This post shares 12 Christ Centered Christmas Crafts that will help you and your family focus on the true reason for the season. These crafts are made to center your heart and mind in a busy season and to give your family an opportunity to reflect on the reason for the season- Christ.
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Yep, I’m posting about Christmas. Not because I’m excited that the stores started in with the holiday ads already, but just because after you make that transition from plain old regular adult to parent, planning ahead becomes a much bigger deal. Christmas is coming, and as Christian mamas, we’ve got to be ready. I’m not telling you to write your shopping list now–that’s not the planning I mean. What you really need is a toolbox full of practical ways to keep Christ in Christmas this year while we celebrate with our children. Keep reading, and I’ll help you out with that. This post contains affiliate links. If you click on them and make a purchase, I may receive compensation at no additional cost to you. Read my full (fairly boring) disclosure here. Christmas is my favorite holiday, by far, and for so many reasons. I love Christmas music, I love the smell of Christmas trees and the way they look all decorated and glowing with beautiful lights, I love the anticipation of Christmas gifts (both the ones I’m giving and receiving), I love the same Christmas songs over and over and over again (but only AFTER Thanksgiving!), I love the family time that comes with Christmas, and I love yummy Christmas treats. I love Christmas. But… …even though I love all of those things, those are not the things I want my family to focus on during the upcoming holiday season. And, no, I’m not trying to stamp out all of that holiday joy and festivity. I just want Jesus to be the focus of our holiday joy and festivity, rather than an afterthought. Until E was born and his first couple of Christmases rolled around, I didn’t put a lot of thought into how intentional we would need to be to stay focused on keeping our holiday Christ-centered. Maybe you’ve figured out how to navigate Christmas with your kids–if you have, that’s great! I’d love to hear from you about how you handle it! But if not, I have some ideas for your family to keep Christ in Christmas this year. Keep Jesus as the Focus Here’s the honest truth: if Christ isn’t the focus of your home January through November, it’s going to be tough to keep Christmas Christ-centered. I’m not saying that to discourage you, but just to remind you that Jesus is really the reason for EVERY season, and if we’re constantly leading our children to Him, then keeping Christmas about Him will be a seamless transition from the culture of gratitude that we’re cultivating in our homes during the Thanksgiving season. The point is to be intentional every. single. day. about family discipleship. We’re leading our kids to Jesus always so making Him the honored guest in our homes is an every day thing. In December, He’s the birthday boy, so all the more reason to invite Him in! If Christ isn’t the focus of your home January through November, it’s going to be tough to keep Christmas Christ-centered. 3 Actionable Steps for Keeping Christ in Christmas: Here are my 3 basic steps for keeping Christ in Christmas this year: Set the tone: Christ-Centered Decorations and Ambiance Make it Personal: Christ-Centered Christmas Traditions Put it into Practice: Christ-Centered Giving Keep in mind that these steps are as simple or as complicated as you make them. You don’t have to add a lot of extra tasks to your list in order to center your Christmas around Jesus. In fact, you may find there’s a lot you can let go of, and still have a meaningful, joyous, and fun holiday season. Set the Tone: A Christ-Centered Atmosphere One of the simplest and most important ways to set the tone for keeping Christ in Christmas is by making the home atmosphere one that proclaims Jesus. Guys, this one is legit hard for me, because I am not a decorator by any stretch of the imagination, and also because I really struggle with tidiness. But, I’m working on doing better, because it’s important to me for my family to have a pleasant, peaceful feeling and looking home. So, whether you do a Christmas tree or not, at least set up some simple decorations that will remind you and the rest of your family of Jesus’ life. Set up a Nativity A nativity set is a great choice. If you have a really nice set, you may not want the kids to play with it, but if you can, set up one for them, too. We have an awesome set of nativity blocks that E received from his Sabbath School teachers when he was a baby. It’s great because he and A can set it up, rearrange it, and play out the Christmas story anytime they’d like, and I don’t have to worry about a fancy creche being broken. Unfortunately, I can’t give you a link to buy a set like this, but this Fisher Price Little People Nativity set is pretty cute, and, even though we don’t have that one, I know my kids would love it (because they love all the Little People stuff). Play Christmas Music I’m a huge fan of using music to help set the tone in the house. At Christmastime, we bring out the Christmas records, play our Christmas playlists, and sing carols whenever we feel like it throughout the day. My kids love music (as most children do), and it’s a great way to teach them different aspects of the Christmas story, too. Plus, they will learn the songs that we’ll be singing in church throughout the season, which makes song service so much more meaningful for them. (I love anything that helps my kiddos feel more connected during the church service!) Some of my favorite Christ-Centered Christmas Songs If you’re someone who gets tired of the same carols over and over again, here are a few Christmas songs that I LOVE (and some that I don’t hear very often, except on my own...
