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30 Projects and Activities for December Printable Post Preview: Print out this free calendar of 30 projects and activities for your family to do in December. Do them all or just a few and enjoy a wonderful holiday season. December can be a crazy month. There are errands to run, plans to complete, and shopping to do. It can get… Read More
Advent Word Search for Kids – Free Printables with Two Versions Post Preview: This post contains a religious Advent word search with two different levels of difficulty. There are also other ideas for observing Advent with kids. While I already have a Christmas Word Search set on the site (and a December word search set and a winter word search),… Read More
Post Preview: In this post, you’ll find an Advent Activities Printable Set that is perfect for making this Advent a more meaningful and mindful time for your family. There are also some extra Advent resources and activities. I have spent the last several months feeling overwhelmed. Who am I kidding? It hasn’t just been several months. It’s been a lot… Read More
The days can be dark and cold, the shopping list long, and your mood overwhelmed and agitated. Ah – the beauty (or not so much) of Advent. In an effort to add more family activities to Advent, I have a free printable set of 60+ Advent activity cards. These are also perfect as DIY Advent calendar activities. Free DIY Advent… Read More
The following post is from contributing writer Christine of Christine Trevino. Do you ever feel like you suffer from stillness illness? I know I do. Our habit is to live life in a constant state of busyness, which often we don’t like, but have no idea how to change. Work must be done. Children must be taken places. Friends and… Read More
I was thrilled when Advent started this year because it meant that we would be singing “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” again. It’s one of my favorite songs that we sing during Mass, so I look forward to it each year. Still better yet this year was when we flipped to the page that it appeared on and my nine… Read More