Advent Traditions

Enjoy our top picks in “best of the web” for Advent Traditions (ideas to help you prepare for Christmas).

			10 Christmas Countdown Ideas: These wonderfully creative ideas come from Amy at Milk and Cookies Blog.com. She includes several free template attachments for her ideas as well.
			Advent Wreath: Make sure to check out our own Advent Pages to learn how to do an Advent wreath. Or, you can download our Advent Wreath Guide for free. It includes instructions for doing an Advent wreath, as well as Scripture reading for each day. Wendy at Love Covers a Multitude of Sons shares great ideas as well.
			Christmas Planner: A Christmas organizer can be so instrumental in helping us to “prepare to prepare” for Christmas and to be intentional about our priorities this season. See Courtney from Women Living Well give a short and practical video tutorial on how to make a Christmas planner.
			Desiring God Advent Guide: This is a free resource for meaningful reading during the Advent season. It includes several sermon excerpts from one of our favorite teachers, John Piper. You can access this ebook at Desiring God.com.
			Jesse Tree: This is one of our favorite ideas for Advent. Faith magazine offers free illustrations as well as devotions to use with your tree. However, if you are looking for a devotional “experience,” I hope you will visit A Holy Experience. Ann Voskamp is offering a free Jesse Tree devotional to anyone who subscribes to her blog. Ann is so gifted with words, and you will be blessed by the passion and poetry of this devotional; beautiful illustrations for the tree are also included. For additional resources visit the Jesse Tree page at The Home School Mom.com.
			Prophecy Boxes: Andie from Quiet Times for Kids gives a video tutorial on how to do prophecy boxes. The instructions are available in the Advent Bible Study ($10; use code ‘advent3off’ for $3 off) available at Quiet Times for Kids. Highly recommended!
			Truth in the Tinsel: If you are looking for a great devotional to help young children focus on Christ this season, check out this resource from veteran children’s ministry director Amanda White. There has been a lot of buzz online about this tool (it has sold over 10,000 copies!). Visit Truth in the Tinsel to get a copy for $7.99.
			Way of Light Wreath: We love this idea by Caleb Voscamp! This wreath counts down 24 days of Advent and has an extension piece to count down the 40 days of Lent. Check it out at Advent to Lent To Ascension Wreath.

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