About & Credits
About
The Art & Craft Advent Calendar is a free, bilingual (English and Russian) Advent calendar for families with children aged 4–12. Each December day pairs a public-domain artwork with a simple craft to make together. It was made by Katia Lebedeva.
Safety
All activities are designed to be done with an adult. Please supervise scissors, irons, glue guns, hot drinks and anything hot. Small parts (beads, pasta, sequins, buttons) are a choking hazard for children under 3. Check materials for allergies. You use these activities at your own risk.
Image credits
| Day | Artwork | Artist | Date | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strawberry Thief | William Morris (1834–1896) | 1883 | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 2 | The Butterfly | Léon Bakst (1866–1924) | 1913 | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 3 | The Angel Gabriel Sent by God, Scrovegni Chapel, c.1305 | Giotto di Bondone (c.1267–1337) | c.1305 | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 4 | The Sea of Ice, 1823–24, Hamburger Kunsthalle | Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 5 | illustration from The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1909 | Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) & John Singer Sargent | 1909 | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 6 | cartoon for the Stoclet Frieze: Tree of Life, 1910–11 | Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) | 1910–11 | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 7 | Victorian Christmas postcard, c. 1880s | Raphael Tuck & Sons (est. 1866) | c. 1880s | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 8 | Stocking of Contents | Thomas Nast (1840–1902) | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 9 | costume designs for the ballet The Fairy Doll, 1903 | Léon Bakst (1866–1924) | 1903 | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 10 | Night Snow at Kambara, 1833–34, Brooklyn Museum | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 11 | toy theatre sheet | John Redington (1819–1876) | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 12 | Köhler's Medicinal Plants | Franz Eugen Köhler | 1887 | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 13 | Tightrope Dancers | Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 14 | Several Circles, 1926 | Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) | 1926 | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 15 | trencadís mosaic bench, Park Güell, Barcelona (1900–1914) | Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) | — | CC0 (public domain dedication) | Wikimedia Commons |
| 16 | The Starry Night, 1889, MoMA | Vincent van Gogh | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 17 | A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, Art Institute of Chicago | Georges Seurat (1859–1891) & Paul Signac | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 18 | Deer, Georgian National Museum | Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918) | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 19 | c. 1900. Herrnhut star workshop museum Photo: Derbrauni / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 | Moravian Church craft, Herrnhut (Germany) | — | CC BY 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| 20 | Marguerite – pen drawing | Henri Matisse (1869–1954) | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 21 | illustration for Pushkin's The Tale of Tsar Saltan, 1905 | Ivan Bilibin (1876–1942) | 1905 | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 22 | The Little Owl, 1508, Albertina, Vienna | Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 23 | Painterly Architectonics, 1917, Dallas Museum of Art | Lyubov Popova (1889–1924) | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 24 | The Chocolate Girl, 1744, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden | Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702–1789) | — | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| 25 | Christmas Eve (Julaftonen), 1904 | Carl Larsson (1853–1919) | 1904 | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
Terms of use
The text, craft instructions, printable cards and design are © 2026 Katia Lebedeva. You're welcome to use and print them for your own family, classroom or library. Please don't resell, re-upload or redistribute them. The artworks are public domain or openly licensed — see Image credits. Tips are voluntary and don't unlock any extra content.
Privacy
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Contact
Questions, corrections or an image you think shouldn't be here? Email katia.a.lebedeva@gmail.com.