St. Nicholas and Christmas Stocking cake pops!

Easy! The Bishop hat is made out fondant. Draw the cross on the mitra, eyebrowns, beard and mustache with chocolate waffler (use a toothpick and for the beard use a zipploc bag). The nose is sugar pearls and make the eyes and mouth with candy pen.

Have a blessed Christmas!

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Amazing nativity scene paper dolls!

This is for sure the most beautiful nativity paper craft ever! You will have the Bethlehem town! And thanks for the generosity of Mrs Martin is free. We should be grateful for a such beautiful Christmas toy!

What a great activity to start on Advent and finish on Epiphany! We could build up the town little by little. And even have the house of the Holy Family, where the wise men found Jesus.

Here is the link: Mylittlehouse



 

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Veni, Veni Emmanuel - Banner Advent calendar - Free Printable

 

Last year, I made this Advent calendar for the a CO-OP where I taught. The parents really enjoyed opening the envelopes each day in which were daily prayers, deeds, or reflections to prepare the children for Christmas.

 

 This calendar starts on the first day of Advent (not on December 1st), the card for which day says Veni,Veni Emmanuel and images of Joseph and Mary going to Bethelem.

 

Choose deeds suitable for your own family, put the cards inside each envelope, glue the design on the envelopes, hang the calendar as a banner, and open the envelopes as a family everyday.

To get the free printable go HERE
(google docs has terrible resolution; you need to click on dowload in order to see the real image)

 

We wait to celebrate Christmas on Christmas, so if you would like to keep the Christmas songs for the Christmas season (from December 24 until the feast of the Baptism of the Lord) but want to get in the spirit of Advent, too, I found that the Vatican website has music for the Advent season! You can listen to it  HERE.

Have a blessed Advent!

 

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