A Simple Plan for Advent
Many of you started Unearthing Wonder or our Holiday Book Flood earlier in the season but if you're looking for simple, last minute Advent —we're here to help!
This 5-day plan is a gentle invitation to slow down and savor the season. By combining story, song, Scripture, and hands-on activities, it offers families a simple way to reconnect with the heart of Christmas—without feeling overwhelmed.
Whether you spread the readings out across a week or complete them in a few cozy afternoons, these moments of connection will linger long after the holidays have passed.
Day 1
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Read or listen to: The Twelve Days of Christmas by Rachel Isadora
(Click for Youtube link) - Look at The Nativity by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
- Read Isaiah 9:2, 6-7
Day 2
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Read or listen to: The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie de Paola
(Click for Youtube link) - Roll beeswax candles.
- Sing O Holy Night
- Read Luke 1:26-38
Day 3
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Read or listen to: Twas the Night of Christmas by Glenys Nellist
(Click for Youtube link) - Make clay candle holders. See tutorial here.
- Sing Silent Night
- Read Luke 2:1-7
Day 4
- Listen to: “In the Bleak Midwinter” by Christina Rossetti, performed by Keith and Kristyn Getty (Click for Youtube link)
- Make a pinecone birdfeeder-spread peanut butter on a pinecone. Roll in birdseed. Hang for the birds.
- Sing Away in a Manger
- Read Luke 2:8-14
Day 5
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Read or listen to: The Friendly Beasts by Tomie de Paola
(Click for Youtube link) - Sing The Friendly Beasts
- Make sugar cookies
- Read John 1:1-5