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10 Homemade Gifts Kids Can Help Make
With all of the gifts that children receive during this season, it is no wonder that children develop a gimme attitude. To combat this problem, involve your children in creating gifts for others. Here are a few of our favorites! Create a Handprint and Footprint 12 Month Calendar. This is a simple gift but is dearly loved by ...
Christmas Gift that Cost $0
Most of us hold the idea that quality Christmas gifts typically cost a lot. In actuality, the best are oftentimes free. To make this point, read this thought-provoking poem by author and speaker Oren Arnold. Christmas Gift Suggestions To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, ...
Our Christmas Gift Giving Guide
We are already receiving emails from family members asking for a list of items our children would like for Christmas. Our children are overly blessed with things but well-meaning family want them to have presents under the tree to unwrap at Christmas. If you are in the same boat, I have created a list of gifts that we have enjoyed for many ...
A Christmas Animated Musical: The Promise
The Promise is one of the newest videos portraying the birth of Jesus. But unlike other options available, this video is a quality 3-D animated musical with Broadway quality singing. Based upon the Gospel of Luke, the characters tell the story of Christmas in both words and songs. My favorite part of The Promise is how the ...
Christmas Devotional: Will You Join Me?
I realize that I am a few days late but better late than never! Right?While searching YouVersion for a devo, I was introduced to Good Morning Girls and the studies that they do. On Sunday a new study began called "Advent Study." Daily scripture to read, dissect, and personalize.Would you join me in this study?You can find the study for free on ...
Receive a Free Mini Workbook with an ABCJLM Gift Certificate
For the last four years, since the ABCJLM books in print have been available, I have heard from so many expressing their wish for the ABC Jesus Loves Me Preschool Curriculum books and workbooks. You may be one of those who for whatever reason has not been able to order the books. December is a great time for you to turn your wish into ...
Blessing Ornaments: Tying the Holidays Together
One of the things I struggle with this time of year is tying Thanksgiving with Christmas. It seems I focus a little on Thanksgiving and a lot on Christmas, but I fail to tie the two together. I love the idea of Blessing Ornaments that Amy shared with me. Supplies: - fillable glass Christmas ornaments- crayons, markers, or pens- strips of ...
Check Out “The Nativity Story” Pop-Up App
My kids love to play on my iphone. And I am sure yours do too! Typically they choose Angry Birds, Word World, or another game app on the rare occasion that I say yes. I was excited to add to their repertoire with them a new Christmas app called The Nativity Story. Where will baby Jesus be born? At the market? At ...
A Countdown to Christmas Book List
On the ABCJesusLovesMe Facebook Group, Helen shared an idea that she found on Pinterest to wrap and read one book per day as a countdown to Christmas or for Advent. I love the idea! There is a plethora of wonderful children's books focusing on Christmas so I assumed that finding 25 quality books would be a cinch. But in my ...