Day 23: Read & Illustrate The Winter’s Tale, Act V Advent Shadowbox 2012: Christmas Eve Checklist Advent Shadowbox 2012: Merry Christmas Perform & Record The Winter’s Tale (with bears and stuffies) Lord Peter Wimsey’s Case Crackin’ New Years Eve Party Advent 2012 Roundup: This Post
Advent 2011
THE LUNCHBOX SEASON’S “SHADOWBOX” ADVENT CALENDAR 2011
Advent Calendar 2011: A Shadowbox Spectacular Advent Shadowbox Day 1, Baking Cookies Advent Shadowbox: Day 2, Daily Bread Food Bank Advent Shadowbox: Day 3, Letter to a Friend Advent Shadowbox: Day 4, A Birdseed Wreath Advent Shadowbox: Day 5, Gratitude Ornaments Advent Shadowbox: Day 6, Pancakes, Syrup, and a Classic Film Advent Shadowbox: Day 7, Tree Trimming Party Handmade Holidays: Favourite Photo Ornaments Advent Shadowbox: Day 8, Gingerbread House Advent Shadowbox: Day 9, St. Vincent de Paul Baskets Advent Shadowbox: Day 10, Kids’ Newspapers Advent Shadowbox: Day 11, Imagining Santa’s Workshop Advent Shadowbox: Day 12, Afternoon Sundae Bar Advent Shadowbox: Day 13, Movie, Lego, Mindfulness Advent Shadowbox: Day 14, Salt Dough Ornaments Advent Shadowbox: Day 15, “CHRISTMASSIFY” YOUR JARS Advent Shadowbox: Day 16, Have a Tree Planted Advent Shadowbox: Day 17, Christmas Crack-ups Advent Shadowbox: Day 18, Make Clove Oranges Advent Shadowbox: Day 19, Rudolph Festival (Design Your Own “Misfit Toy”) Advent Shadowbox: Day 20, Festive After-School “Spa” Advent Shadowbox: Day 21, Carol Hootenanny Advent Shadowbox: Day 22, Trim Another Tree! Advent Shadowbox: Day 23, Library in a Box for Haiti (via PlanCanada.ca) Advent Shadowbox: Day 24, Carols to and from the Concert Handmade Holidays: Great Lakes Handkerchiefs Advent Shadowbox: Day 25, Elvis Dog and Reindeer Cookies Handmade Holidays: Bookplates for Children Advent Shadowbox: Day 26, “Santa Baby” Cookies Homebaked Holidays: Bûche de Noël Advent Shadowbox: Day 27, Allons au Cinéma! Advent Shadowbox: Christmas Eve Checklist Advent Shadowbox: Merry Christmas! Last Minute New Year’s Eve: Sherlock Holmes Party & DIY Detective Kits ADVENT 2011 ROUNDUP
KEY RECIPES AND PROJECTS
Chocolate Chip Toffee Bit Cookies DIY Birdseed Wreath Gratitude Ornaments Favourite Photo Ornaments Imagining Santa’s Workshop Salt Dough Ornaments “CHRISTMASSIFY” YOUR JARS Clove Oranges Design Your Own “Misfit Toy” Great Lakes Handkerchiefs Elvis Dog and Reindeer Cookies Bookplates for Children “Santa Baby” Cookies Classic Bûche de Noël Sherlock Holmes Party & DIY Detective Kits
ADVENT 2011 ROLL CREDITS
Advent Calendar 2011: A Shadowbox Spectacular Advent Shadowbox: Day 1, Baking Cookies Advent Shadowbox: Day 2, Daily Bread Food Bank Advent Shadowbox: Day 3, Letter to a Friend Advent Shadowbox: Day 4, A Birdseed Wreath Advent Shadowbox: Day 5, Gratitude Ornaments Advent Shadowbox: Day 6, Pancakes, Syrup, and a Classic Film Advent Shadowbox: Day 7, Tree Trimming Party Handmade Holidays: Favourite Photo Ornaments Advent Shadowbox: Day 8, Gingerbread House Advent Shadowbox: Day 9, St. Vincent de Paul Baskets Advent Shadowbox: Day 10, Kids’ Newspapers Advent Shadowbox: Day 11, Imagining Santa’s Workshop Advent Shadowbox: Day 12, Afternoon Sundae Bar Advent Shadowbox: Day 13, Movie, Lego, Mindfulness Advent Shadowbox: Day 14, Salt Dough Ornaments Advent Shadowbox: Day 15, “Christmassify” Your Jars, or Glam Cans Lab 2 Advent Shadowbox: Day 16, Have a Tree Planted Advent Shadowbox: Day 17, Christmas Crack-ups Advent Shadowbox: Day 18, Make Clove Oranges Advent Shadowbox: Day 19, Rudolph Festival (Design Your Own “Misfit Toy Advent Shadowbox: Day 20, Festive After-School Spa Advent Shadowbox: Day 21, Carol Hootenanny Advent Shadowbox: Day 22, Trim Another Tree Advent Shadowbox: Day 23, Library-in-a-Box for Haiti via PlanCanada.ca Advent Shadowbox: Day 24, Carols to and from the Concert Handmade Holidays: Great Lakes Handkerchiefs Advent Shadowbox: Day 25, Elvis Dog and Reindeer Cookies Handmade Holidays: Bookplates for Children Advent Shadowbox: Day 26, Santa Baby Cookies Homebaked Holidays: Bûche de Noël Advent Shadowbox: Day 27, Allons au cinema Advent Shadowbox: Christmas Eve Checklist Advent Shadowbox: Merry Christmas L ast Minute New Years Eve: Sherlock Holmes Party and DIY Detective Kits Advent 2011 Roundup
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ADVENT 2011 ROUNDUP ADVENT 2012 ROUNDUP ADVENT 2013 ROUNDUP ADVENT 2014 ROUNDUP ADVENT 2015 ROUNDUP ADVENT 2016 ROUNDUP
