Advent candle--have to look for an evening prayer to go with this.
Jesse Tree--Several years back, several home school families got together and made ornaments. One mom provided a list with the scripture for each day and a suggested ornament theme. Each family chose the day, or days, and made 20+ ornaments of all the same kind. It was so much easier to make 20 of the same as opposed to one for each day on your own. If you ever have a chance to do a co-op project like this, DO IT!! I love all of our ornaments. Each family used a different medium: glass, clay, cardboard, wood, cloth, you get the picture. I will attempt to post pics as we go through Advent.
Advent calendars--Yes, I buy each child one of those silly, chocolate filled calendars you can buy anywhere for a buck. They love 'em. I also have a window cling tree that gets an ornament each day of December through the 25th. Then, I have this one which has magnets you attach to the magnetic back with all the nativity people and animals. I admit, I also fill each day with candy. The children rotate days, so every 6th day, you get the candy and hang the magnet.
Reading--Christmas Mosaic by Cay Gibson I discovered this jam-packed gem a few years back and love it! I dig into all her suggestions and start putting holds on all the books at my library.
There are also so many beautiful feast days sprinkled throughout the month of December: St. Nicholas, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, St. Juan Diego, Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Lucy and so many more. Not to mention our first baby surprised us 5 weeks early on December 14. He was an early Christmas present that year! Now he will be turning 15!
I love Advent, and I try to make it an exciting time for my children. Teaching them to focus on our newborn Savior, as opposed to our shopping obsessed culture, I believe, will benefit my children for years to come.
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