Our Christmas bucket list
- Bake and decorate Christmas cookies
- Make a paper chain for the tree
- Watch a Christmas movie in pajamas
- Go for a walk to see the Christmas lights
- Build a snowman (if it snows!)
- Write letters to Santa
- Make cards for Grandma and Grandpa
- Sing carols together
- Make hot chocolate with marshmallows
- Read a Christmas book by the tree lights
- Make a homemade gift for someone
- Give away toys we no longer play with
- Hang a feeder for the winter birds
- Make an ornament for the tree
- Decorate the tree together
- Take a family photo in Santa hats
- Have a board game night
- Build a gingerbread house
- Cut paper snowflakes for the windows
- Have a Christmas picnic under the tree
- Leave a kind note for a neighbor
- Track Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve
- Wear Christmas sweaters for a whole day
- Put out cookies and milk for Santa
Our best memory:
Our Christmas bucket list
How to use the bucket list
Hang the list on the fridge on December 1 and tick off the ideas together, in any order, as the days go by. Nobody has to do all 24. The blank list is for your own ideas: let everyone in the family write in at least one.
How to print it
- Type your family's name at the top – or leave it empty and write it by hand.
- Print at 100% (not „Fit to page”) on A4 or Letter: two pages.
- Hang the list of ideas on the fridge or a door where everyone sees it.
- Let each person add one idea of their own to the blank list.
- Tick a box each time you do something, and write down your best memory at the end.
Want one small task for each day of December instead? Christmas countdown paper chain printable – a task for every day.
Also useful
- Free Christmas printables: coloring pages, cards, ornaments and games
- Christmas countdown paper chain printable – a task for every day
- Advent calendar: make one online, or fill one at home
- Printable Christmas planner: gift list, checklist and menu
- Elf on the shelf ideas for every day of December
- Christmas wish list template – printable for kids and adults
Drawing names for gifts too? Secret Santa on santa.haus.