On Saturday I was blessed with the opportunity to facilitate one of the craft tables at our church’s Advent fair. There were several crafts being demonstrated and I’m so excited about sharing some of them with you over the next couple weeks!
I decided to post this one first because the Advent Season is fast approaching and some of you may want to create this wreath as a way to count down the weeks ’til Christmas with your kiddos.
In this picture, you’ll see the kids wreath in front of a beautiful olive leaf wreath.
To make the kids wreath, you’ll need the following:
*4 toilet paper rolls
*a paper plate
* yellow tissue paper or a yellow plastic bag
* blue painter’s tape
* glue stick or other adhesive
* and cut-outs of green holly and red berries (I made a cardboard template of a holly shape similar to this one then traced it all over a sheet of green construction paper)
First glue all of the holly and berries onto the back side of the paper plate:
Then wrap the painter’s tape around the toilet paper rolls:
Stick some tape to the inside of the toilet paper roll:
Fold inward and press tape down onto the plate to adhere the rolls:
Use your yellow tissue to make "flames" coming out of the "candles."
Now, push all of the paper down into the tubes and, starting on the first Sunday after Thanksgiving, have your little one "light the candle" by pulling them back out again.
The Advent Wreath is just one of many ways we can teach our young ones about the meaning behind this season’s excitement. The wreath itself is a symbol of God’s eternal love while the candle’s represent the "light of the world" (aka Jesus). There is one candle for each week of the Advent Season, and blue is the color of hope. So much symbolism in one little craft!
what a fantastic idea…thanks so much!
I love this idea! We will be making this for sure!
Cute! I like the candles!
Great idea - esp. for the littles.
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This is soooo cool!!!!!!!!!! I just saved it!
very nice advent wreath.. I made a wooden one with real candles this year for our family, so far the kids have LOVED doing Advent