Are you searching for ways to keep yourself and children focused on Christ this year instead of toys, candy, elves, and reindeer? Check out this awesome Blog hop hosted
by Monica at Equpping Catholic Families. Participating Blogs are listed at the end of this post.
Advent is a time to wait and participate!
Feel to use this open-ended printable for Advent in any way that helps your children prepare for Christ.
Some ideas starters may include:
Make a bookmark with each candle to use as reminder to keep Christ in Christmas.
Use the printable as a planner for preparation during the four weeks before Christmas.
Cut out the candles and attach them to a “paper headband” to make an Advent hat or center piece.
Write or draw a picture on each candle of things done to prepare our hearts for Christ.
Other Related Posts
Free Advent Clip Art from Charlotte's Clips
And other ideas for Advent
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Quidquid Est, Est!: Reblog: Advent Posts
LOVE this blog post, Charlotte! AND I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your clipart! I have used the Advent clip art already. I think I might've been one of the first people to download it from TpT. You can see how I used it here.
ReplyDeleteMany blessings on this project. I wish I had found you sooner to perhaps participate in this blog link-up. I teach in a Catholic school and struggle with trying to keep Advent with my students who are bombarded with the commercialization of Christmas.
Angela
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Have a blessed Advent,
Angela
Many blessings on this project. I wish I had found you sooner to perhaps participate in this blog link-up. I teach in a Catholic school and struggle with trying to keep Advent with my students who are bombarded with the commercialization of Christmas.
Angela
Ohhh...clip art. Said idea-filled mother.
ReplyDeleteGreat printables. My son made an advent wreath in school from candles similar to those and a paper plate that he painted green@
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ReplyDeleteI love all your clip art! So appealing and helpful. I've been clicking from page to page, enjoying all your artwork. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing the printables and clip arts!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these. My children will love them!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the clipart. It's wonderful for my CCD class.
ReplyDeleteYou are so generous with your awesome clip art! I love the Nativity and Mary clip art!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this list. My 8 year old reader will love the bookmarks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing all these useful tools for celebrating Advent. I needed the reminder, too, about other things we should be doing during this season (such as "giving").
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to get my printer up and running to use these!
ReplyDeleteFantastic ideas, I'm pinning these so I can do them later with my littles. I am always on the lookout for things to do with the children during this time to strenghten, grow and nourish our Faith!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Thank you for all your amazing artwork and clip art! I've pinned this page in hopes to use your great resources sometime! Have a blessed Advent!
ReplyDeleteHi Charlotte! God has blessed you with creative talent which you use to spread the good News of the Gospel! And a generous heart to share with others. Are you a teacher or a mom of young ones?
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the wonderful comments. Sometimes I wonder if I am just a voice crying out in the wildness or cyberspace where the message is silently fading away.
ReplyDeleteI am a Mom of two young men...now in their twenties. However, I do work, teach, pray and play with 24 five and six year olds almost everyday. I am a kindergarten teacher at a Catholic School in the heart of Missouri.
I didn't know the other three candles had meanings behind them (I knew about the Gaudate Sunday being the pink one). Thank you!
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