Christmas Advent Calendar
A classroom advent calendar made from your students' own artwork — one flap opened every morning.
Each student draws a Christmas picture on a backing square. You cover the squares with the numbered flaps, build the grid on a wall or pinboard, and every December morning the class lifts the next number to reveal whose picture is underneath. It is simple, it looks beautiful by the second week, and the children ask for it every single day.
No-prep instant download — print, trim, display.
Why teachers love it:
- Every child is in it — the calendar is their artwork, so the reveal matters to them
- A two-minute daily ritual — the perfect start to a December morning meeting
- Grows into a display — by Christmas you have a full wall of student art
- Choose your colour scheme — two sets of flaps so it matches your room
Perfect for:
- Years 1–6 Australian primary classrooms
- December morning meetings and calendar time
- Classroom Christmas displays that celebrate student work
What's included:
- 45 printable A4 pages
- Numbered flaps 1–25 in two colour schemes (two flaps per page)
- 15 patterned backing squares for student artwork
- Set-up notes — print on card, trim, attach each flap along the top edge so it lifts
Print and go — your Christmas countdown is sorted. 🖨️
HOW TO USE IT IN YOUR CLASSROOM
We've written a full guide on running an advent calendar in a primary classroom — including the problem nobody mentions: a 25-door calendar, and a December with only 13 school days in it.
📖 Read: The classroom advent calendar — 25 doors, 13 school days
Inside you'll find four ways to fit 25 doors into a real school term, a free student-drawn version you can run alongside this one, a five-step daily routine for the whiteboard, and the four things that usually go wrong (absences, prize creep, wall space, and the last week of term).
Planning your Christmas classroom?
Our Ultimate Christmas guide has more activity ideas, display tips and freebies to use alongside this resource.
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
OUR HAPPINESS GUARANTEE
We want you to love every Mrs Edgar resource. If something isn't right, contact us within 30 days and we'll make it right. Because this is a digital file we can't refund a download that has already been opened, but we will always help you get it working. See our Returns Policy.
FAQS
Where is my download?
Check your inbox (and junk folder) for the email from Mrs Edgar with your link. You can also log in to your account at mrsedgar.com.au and download it from your order.
It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.
