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๐ Day 1
๐How: Letters wrap up
๐Present: Precision Fusion Football (Size 2)
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๐What I did:
I stopped J when he was unwrapping the 4th one and asked him can he guess what the present was with the letters he had so far. He had so much fun putting around the letters and using his phonic skills to try to guess.
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๐ Day 2
๐How: Moji Maths Challenge
๐Present: Pick Your Own Quest: Escape from Minecraft
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๐ Day 3
๐How: English crossword
๐Present: Labyrinth board game
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๐ Day 4
๐How: DIY scratch card to learn Christmas vocabulary in Chinese
๐Present: Unicorn top cards game from Twinkl
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Note: Depending on the type of paint you have, this activity needs more time to prepare than the others mentioned above (Day 1 to 3). You might need at least two layers of paint in order to cover the writing.
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๐ Day 5
๐How: DIY decoder
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๐ Day 6
๐How: Treasure Hunt – Rooms in the house in Chinese
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๐ Day 7
๐How: Fishing maze
๐Present:
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๐What I did:
This one was super simple. J was fishing, and only 1 lead to his present, and he needed to find out which fishing string leads to his present by following the lines. What I did was just drew the lines and pictures as shown.
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๐ Day 8
๐How: Maths questions on a plus sign
๐Present: Festive Wreath DIY Craft Kit from The Make Arcade
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Aim: Solve the Maths question on each square to reveal a letter. When all Maths questions are solved and all letters are revealed, it should spell out the present.
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๐ Day 9
๐How: Number / alphabet code
๐Present:
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Aim: Try to figure out the numbers are actually representing the alphabets, and then spell out the present.
๐What I did:
Super simple! A=1, B=2, C=3 and so on, and my present was a book, so I just simply worked out the numbers and wrote them on the paper.
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๐ Day 10
๐How: Maze in a foil box!
๐Present:
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Aim: Follow the lines to find the present.
๐What I did:
Another super simple one! I drew the maze in the empty foil box! That was it!
Note: Practice with a pencil first because drawing in a box with limited space is a wee tricky.
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๐ Day 11
๐How: Number / alphabet code
๐Present:
โ๏ธWhat I used:
Aim: Try to figure out the numbers are actually representing the alphabets, and then spell out the present.
๐What I did:
Super simple! A=1, B=2, C=3 and so on, and my present was a book, so I just simply worked out the numbers and wrote them on the paper.
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๐ Day 12
๐How: English word search
๐Present:
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Aim: Answer the questions and cross out the answers on the word search table, which would leave 10 letters. Then to reveal the present, J has to cross out the name of a person in our house.
๐What I did:
Set up was simple. Just a normal word search in Xmas theme. I got some ideas of the questions from Twinkl. Then I added a twist at the end before revealing the present by asking J to cross out the name of a family member.
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