The Homefire Family Advent Countdown: 25 Days of Small Things Together (Printable + App)

Description

Set it all up on November 30, in 15 minutes.

You know the first of December. You meant to have the Advent calendar ready, and now it’s bedtime, the kids are asking which door is tonight, and you’re standing in the kitchen trying to think up twenty-five things on the spot. I’ve stood in that kitchen.

So I wrote the twenty-five things down for you. One small thing to do together each day, already decided, on a card behind a door. All you do is print, cut and tuck them in once.

The Homefire Family Advent Countdown is a 19-page printable with a free phone app. It’s not a candy calendar and it’s not a craft project that eats your weekend. It’s one card a day, most of them ten or fifteen minutes, from December 1 to Christmas morning.

What’s inside

• The Everyday card set — twenty-five small things to do together: bake something, write a note, drive to see the lights, read one more book
• The Faith & Family card set — twenty-five cards that walk toward the manger, each with a Bible reference to read together in your family’s own translation
• A countdown board and door tags numbered 1 to 25
• Blank cards for your own ideas, fillable on your screen or by hand, plus card backs
• How It Went — one page to jot down the favorites, so next year starts easier
• A Start Here page with the 15-minute set-up plan and your app link

The app does the door-a-day for you

Open the Advent Countdown app on your phone and each door unlocks on its own date. Swap a card when the day changes on you, add your own, and mark it done. It saves on your phone, no account needed. The printable and the app come together in one purchase.

What changes

Before: twenty-five evenings of “what are we doing tonight?” and a calendar that ran out of ideas by the ninth.

After: the cards are in their pockets on November 30, the kids open a door after supper, and you already know the answer.

“We’ll miss days.”

You will, and that’s fine. Skip a card, double up on a slow Saturday, or let a busy night’s card be “read one story in our pajamas.” Done is better than perfect, and the point is the together, not the streak.

Works for ages 3 to 12, with a grown-up helping the littles.

Who made it

Hi, I’m Robin. I spent nearly thirty years as a CFO, most of them working from home while raising four kids, and I’m a grandma of seven now. I build things that work in a real house, in the minutes you actually have.

$7 · Instant download (the 19-page printable, a fillable copy for the blank cards, a Start Here page, and the app). Digital products are delivered instantly, so all sales are final; if you have any trouble downloading, reach me through the contact page and I’ll get you sorted.

You don’t have to be perfect — tend the home fire, in the minutes you have.