The run up to Christmas, traditionally celebrated as Advent, is such a busy time, but also a powerful time to remember, celebrate and absorb the incredible story of when God became a human baby. All families have traditions around Christmas, so all we need to do is be intentional about using them to give everyone […]
Cut a set of simple geometric shapes from felt and use them to create pictures of the Christmas story using this template. Here’s how to do it: 1. Choose your felt colours. You could cut all the shapes out of one colour sheet, or choose different colours. I chose colours which lent themselves towards certain […]
I looked everywhere for one of these, and found some good value ones in TK Max. Make your own ‘fillers’, especially if you want something which helps children explore the Christmas story over the 24 or 25 days. I’ve made a set of Christmas story cards which tell the story one line a day or […]
One of the things I love about late Autumn and Winter are satsumas. I eat loads of them so I thought it would be a good idea to have a way to pray while I indulge. So here’s a prayer idea using satsumas 🙂 It’s so simple: Pray for a different person as you eat each segment. […]
Make your own nativity set using yogurt pots. Benecol bottles (any yogurty type bottles will do!) work well, and it’s easy to use the stickers from A Christmas Family GodVenture. The book has 400+ stickers including lots of faces, buttons and the like to create your own nativity scene.In fact, you don’t even need bottles, […]
If you have some candles, you can create your own home Advent ritual, lighting one candle in the first week of Advent, two in the second and so on up til Christmas. If you can get your hands (carefully!) on some holly, you could make a simple wreath around your candles too. Light your candles […]
This is a fun play you can do as a family – it’s a short Christmas play based around numbers, called ‘Counting down to Christmas’. It’s not something you need to rehearse – you can just grab the book and off you go. If your family enjoys dressing up, they could make some simple costumes […]
Whether you’ve got a new set for this year, or are using one you’ve had before, here’s some ideas for things you could do with your set: • Use them to act out the Christmas story as you read it from the Bible. • Loan them out to other people for a week. • Take […]
Many Christian traditions light candles during Advent (the four weeks running up to Christmas). You could make your own family tradition, lighting the candles once a week, or as many days of the week as you can. To do this you will need four or five candles, and perhaps some spares in case the early […]
