Make Your Own Gingerbread House-all the directions you need!
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Dec. 9
Dec. 8
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder The word Advent means “coming” or “arrival.” The focus of the entire season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus the Christ…
Dec.7
Design and Print your own Jan Brett Gingerbread Baby House Design it…then print it gingerbread cake recipe: * 1/2 cup white sugar * 1/2 cup butter * 1 egg * 1 cup molasses * 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour * 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon * 1 teaspoon ground ginger…
Dec. 6
Page of Printables Bible-based Coloring Pages Make your own Advent Calender make your own “cookie tree” for the kitchen
Dec. 5
Color a tree- click on thumbnail, select file -print.
Dec. 4
Print this tag for your gifts The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair And its soul full of music breaks the air, When the song of angels is sung. ~Phillips Brooks
Firsts
When our family was young and our children were small, I had visited the Christian bookstore looking for Advent celebration ideas. I bought a few slim idea books, nothing more than magazines, really. Within one of them the idea of making a log with candles for each day of advent caught my imagination.
Time to Prepare
This year, 2006, the official first day of Advent is December 3rd, so buy your candles and advent wreath or log makings. That is what advent is all about…preparation. I have some directions here. Time to start planning your activities and scripture readings. Here are some simple directions on how to create an Advent Wreath….
Home
This is where you can look forward to Christmas, one day at a time starting from the beginning of the Advent season. If you check in there might be a devotional, a special poem or quote and picture. Like an Advent calender that has something new to open each day! You don’t know what you…
