Your child’s birthday is a wonderful event in their lives – and in yours. And let’s be honest, it lasts a lot more than one day. (We wouldn’t want it any other way!) There are school celebrations, family festivities, and perhaps a party for the children’s friends. There are packages being delivered. Maybe one of the gifts is an outing of some kind: a trip to a movie, a water park, or a favorite restaurant. All of these things have their own place on the calendar apart from the actual day.
Rather than let these many treats rush by, why not revel in their arrival with a Birthday Countdown Calendar?
What is a Birthday Countdown Calendar?
The Britsy Bean Birthday Countdown Calendar is an ingenious, carefully crafted calendar which can be hung two weeks before your child’s birthday. The embroidered numbers count backwards from 14 days, ending with the actual birthday. Each day you and your child move the hand-stitched candle to another pocket on the calendar, one step closer to the birthday. During the magical days of early childhood, the calendar increases the excitement and anticipation of the birthday by celebrating each passing day. Constructed from the finest materials with meticulous detail, the Birthday Countdown Calendar is designed to last through their childhood. Unlike the single-use decorations that abound in children’s party supplies, this calendar will be a lasting treasure and family keepsake.
Of course, we are all counting down the days in our head; we want to celebrate the love and joy we feel as our child passes another milestone. Establishing a tradition of hanging the calendar and marking each day brings the fun to the surface and allows us to share it in a concrete way.
The Birthday Countdown Calendar Creates More Memories
The Countdown Calendar will inspire so many ways to prolong the magic: talking about the planned parties or events builds anticipation. Speculating on what favorite gift the child may receive makes that gift all the more enticing.
Once you have the calendar, you will find so many creative ways to make memories. You can fill the days with simple, thoughtful ways to engage your child and make their birthday sparkle last. As you countdown the days, you could customize the numbers to coincide with certain birthday delights. There are 14 days to countdown!
- Day 14 is the day you hang the calendar – the excitement begins!
- Day 12 could be a special card from a family member. Day nine might be when they choose the flavor cake they want this year. Day seven could be when they decide what they will wear to school on their birthday.
- Make one day a Zoom visit with family or friends who are far away.
- One of the days could be picture day: take a picture of your child with our birthday photo prop. You will have a joyful record of the years to put in a frame or album.
- Celebrate the “number” day. If your child is turning six, then the day you put the marker on the number six could be a special highlight. Maybe they get a dance party before dinner with their favorite songs.
- Choose one day to give your child a letter telling them how you have seen them grow during the year. This is a heartfelt way to highlight the pride you feel in your child.
The whole family will have ideas about how to enjoy the countdown, and the calendar will become a treasured, integral part of your child’s birthday memories.
The Birthday Countdown Calendar Reinforces Tradition
We know that structure helps children flourish. Being part of a unique family tradition they can look forward to will help your child learn the values of anticipation, quality, and connection. We want to demonstrate that disposable things are not necessary for fun celebrations. Raising them in the habit of classic, timeless decorations that they return to year after year emphasizes what is special about their family. Each year the calendar is brought out will remind them of the celebrations from the previous years, layering in a reserve of warm and merry memories that feed their spirit.
The Britsy Bean Birthday Countdown Calendar Creates Meaningful Connection
Birthdays teach us about the passing of time. The child eagerly wants the days to pass quickly and get to the birthday! They hunger to grow up faster, to learn new things, and to get taller and stronger. They want to be “bigger.”
We parents understand the bittersweet nature of time passing. We want our children to grow taller and become adults (eventually!), but we know too well that beautiful days need to be savored. We experience time in a different way with a different filter. We want to slow it down and cherish each day before we give in and let it pass. Each one of these impulses – the desire to speed up and the longing to slow down – is celebrated by the Birthday Countdown Calendar. It is the perfect connection point between the urge to move forward and the urge to stand still.
In fact, the Birthday Countdown Calendar might be something we buy for our children, but, in the end, it is we who are the real recipients of the gift.
