Here is one of the crafts I wrote for my page in the magazine as a little taster of what you can expect...
This craft explores the idea of a journey towards the
birth of Jesus, echoing the journey that Mary and Joseph take to Bethlehem and
our own waiting for Jesus to come again.
You will need: air drying
clay, small candles (Christingle candles are ideal!) Before doing this with
children, it might help to do a test run to see roughly how much clay each
person will need.
Roll the clay into a long, thick sausage shape and
slightly flatten out the top.
Make a spiral with the clay.
Take your candle
and, starting at the centre of the spiral, make 25 indentations deep enough to
let the candle stand up securely.
Leave the spiral to dry.
Every day during
Advent move the candle one place along the spiral and light it, ending at the
centre on Christmas day.
Pray
Every day, as you move the candle on a space, pray for a person or a place you know going through dark and hard times. Pray that they will know light in their darkness as Christmas approaches
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