Advent Calendar

My eye caught some fun Advent Calendars last year and I've been itching all year to do this.  I was happy with the way it turned out. I am alwasy looking for teaching ideas with my kids and this was wonderful way to create great family time and add some of the true Christmas spirit into the season.



I cut the bag out in SCAL.  Here's the link to the file. The nice thing about this bag is that there is no glue involved.  When the Christmas season is over, I can just unfold the bags and they will store flat! With as much work as I put into them, this was a big plus for me.

All the numbers come from the Celebrations cart. I actually Mod Podged each one to sturdy them a bit and give them a nice finish. The paper is from a holiday paper pack from Hobby Lobby.





In each bag is a little red piece of paper.   Every other day, there is also a little green piece of paper.  The red papers tells the activity for the day. The green ones tell which part of the Christmas story we will learn about that day.  Some of the green papers coincide with the red ones.  I was particular about which activities landed on certain days since I don't always have a hubby in the evenings.  A lot of the activities we do when Tanner gets home from school. 

I swipped some of my ideas from other websites online.  Then others came from our own family traditions, or things I have been wanting to do. 

The kids have loved doing this advent calendar!  Even my husband gets excited about what each activity is going to be.  I am so glad I made it!

Advent Calendar

The Hundred Dresses

It's our last Relief Society Meeting of the year!  We've been reading the book, "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes and have a goal to donate 100 dresses to sisters in need within our Stake and the world-wide Humanitary Aid program.  Today I placed boxes at two entrances and by the time church was over, they were overflowing! 

This Thursday night is the big night!  We will have a nice sit-down dinner, and then hear from 8 very talented actors and actresses share with us from the first two acts of the play, "Savior of the World".  I am continually amazed at how Heavenly Father is in charge of these meetings. They are here to support His daughters. To edify, enrich and encourage.  To uplift the down-hearted, and inspire the soul. I am so honored to be a part of the process and to watch with faith everything fall into place.