Turth in the Tinsel: Our Advent Experience with Lots of Photos!
Join the Truth in the Tinsel countdown to Christmas with some fun, hands-on Bible-based Advent crafts & activities for the holiday season!
Christmas
Night Tree: A Christmas Tree for the Critters
When I saw Cindy’s post over at Along the Way, I KNEW I wanted to make a “night tree” with the kids! What exactly is a night tree? It is a Christmas tree …
Book-Based Christmas Activities
I love reading books to my kids and then tying in learning activities and crafts based on the books. In case you don’t already know, that is exactly what I do for my …
Education Cubes: Christmas Addition
The kids LOVE using their Education Cubes. The latest activity with them has been a Christmas Addition game using the Gingerbread Man insert cards. Each of the kids rolled a …
Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornament
Christmas is definitely in full swing around here! One of our favorite books has been The Pine Tree Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs. I still get teary-eyed reading it! To go along …
Operation Christmas Child
This year, I was really excited about doing the Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes because the last time we did them, the majority of my kids were too young to really …
Homemade Gingerbread Houses
Last year, I sort of started another Christmas tradition with the kids. Well, I guess it has become/will be a tradition since the kids asked to do it again this year. Anyhow, …
Life Saver Candy Cane CHRISTmas Ornament
I saw a recipe for making Life Savers candy canes a few years ago and I vowed that one day I would make them. Since the kids have been SOOOO into making ornaments lately, I …
Pinecone Christmas Tree Ornaments
The kids have been ALL ABOUT making ornaments, so we decided to make pinecone Christmas tree ornaments. They were very easy and the kids LOVE using glitter! First, they …
Popsicle Stick Reindeer Ornament
Most of the ornaments that we have been making were for the older three kids. But, this was one just for the little boys and they LOVED it!!!! It was super easy to make. All …
Clothespin Reindeer Ornament
I saw these super cute reindeer ornaments at Oriental Trading and I just KNEW I could figure out how the kids and I could make our own version of the reindeer! This is what we …
Operation Christmas Child
Yesterday at MOPS, we spent our time filling boxes for Operation Christmas Child. What is Operation Christmas Child? Here is a short description from the website. You can also …