Fun Advent Activities

Our new tradition of doing an activity every day to celebrate the birth of Jesus has been a big hit! (Check out previous post for more details.) The kids look forward to each day & what it holds! Here are a few pics of some of what we've done this week. . . We made Cornstarch Creatures . . . JM made 3 snowmen & Isabelle made a nativity. . . they enjoyed making the "dough" & using nails, screws, beads, etc. to creat their creatures!

Isabelle made wire angels . . . she has lots of fun with this one. I think she'll be making a few more this week.

The kids LOVE to paint . . . so little wooden Christmas images were on our agenda for one day. They painted stockings, reindeer, trees, angels, & candy canes. The painted "ornaments" then made it to our little Christmas Tree.

What is Christmas with out A Gingerbread Village? I have to say, almost everyone I've talked to in recent days has NEVER made a gingerbread home . . . if that includes you - head to Wal-mart & you can buy a big house or a village kit for $10! My kids look forward to doing this every year. Thanks to my friend Jennifer for sharing that she hot glued her pieces before the kids decorated them. I did that as well - a perfect solution & you don't waste the icing!!

JM & Isabelle are hard at work (or eating . . . you may not be able to see it, but there is icing hanging from JM's lip)!

Dad got in on the action - icing for snow covered roads & sidewalks complete with evergreen trees! Dad wasn't real excited about ths project at the beginning - but creativity got the best of him in the end!!!!

Our completed village . . . CUTE!

Isabelle & I also volunteered at our church's Winter Clothing Giveaway . . . it was a true blessing to see all the clothes that our church family donated & to see families who needed warm clothing be able to get as much as they needed!