The days leading up to Christmas are a time of anticipation
and preparation
for the Christmas holiday. As a small child, I always
looked forward to the beautifully illustrated German
advent calendar my Nana would send us at Thanksgiving.
Each day in December leading up to Christmas we would
open up a little numbered door on the calendar picture
to get a delicious bit of chocolate and expose a Nativity
scene from behind that day's door.
The final door was the largest, and behind it was
the baby in the manger. The advent calendar helps
little children count down the days and learn about
the origins of Christmas. You can make an advent craft
wreath with your kids using our free Christmas Wreath
printable below.
Holly Wreath and Candle - Printable / Advent Craft
Activity
Our
Christmas Wreath printable craft project comes complete
with 24 leaves - one for each day in December until
Christmas Eve - to cut out and paste onto the wreath
and candle base.
You can use a large sheet of construction paper or
poster board, or a regular paper plate as the base
for your Holly Wreath decoration. Paste on 1 leaf
every day, beginning on December 1, and on Christmas
Day finish the wreath with a bright red bow. Click
to print free Christmas Wreath Craft Sheet and instructions,
a hiqh quality printable in Adobe PDF format.
