Advent has arrived and we took time to get our stable up today! It was a grand time and I thought I would share with you the pictures!
The kids have been making snowflakes out of toilet paper or paper towel rolls. We got the idea off of Pinterest and they are making some pretty nice looking decorations. The red and gold ones will stay with our own decorations (we have been doing a theme of red and gold the last couple of years) and the other colors they will give to their married siblings who come over and covet them. They really ARE very pretty!! Here is a link to a page on Pinterest of some simple and intricate snowflakes.
Saturday, the Feast of St. Nicholas, we will have a puppet show for the grandchildren. It has been a few years since we have put on this informal, simple puppet show but the kids love it and never forget it. So the married children pitched in and we bought goodies from the Health Store to fill their stockings. Here’s a post on the St. Nicholas Day Puppet Show.
Here is a link for the wonderful Advent custom of the Spiritual Christmas Crib!
And while you are at it you may want to look back at this post by Paula Rutherford and take a walk with her through Advent to Christmas!
Click on the first picture to see the gallery:
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- The beginnings of the Stable Scene.
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- 2014 – Lots of “interesting” pieces to include in the Scene.
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- The architects, Rosie and Margy.
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- Everyone helps!
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- Finished!
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- The finished scene waiting for the Holy Family to arrive….
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- So pretty at night!
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- Making Snowflakes
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- Daddy got Angelo all the spray paint and glitter for his birthday in November.
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- Angelo gets up early before everyone else to get started on his snowflakes!
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- The kids made their own pattern for this angel.
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- The snowflakes are hanging here to dry.
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- Starting our Spiritual Christmas Crib.
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- Getting the stockings ready for St. Nicholas. I had to start early because we are having a Bake Sale that day, too!
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- The St. Nicholas puppet is made! Now just for the Black Pete puppet!
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- St. Nicholas and Black Peter
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- Our Puppet show!
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- Our audience!
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Fun, holy days! Thanks for sharing!
The crib is beautiful. My DH wants to do one when the kids get older. 🙂
Also, about what age of kids did you start the spiritual Christmas Crib?
Hi Mary, I think 4 or 5 years of age is a good time to start. You may have to do all the drawing yourself (or whatever you do to incorporate the devotion) but they will love it! When my older ones were young we made a 3D stable out of heavy cardboard and added the different themes each day….whether it was drawing in the cobwebs or making paper doll figurines for the nativity scene. It’s more work that way but lots of fun!
Hi Aunt Leane! Thanks for posting all the great pictures and fantastic ideas. Us girls just wanted to say how much we love your blog and for all the effort you put into finding things to post that will inspire us to grow holier and help prepare us to be good wives and mothers. Keep up the awesome work, Aunt Leane!!!:) – Love, your Missouri nieces.:)
Thank you, sweet nieces!!!