Music Advent Calendar Garland

This year I wanted to make an advent calendar, but I wasn't sure what I wanted to do for each day. I wanted something simple enough I could really do it everyday. So I decided on music. I love Christmas music and my favorite part of Christmas Eve at my parents' house is singing all the Christmas carols. This was a great way to celebrate and appreciate the music all month long.

Ignore the football game on TV in the background

I thought it'd be fun to put the countdown on my mini Christmas tree as a garland. First, I found some vintage Christmas sheet music and printed it onto cardstock. Using my Silhouette, I cut out circles from the cardstock with the numbers counting down to Christmas and small holes at the top of each circle, to attach them to the garland. I also cut red circles.

 

I wrote two song titles on the red circles, one a Christmas hymn and the other a fun Christmas song. Finally, I glued the red circles on the back of the printed cardstock circles and tied them onto twine to make the garland.



Here's the list of songs I used:

Christmas Hymns

Joy to the World

Oh, Come All Ye Faithful

Angels We Have Heard on High

Silent Night

Once in Royal David’s City

Away in a Manager

It Came upon the Midnight Clear

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

With Wondering Awe

While Shepherds Watched their Flocks

Far, Far Away on Judea’s Plains

The First Noel

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Spiritual Children's Christmas Songs

From the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' (aka Mormon) Children's Songbook:

Stars Were Gleaming

When Joseph Went to Bethlehem

Away in a Manager

Mary’s Lullaby

Who is the Child?

Picture a Christmas

Christmas Bells

The Nativity Song

Oh, Hush, Thee My baby

Have a Very Merry Christmas!

Fun Christmas Songs:

Deck the Halls

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

O Christmas Tree

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

The Twelve Days of Christmas

We Three Kings of Orient Are

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

What Child is This?

The Holly and the Ivy

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

White Christmas

Let it Snow

Jingle Bells

Jingle Bell Rock

Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

Feliz Navidad

Frosty the Snowman

A Holly Jolly Christmas

Here comes Santa Claus

Carol of the Bells

Home or the Holidays

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Winter Wonderland

The Christmas Song

Now each day we can sing those songs and, if I'm feeling ambitous, I can research about these songs or read coordinating scripture references (found in the LDS hymnal at the bottom of the page, helpful!).

Merry Christmas