This movie would be a good one to watch with your older children. Watch A Charlie Brown Christmas If your kids are able, help them memorize and recite the meaning of Christmas that Linus says in the movie: Luke 2: 8-14.Draw out one each morning and each night and pray for that family. Put the Christmas cards you get in a basket on your table. Then open your Bible to Matthew 1 and show your kids the family tree of Jesus. Use this as an opportunity to map out your family tree. This is a great experience for your kids to see the Nativity story come to life! Hang the craft in your home and deliver the cookies to a neighbor.Ĭheck out your local churches to see who does a live nativity and attend one. Or try out your favorite Pinterest Christmas cookie recipe. Search Pinterest for a fun nativity craft you could make together.
Hang a stocking in your home with Jesus’ name on it. To see this bookmark go to their website: Implementing these easy ways will help your family keep focused on Christ. Faith5 makes a great bookmark highlighting ways to have a family devotion. Have your kids find Him every morning.Ī great time to do this is around the dinner table. Take the baby Jesus from one of your Nativity scenes and hide Him each day. Use a kid-friendly one (like Fisher-Price) so your kids can play with it. Set Up a Nativity in Each Room of Your Home.Decorating the church can be a fun family activity! Volunteer your family to help prepare the church for Advent. To see more about this bag, visit my last blog post: Family Advent Bags
To help families at my church celebrate Advent, I gave out Family Advent Bags so they could keep their focus on Jesus. Advent means “coming,” and we are waiting for the coming of the King. If you are like me, you want your family’s focus during Christmas to be on the birth of Jesus, which is the whole reason why we celebrate Christmas! So, what can you do to keep your family’s eyes locked toward the birth of Jesus? Here are 30 activities you can do to have a Christ-centered family Christmas:Īdvent is a Christian season where we wait and anticipate and prepare our hearts for the birth of the Messiah.