Not every Advent Calendar gives you something to enjoy. Some encourage you to spread the joy all December long. The Acts of Kindness Advent calendar is part storybook and part exercises in mindfulness.
Made up of 25 flashcards, the story stars a cast of adorable furry animals such as a reindeer, a mittens loving kitty and Santa Claus. That days card tells of the kind acts the characters perform on others. Then the reader is encouraged to execute that same act to others.
Designed for families with young kids, each card is assigned a date. So this deck can be used over the years. Since it's reusable, after the first year, the level of spontaneity diminishes. But as child will remember their favorite elements of the Advent deck, a degree of excitement will build as they get closer to performing the assignments of their favorite acts of kindness towards others.
Available on Amazon from fun and games creator Uflognirz, this kit retails for $19.99.
With the Batman Advent, I also got a card. This one has a small clear plastic image of Batman inside of a thick card stock frame. You're supposed to go into a darkened room, shine a light at the picture and it will project on a flat surface. After a lot of trying, I got it to work. But I never could take a quality image of the projection.
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The makers of this Advent call this card the Bat-Signal. But it's not. The Bat-Signal is an image of Batman's bat emblem. I like the idea behind today's gift. But why didn't they give us an actual Bat-Signal and not an image of the Dark Knight? Major missed opportunity.
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