One of my favourite ways to help children review and understand stories is my retelling them in their own words, through play or with activities. In ...
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12 Days Nativity Story Inspired Arts and Crafts for Kids
At the end of this first week of Storybook Advent, I wanted to share with you, even more, ideas for activities and crafts for The Nativity Story. I ...
The Best Nativity Costumes for your Preschool Nativity Show
It's that time of the year when preschools, schools and churches are gearing up towards the festive season and start to prepare. Some may have costume ...
Nativity Texture Art
It’s finally time to take out our Christmas books again. I like to pack them away after Christmas and then keep them hidden until the following ...
DIY Nativity Story Stones
I’m a bit addicted to creating story stones for my kids, they’re the kind of thing that I wasn’t sure if my children would go for but they love to use ...
Beautiful Advent Window Star Tutorial
Today I have a tutorial for a beautiful Advent window star that reminds me so much of the North Star from our Nativity story. This is one of the ...
Classic Nativity Tree Decorations for Kids to Make
One of the things that I have been meaning to explore with my children now that they are a little older is using a hot glue gun. I tried a cool glue ...
Simple Nativity Shadow Puppets
As a child we always had this fun tradition at Christmas time to do a puppet show with these amazing marionette puppets that my mom made for us. It ...
Gift of the Magi Play Dough
Christmas is all about The Nativity and the birth of Jesus. As we often do in our house, we discuss and learn topics through reading. The Nativity ...
DIY Nativity Story Felt Board
Every year, I create a picture book advent calendar for my children. I collect all sorts of Christmas themed picture books for this tradition, but the ...
DIY Wooden Peg Doll Angels
Last year the kids and I created some Nutcracker peg dolls for our Christmas Tree. We loved decorating them and were really inspired by the book. To ...
Room for a Little One – brought to you by Mom Inspired Life
Teaching Children the real meaning behind Christmas is so important, and books that talk about the Nativity should be part of your Christmas reading ...
Song of the Stars, a Christmas story – brought to you by Barefeet on the dashboard
One of my aims during the Christmas season is to teach J and T the true meaning for Christmas via the Nativity Story and giving to others. Today's ...
Nativity Lanterns and Blog Hop
Our last Nativity Craft this year I think and we've worked together to create a Nativity Lantern for us to sing Christmas Carols by as one of our ...
DIY Nativity
We don't have our own Nativity set yet - just haven't found the one that we want so I got crafty (yes me not the kids this time as J was at preschool ...
Nativity Wreath
Christmas for me as a child wasn't just about the Santa stuff, we also learnt about the Nativity and this is something that I really want J and T to ...