If you’ve ever resorted to making a paper chain countdown to keep your kids from asking every five minutes how many days until Christmas/birthday/whatever the next holiday is, you’ll recognize this as a clever elf activity. Holly from Kids Activities offers a free and tiny Christmas countdown printable for your excited elf.
Emily Westbrooks is a freelance writer and blogger from Maine. Based in Dublin, she's married to an Irishman and an adoptive mom to Maya and Noah. She writes about travel, parenting, adoption and fostering for sites like Romper and Moxie & Mabel, as well as for her own blog, From China Village.