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After posting all 25 days of this series, I thought it might be helpful to list all of the supplies needed on one page. Please note, you might need to double check the activity, because some activities have several options to choose from, and you don’t want to get supplies for ALL of the options. Unless that’s what you really want to do.
Remember, these activities are optional and highly adjustable to your needs. If an activity on one day just overwhelms you even at the thought, do something that is less overwhelming.
- Ingredients and supplies for your favorite cookie or muffin OR store-bought sugar cookie dough
- Toppings to decorate cookies or muffins (see instructions)
- Baking sheets or muffin tins
- Storage bags or tubs for your finished baked goods
Supplies will vary greatly, depending on which activity you decide to do. Please see December 2 for more information.
- Plastic cups (or terra cotta pots, if preferred)
- Decorative tape or packaging tape and/or permanent markers (Or acrylic paintfor terra cotta pots)
- Potting soil
- Seeds
December 4 – Helping Orphans and Widows
Supplies will vary greatly, depending on which activity you decide to do. Please see December 4 for more information.
- White cardstock
- Red acrylic paint
- Wipes, wet washcloth, or wet paper towels for cleanup
December 6 – Listening to “For Unto Us Is Born” and learning about St. Nicholas
No supplies needed. You can order a book or movie or borrow one from the library, but you can also find all the information you need online.
December 7 – Foot “Tree” Mural
- Green Acrylic Paint
- Markers OR paint and small paintbrush
- Poster board large enough to fit everyone’s feet
- Wipes, wet washcloths, or wet paper towels to clean off paint
There are also options you can do that do not require a large poster board.
Also, an option to make salt dough foot ornaments for the littles.
- ½ cup salt
- ½ cup flour
- about ¼ cup water
- Straw or toothpick
- Ribbon
December 9 – Bible Parents/Child Trivia
None
- Butterfly paper clips/clamps
- Ribbon
- Pearl-type beads or pony beads (round, heart or star shaped beads, your choice of color)
December 11 – Edible Christmas Trees
- Sugar Cones
- Plastic knives or frosting spatulas
- Small cups or bowls
- Green frosting
- A variety of small candies and sprinkles
December 12 – Scripture Set To Song
None
December 13 – The Names of Jesus
None, possibly pencil and paper
- A wire hanger
- A box of fold-top plastic sandwich bags
- Ribbon or Bow (or your choice of anything) to add a pop of color
Paper, pencil, crayons or color pencils (optional)
December 16 – Houses for Nativity Village
- Small boxes (small shipping boxes, cereal boxes, pasta boxes, etc)
- Decorative paper (construction paper, scrapbook paper, colored paper, etc.)
- Scissors
- Glue: Any glue will work, but I recommend Tacky Glue, Glue-All or Extra Strength Glue Sticks
- Different materials to put on the buildings: gravel, decorative rocks, sand, plastic grass, paper shred, etc. (Optional)
December 17 – Setting up Nativity Village
- thin quilting batting (optional)
- string of lights (I’m using these)
- materials of choice to make village people and details (see December 17 for ideas)
December 18 – Stable for Nativity
- Box
- brown paper or brown paint
- sand, gravel, decorative rocks, or small fake plants (for roof, optional)
- drawn or printed out stable animals, or small animal toys your kids might already have
- craft straw or brown paper shred, or more brown paper (for stable floor)
Supplies needed will depend on how you make your Nativity characters. Please see December 19 post for options.
- wooden peg dolls, paper towel tubes, or paper/cardstock (optional)
- white paint, white construction paper and/or markers (optional)
- white paper or felt for wings (optional)
- gold or silver pipe cleaner for halos (optional)
December 20 – Nativity Shepherds and Sheep
- same materials used to make angels on December 19, but with different colors for shepherds
- different colored material or paper for shepherd’s headpieces
- brown pipe cleaner for shepherd’s staffs
- white craft pom poms (for sheep)
- black pipe cleaner (for sheep)
December 21 – Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, Manger
- same materials used to make shepherds on December 20, with optional yarn for Mary’s hair
- baby size peg doll, small smooth stone, or paper (for Baby Jesus)
- white and pink paint (optional)
- very small box or craft sticks and glue (for manger)
- craft straw or brown paper shred (for manger, optional)
- Cardstock
- Glitter glue
- Craft sticks (colored or natural)
- Glue: I recommend Tacky Glue or Glue-All or something similar
- Sticker jewels or other shiny stickers, if desired
- Yarn or ribbon, if you are hanging the craft stick stars on your tree
December 23 – Nativity Wise Men and Camels
- same materials used to make shepherds, Mary, and Joseph on December 20 and 21 (for wise men)
- glitter added to paint (for wise men, optional)
- egg carton (for camel)
- brown paint or markers (for camels)
- brown pipe cleaner (for camels)
- paper, play-doh or other material for wise men’s gifts
December 24 – Acting out the Christmas Story
None, costumes and props optional
December 25 – Happy Birthday, Jesus
- a birthday cake (homemade or store bought) or some other Christmas Day treat that you can stick candles in and possibly write “Happy Birthday, Jesus” on
- decorating gel or icing (optional)
- birthday candles
