An Advent charm bracelet is a unique reminder of the season. This one from Oriental Trading Company is just $10 for a dozen. Give some to your children and the rest as gifts to your godchildren or nieces and nephews. You can also get an Advent Charm Bracelet Craft Kit, which would be a great project for a CCD or Catholic school class. The kit is just $9, and it makes a dozen bracelets. Both the bracelet and the bracelet kit include cards explaining the symbolism of the candles and colors.
To go along with your Jesse Tree, check out this intriguing storybook that involves the Bible stories of the Jesse Tree. In The Jesse Tree by Geraldine McCaughrean, an old man retells the scriptural accounts of Christ’s lineage to a young boy. The paperback copy is $9.99 from Christianbook.
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To involve the whole family in Advent prayers and activities, try Getting Ready for Christmas: A Daily Advent Prayer and Activity Book for the Family. This title is $6.29 for a book and an Advent calendar in one, and it includes daily prayers and activities. Finally, even the littlest ones can participate in Advent activities with the Advent Coloring Book by Fr. Lovasik. This is just $1.95 from The Catholic Company.
I hope you find the perfect item among these selections to enhance your family worship and your children’s anticipation of Christ’s coming at Christmas.
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I love all of these ideas! Thank you for sharing!
I just bought the Getting Ready for Christmas book!
Great ideas. I am impatiently waiting for the The Jesse Tree by Geraldine McCaughrean to arrive in the mail. In the mean time I made a set of felt advent candles.
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Fun list. We did not get the book in from the library that I intended to use today for the start of our ABC Advent Plans, so I used the Jesse Tree,. which did come in and which is on your list here. It’s wonderful!
Oh, and not that you need any ideas since you are so full of wonderful rich, blessed ones, but if you want to see our ABC plans, there is a link to a PDF post of them at http://traininghappyhearts.blogspot.com/2011/11/planning-simple-yet-complete-advent.html
Happy Advent!