http://alyssamarieaarhaus.com/2009/12/02/easy-advent-calendar-ideas-for-kids/ alyssamarieaarhaus.com Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:35:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://alyssamarieaarhaus.com/2009/12/02/easy-advent-calendar-ideas-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Alyssa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:52:36 +0000 http://alyssamarieaarhaus.com/?p=366#comment-85 What a good idea! Bubba and I love making sugar cookies, but I've never tried having him shape it himself. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks and merry Christmas to you and yours! What a good idea! Bubba and I love making sugar cookies, but I’ve never tried having him shape it himself. I’ll let you know how it goes. Thanks and merry Christmas to you and yours!

]]> http://alyssamarieaarhaus.com/2009/12/02/easy-advent-calendar-ideas-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Paula Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:48:40 +0000 http://alyssamarieaarhaus.com/?p=366#comment-84 Alyssa, If you like cookies, you should try this advent activity! Make a big batch of sugar cookie dough. Each December evening after dinner, read a verse about a name of Jesus and let each person shape some dough into something that reminds them of that name. (I have a list of verses around here somewhere...) For example, make a crown when you read a verse about Jesus as King. You don't all have to make the same symbol; everyone comes up with their own ideas. Bake the cookies while you finish discussing the verse and praying; then have dessert! A few years back, we did this with our kids and were perplexed at the four-year-old's cookie. "What shape is that?" we asked. "A raindrop," she said. Perplexed, her dad politely asked how that reminded her of Jesus' kingship. "Well," she said, "the verse said that He will rain forever and ever." Alyssa, If you like cookies, you should try this advent activity! Make a big batch of sugar cookie dough. Each December evening after dinner, read a verse about a name of Jesus and let each person shape some dough into something that reminds them of that name. (I have a list of verses around here somewhere…) For example, make a crown when you read a verse about Jesus as King. You don’t all have to make the same symbol; everyone comes up with their own ideas. Bake the cookies while you finish discussing the verse and praying; then have dessert! A few years back, we did this with our kids and were perplexed at the four-year-old’s cookie. “What shape is that?” we asked. “A raindrop,” she said. Perplexed, her dad politely asked how that reminded her of Jesus’ kingship. “Well,” she said, “the verse said that He will rain forever and ever.”

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