Want to learn 7 stunning ways Advent Season can inspire you and your family to dig deeper in your faith? Here are the 7 inspirational ideas that you will love completing to celebrate this season of Joy, Hope, Peace and Love.
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Advent Season is an exciting time, and if you are anything like me, you can’t wait for Christmas to come. As you get ready to celebrate the birth of Christ, I am sure you are looking for the best ways to make this Advent Season a special time with your family. As this momentous time approaches, I am giving you 7 inspirational ideas that will encourage you and your family to dig deeper in all that our father has done for us.
Here you will learn how to celebrate the Advent Season, from strengthening your faith to enjoying time with your family, all while getting ready for the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.
After learning all of these inspirational ideas for the Advent Season, you are going to be a leader in bringing the joy of christianity to your family and then spread the ideas to others.
This post is all about the best ways to celebrate the Advent Season, while strengthening your family and your faith in the one who strengthens us.
7 Inspirational Advent Season Activities
1. Advent Calendar
One of the best Christian Advent Calendars, and most popular I might add, is the Precious Moments “O Come Let Us Adore Him” nativity calendar. It comes with 26 pieces to build your nativity each day piece by piece. It is crafted in cold-cast resin and carefully hand painted.
I love having a nativity set up for the Christmas season. This Advent Calendar Nativity makes it fun to build with the family while still keeping the focus on the coming of Jesus’ birth each day. Please remember, it is an Advent Calendar, so it is smaller than normal Precious Moments as they have to fit in the numbered drawers.
Another bonus? You get a Advent Storybook Poem with a special reading each day to read as a family.
Other Highly Recommended Advent Calendars
- No Room at the Inn Advent Calendar
- Stained Glass Nativity Advent Calendar
- Advent Calendar with Gourmet Milk Chocolate
There is a little something for everyone for the Advent Season!
2. Advent Wreath with Advent Candles
One of the best Advent Wreaths I have seen is this beautiful Advent Wreath Ring Candle Holder, perfect for the pillar Advent Candles that will last for many Advent Seasons. I don’t have this particular one, but I do have one similar as my wreath has lasted many years. This one comes highly recommended and is perfect to have sitting in the middle of your table for you and your family to light each week. Don’t forget the candles as they do not come with the wreath.
I love having an Advent Wreath to celebrate the coming of Christ. See, each week represents something different. Week 1 is Hope. Week 2 is Joy. Week 3 is Peace. Week 4 is Love.
I wanted you to have something to read each day also. I made these special for you. Check out my Free Advent Season Inspiration Bible Verses to read when lighting each candle and then one a day for the rest of the week.
3. Advent Season Storybook
Reading the stories of the Bible to your kids never gets old and with 25 Advent Season Bible Stories to read and show why Jesus came is one amazing way to see the love our Father has for all of us, big and small. This book will take you and your family through almost the entire 28 days we have of the Advent Season.
This book is beautifully illustrated and connects the entire message of the first coming of our Messiah from the Old Testatment to the New Testament, ending with the fulfillment of God’s Promise. The pictures are beautifully done and bring the stories to life.
Each story starts with a bible verse and then transcends into a story short enough to keep your child’s attention while pointing to the need for a Savior from the very beginning. At the end of the story is a question which can lead into the start of a great discussion with your family.
This can be a new tradition to have each and every year during the Advent Season. What a great way to focus as a family on what the true meaning of the season is all about. The first coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
But wait, there’s more. 😂 Did you know there is an Advent Coloring Book you can also purchase for your littles to continue on with the story of the day? Why not give them a chance to color while making a connection to what they just read? The more we can all make connections to what we are reading, the better the Bible Stories will remain in our head.
4. Advent Activity – Jesse Tree
A great Advent Activity is decorating a Jesse Tree. This is an activity which can turn into a tradition where you decorate a small tree with ornaments that represent people and events in the Bible from Adam and Eve up to Jesus’ birth. Through the verses, children make connections between the Old and New Testaments to see God’s perfect plan to bring us back to himself through Jesus.
If you didn’t already know, this tree is named after Jesse, the father of King David, Jesus’ lineage. This kit includes 25 ornaments with a scripture on the back, a countdown to Christmas picture book and reference guide. The only thing you need is a small tree.
Here are a couple of ideas. This tree is perfect to be hung on a wall with the ornaments to make the Jesse tree.
Here is a Jesse Tree Stand to decorate with your Advent Season ornaments.
5. Advent Season Activity – A Thread Running Through It
This is such a great idea that I got from “The Wonder of Advent” published by Lifeway Women. In this activity you are making a bracelet with the focus being on a thread that runs through it. That thread is a representation of Jesus that connects all of the stories together.
Directions:
- Cut the cardboard tube into 1-2″ thick slices. Then cut through each slice to create a cuff bracelet.
- Use some glue or tape to secure the end of a long piece of yarn along the edge of your cardboard bracelet. Wrap the entire piece of cardboard until it is fully covered. Secure the end with more glue or tape.
- Next, grab a different colored piece of yarn and tape or glue the end onto the inside of the bracelet. Weave the piece of yarn through the other yarn, making a pattern horizontally to your vertically wrapped bracelet. Once finished, tape or glue the end on the inside of the bracelet.
6. The Meaning of the Snowflake – Advent Season Activity
This is my best selling design along with my Legend of the Candy Cane in my Etsy Store.
There are so many different ideas you can do with this. Give it to others during the Christmas Season and share the love of Christ. Click on the photo or button to grab the digital download on Etsy.
Ideas to hand out with “The Meaning of the Snowflake”
There are so many ideas you can do with this. The end goal being that the love of Jesus is shared this Advent Season.
7. The Legend of the Candy Cane – Advent Activity
The Legend of the Candy Cane is my 2nd best-selling design. Who doesn’t like Candy Canes?
Again, so many ideas on what you can attach to this and give to others to share in the celebration of our Savior Jesus Christ.
Ideas:
- Candy Canes Candy
- Cancy Canes made with Beads
- Candy Cane Ornaments
- Candy Cane Candle
- Candy Cane Cutouts