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This post shares 12 Christ Centered Christmas Crafts that will help you and your family focus on the true reason for the season. These crafts are made to center your heart and mind in a busy season and to give your family an opportunity to reflect on the reason for the season- Christ.
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we got married almost a year ago (after the holidays) on jan 13th. therefore, this will be our first Christmas! i'm not going to lie, i did not expect to be 6+ months pregnant for my first married Christmas, but this is gonna be fun! because we have this new little guy or girl coming we decided it's time for us to establish our own Christmas traditions. besides the usual like watching christmas movies, eating hot chocolate, driving around to see the christmas lights, going to temple square, setting up the christmas tree while singing all i want for christmas is you by mariah carey at the top of your lungs, the one we are most excited about is "The Three Gifts" The Three Gifts: Jesus got 3 gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh. therefore it only makes sense that each child in the family should only receive three gifts; "gold", "frankincense" and "myrrh" -(G)gold stands for something you wear. like jewelry or shoes, a scarf, or outfit. -(F)frankincense stands for something fun. like monopoly, or action figures/barbies, or a game boy, or ping pong table, or trip to hawaii. new phone or movie -(M)myrrh stands for something to improve your talents/hobbies. like an art easle, or camera, or sewing machine/material, or scrapbook paper, or deep fryer, or coloring pencils. (i tried to think up as many unique ideas as i could people) my mother came up with this idea when she had my brother 32 years ago. and every christmas since then has been based around this concept. yes, we still get our stockings from santa, and yes we still get a big family gift like a ping pong table that doesn't really count as one of our three presents -which is also usually from santa- but, it has worked for them to create some "method to the maddness" some of the things we have loved about this tradition is: -weather you are extremely wealthy or destitutely poor, it still works. for example: if you had a large budget you could get your kid a new doll house with all the furnishings (F), her own supplies to help you when cooking (M) and an entire outfit, from head to toe with some diamond earrings to go along for the ride (G). or let's say you only have 20-30 dollars to spend on this same child: a new barbie (F) a coloring book and crayons (M) and a homemade shirt/dress (G) -it turns something worldly, like presents, back into something about Christ... the real meaning of Christmas. -it helps control spoiling your kids or that disgusting feeling when you wake up and see christmas morning yourself while the kids are "oooh"-ing and "aaah"-ing and realize... oops. i think we went a little overboard. -it helps the kids organize their thoughts and their wishes. i knew that if i wanted a new canvas to paint on, AND some black and white film to try out in my camera, i had to pick just one i wanted most because they were both under the "Myrrh" category. it also helped when i was little and you would go back to school. when people asked you what you got for christmas i just had to think of the three categories and i remembered easily instead of saying.... "oh you know, lots of clothes" like so many of my friends said -it organizes your thoughts while shopping so that you can make a list for each child and make sure that they have "balanced" presents. -we didn't rush through the morning as kids, we knew we only had three presents to open, and were never let down or disappointed when we couldn't find more under the tree. plus it made us savor each present. -because santa only gave us what was in our stockings we were able to thank our parents for the money they spent on us each year and truly appreciate them, while still having the joys of waking up christmas morning and the "believing" that comes with santa. -the best thing that i've realized is that you learn to look for talents in your spouse, and kids. it's easy to get clothing and fun things for them. but when you look at your child or spouse and search to find something that will help them improve their talents or hobbies, you come to understand them better and usually, this is the funnest present to give with the most thought put into it because you think this gift will actually make them a better person.
Jam packed resources including Christ-Centered Christmas Music, Advents, Crafts, Treats, Gifts, Traditions, and MORE!
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Printable nativity memory game that will help your family make memories and focus on Christ.
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30+ Christ-Centered Christmas Crafts with your children while recounting the story of Jesus' Birth and God's greatest gift of all!
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