Each week at our Classical Conversations homeschool group, we have a "family presentation" and one of the families in our group shares a little bit about themselves -- their heritage, a hobby they enjoy, a trip they've taken, etc. It's really a fun way to learn all kinds of interesting things, and it's one of…
The following post is from Myra of My Blessed Life: One of my earliest childhood memories of Christmas anticipation is making a paper chain with my mom. We always used red and green construction paper and we made the number of rings correspond with the number of days until Christmas. This is something that my…
The following post is from Kacey of Next Level Mama: Random Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar Does all the hustle and bustle of the holidays leave your family at a loss for what the spirit of Christmas really means? Or are you ever concerned your kids (and maybe even yourself) are way too focused on…
This post is brought to you by ListPlanIt, where you'll find hundreds of lists and planning pages to help your organize your holiday season...and your life! If you hadn't already guessed, I love all things Christmas! Although gifts are not the focus of our Christmas celebration, they certainly play a part in it, and one…
The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: A Jesse Tree is an advent project. Each day you color an ornament that represents a bit of the lineage of Christ. The tree begins with creation and stretches through the Old and New Testaments until we reach the wonderful story of…
One of our favorite ways to countdown the days until a special date is with a countdown chain, where you tear off one loop each day, watching the chain get shorter and shorter each day. I've combined that idea with a list of advent activities that you can print out on the back of scrapbook…