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5 Fun & Easy Activities As You Light Your Advent Wreath (Week 2)!

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Do you celebrate Advent? As you light the second Advent candle (traditionally the Bethlehem candle), here are five fun activities to add to your celebration!

1. Bethlehem Scavenger Hunt

Do you have a kid-friendly nativity set? Hide the items around your home and have the kids "bring them back to Bethlehem" as they return the manger scene pieces to their rightful place. (This activity is a good reminder for us adults--as we feel scattered during the holiday season, we need to bring our focus back to Bethlehem too!)

2. Bethlehem Scripture Hunt

Use online tools or a good old fashioned concordance to find references to Bethlehem in the Bible. Look up these passages with your kids!

3. Bethlehem Geography Lesson

If you have young kids, find Bethlehem on a map or globe. Older kids might want to learn more about the place of our Savior's birth!

4. Act Out the Bethlehem Story

Give out roles to your family members and act out/retell the portion of the Christmas story that takes place in Bethlehem!

5. Nativity/Bethlehem Craft

During this week as you light the second candle, make a nativity craft. Check out my Bible Fun 4 Kids Pinterest Boards (see below). There are some fun ideas on my Christmas/Nativity Board.

 

For more fun ideas and activities for your family,take a look at my book Let the Adventure Begin! Theme Nights for Families with Young Children (available on Amazon in both paperback book and Kindle versions). It includes ideas, activities and resources for 56 family fun night themes.

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Let the Adventure Begin! Theme Nights for Families with Young Children:

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For more fun recipe ideas for kids, check out my new book, Memory Making Meals: Fun & Easy Family Dinners (Created by an Ordinary Mom), now available on Amazon (both paperback and Kindle editions). Click on title below picture.

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Memory Making Meals: Fun & Easy Family Dinners (Created by an Ordinary Mom)


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My name is Laurie, and I am the author of the Family Theme Night Blog and two books (Let the Adventure Begin: Theme nights for Families with Young Children, and Memory Making Meals: Fun & Easy Family Dinners). I am also the mom of two boys, Drew (age 8) and Stephen (age 6). As a family, we have been doing family fun nights based around different themes since the boys were four and not quite two. I have put together lots of fun, easy and inexpensive ideas. We have enjoyed the adventure, and I want share these activities and resources with you!

More about me:

The boring stuff (my “credentials”):

I’m a graduate of Wheaton College (IL) and Nazareth College (NY) with degrees in elementary education and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Before becoming a mom, I loved the challenge of teaching in the Rochester City School District.



The fun stuff:

• I love to travel (although I’ve traded European adventures for camping trips and amusement park visits).

• I consider swiss chocolate paired with a novel to be absolute bliss.

• I think hiking and geocaching with my family is a blast (until the boys get tired and cranky, but the first part of the hike is always fabulous!).

• My ideal getaway is a quaint bed and breakfast enjoyed with my wonderful husband.

• I actually love watching football and look forward to setting up my fantasy team every year (although it is a bit of a drag to be a Bills fan these days).

• I’m a huge Anne of Green Gables fan—I even convinced my husband to take me to PEI for our honeymoon!

• Besides planning and writing about our family theme nights, I enjoy teaching Sunday School and coaching an Odyssey of the Mind team.

• I love experimenting in the kitchen.

• I really do treasure every moment I spend with my family—especially our family fun nights!
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