We have started Advent in our house. This is always a time filled with a lot of excitement. I have to remind myself that the Things are only acting up because they are excited and not because they are purposefully trying to exhaust me.
I have come to love our Advent season. We have several key things that make it rich for our family. It has taken a few years to hammer this out. We've tried somethings that have failed to jive with us so we just threw them out and have only stuck with the things that work. Here is a glimps of one of those things.
I think originally I saw this in a Martha Stewart magezine but since then I have definately seen it on Pintrest. I love it! I love how fun and festive it looks and I love that it's easy and that I made it. I think it works well with our decorations and it is so versitle.
We do not put candy in our garland, although you could, instead we use it to tell the Nativity story. Are you surprized? A story in socks! We rotate the contents of the sock each year so it's new and fresh. This year in each sock we put a piece from the Play Mobile Nativity set. I set up the manger empty and everyday the scene grows. Of course the animals arrive first then Mary and Joseph followed by the shepherds, the wise men and finally Jesus on Christmas morning. We also have St. Nick in there who comes on December 1st, St. Nicholas Day. As the scene grows the Things play with it more and more. I'd love to add to this process one of these years by putting a matching verse inside each sock to read.
Next year I plan to do the same thing with a Jessy Tree instead of the manger scene. Someday my husband and I would love to build a LEGO Nativity set. Unless LEGO decides to do that for us first. I bought the Play Mobile Nativity set with the Wisemen set on Amazon and the socks at the Dollar Tree and Fred Meyers. I used jute string and mini clothes pins to hang them up. I think that's it. Simple and sweet.
Happy Advent!
Kristen
ps. Oh, thank you Instagram for my photos!
I have come to love our Advent season. We have several key things that make it rich for our family. It has taken a few years to hammer this out. We've tried somethings that have failed to jive with us so we just threw them out and have only stuck with the things that work. Here is a glimps of one of those things.
Our Advent Sock Story Garland
I think originally I saw this in a Martha Stewart magezine but since then I have definately seen it on Pintrest. I love it! I love how fun and festive it looks and I love that it's easy and that I made it. I think it works well with our decorations and it is so versitle.
We do not put candy in our garland, although you could, instead we use it to tell the Nativity story. Are you surprized? A story in socks! We rotate the contents of the sock each year so it's new and fresh. This year in each sock we put a piece from the Play Mobile Nativity set. I set up the manger empty and everyday the scene grows. Of course the animals arrive first then Mary and Joseph followed by the shepherds, the wise men and finally Jesus on Christmas morning. We also have St. Nick in there who comes on December 1st, St. Nicholas Day. As the scene grows the Things play with it more and more. I'd love to add to this process one of these years by putting a matching verse inside each sock to read.
Next year I plan to do the same thing with a Jessy Tree instead of the manger scene. Someday my husband and I would love to build a LEGO Nativity set. Unless LEGO decides to do that for us first. I bought the Play Mobile Nativity set with the Wisemen set on Amazon and the socks at the Dollar Tree and Fred Meyers. I used jute string and mini clothes pins to hang them up. I think that's it. Simple and sweet.
Happy Advent!
Kristen
ps. Oh, thank you Instagram for my photos!
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