Last Minute Faith-filled Advent Ideas for Kids

Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Danielle Bean

Religion & Spirituality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Are you in a Christmas frenzy yet? I’m here to help. This week I’m sharing last-minute Advent ideas for kids, emphasizing the importance of creating meaningful experiences during the Advent season. We discuss ways to involve children in giving, incorporate prayer, use light as a symbol, prepare treats, and engage with books to deepen children’s understanding of the season's significance. We focus on alleviating the stress of holiday preparations and focus on faith and connection.

Takeaways

* Involving kids in giving enhances their understanding of the season.

* Prayer can be easily integrated into daily routines during Advent.

* Using light symbolizes the coming of Christ.

* Preparing treats can be a fun way to celebrate Advent.

* Reading together can help children connect with the meaning of Advent.

* Creating simple traditions can have a lasting impact on children.

* Memorizing scripture can deepen faith during the season.

* Advent is a time of preparation and waiting for the celebration of Christmas.

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0:00.0	Girlfriends, episode number 452, six last-minute faith-filled Advent ideas for kids.
0:10.2	Hello and welcome to Girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom, and I'm on a
0:15.4	mission to help you know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy and family
0:19.9	living. This week, we are talking about some last-minute advent ideas for your kids.
0:24.8	Can't wait to get started. Let's go.
0:31.7	Hey, girlfriend. How are you? Are you any full-on Christmas frenzy yet?
0:37.0	It's got to happen some point, right? We're getting
0:40.4	close to Christmas. And I thought I'd take on this topic because there's so much about the
0:45.5	Advent season that we have these ideals in our mind of how we're going to observe it personally,
0:50.1	but then also how we're going to convey to our kids the meaning of this season.
0:54.8	And whether your kids are old and grown and flown or if they're still under your roof or
0:59.2	their little teeny tiny guys, we really want to be setting a good example for our kids and
1:03.8	making it possible for them to have a meaningful Advent season, which is separate from
1:09.4	the secular cultural Christmas crazy that we get pulled into
1:13.7	every December. And you know what? If you are feeling stressed, your kids feel it. They feel it in you.
1:20.8	And we talk about peace during Advent. In fact, our live event that we had at the start of the
1:25.5	Advent season was all about how to find peace
1:27.7	during the Advent season. But what about your kids? How do we keep them focused on the real
1:33.6	meaning of the season? It's a tall order. And I've talked before about this is a lot of pressure
1:39.0	we put on ourselves. So first of all, I just want to give you a big caveat at the start of this
1:43.8	before I share any
1:44.7	thoughts with you that Christmas isn't something you create for your kids. Advent isn't
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