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How to make a Kids Advent Crown or Wreath

 

OK to start our traditions at Advent we are going to make a child friendly advent wreath or crown.  This is one of the many things I remember doing as a child, however, I remember the Blue Peter version of wire coat hangers, tinsel and open flames!!

What I have tried to do here is design one that all the family can join in making and can be burnt at the dinner table each Sunday with supervision.

How to make a Kids Advent Crown or Wreath

Materials

  • Circle of card/I have used a cake tray under it as it is solid
  • Salt dough
  • Cookie cutter in a star shape
  • Green Paint
  • Gold paint
  • Glitter
  • Greenery
  • 4 tea light or votive holders and candles (my holders were 89p for four from Ikea) and the candles (£1.99 for 12 from Ikea)
  • Pine Cones

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Instructions

Make a batch of salt dough using our Basic recipe

  • 2 cups of plain flour
  • 1 cup of salt
  • 1 cup of warm water
  • I also added 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to make the final decoration harder.

Mix the flour, salt and lemon juice adding water until you get a firm dough. Then knead the dough. The more you kneed the more pliable the dough will become.

We roll out the dough and cut out our decorations with a cookie cutter.  You can keep any the remaining dough in a bag in the fridge to make Christmas Decorations.

Using some cookie cutters in star shapes cut out a some and bake, we used two different sizes.  I bake our dough at the lowest oven temperature for 3 hours, then leave overnight before we paint and decorate them.

When completely dry paint them gold and cover one side in glitter.

Paint the base dark green and allow it to dry – I used cardboard glued to a cakeboard

I also covered the card in PVA glue once the pain had dried.

Stick your stars to the base to allow room for your 4 tea lights or votive holders.

I used three purple and one pink candle, but you could always paint your votive holders or alternatively use coloured ribbon around the outside. Place your candle holders on the base and add some greenery around it.  I put mine on a cake stand on the table. 

You can also add a white candle in the centre on Christmas Day. 

Discussion

I have used the time making the wreath to discuss with the minimads the significance of an advent crown, so thought I would add it here:

A advent wreath is traditionally made of evergreen material to signify eternal life and of renewal. 

The circle is to remind us of God, of his endless mercy and eternity with no beginning or no end.

The candles signify the light of God coming into the world through his son Jesus Christ.

I am deliberately keeping things simple as the boys are only 3 and 4 and we will expand on this year upon year.  I want Advent to be a time of reflection and preparation for the arrival of Jesus on Christmas Day.

So if I have inspired you to make an advent wreath or you make one yourself, please link to it below.  I would love to see it.

 
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