{"id":1902,"date":"2013-11-26T06:30:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T13:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2013-11-18T14:04:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T21:04:21","slug":"a-stress-free-advent-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/26\/a-stress-free-advent-season\/","title":{"rendered":"A Stress-Free Advent Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Advent is a special time for many families and the choices of how to celebrate and make this time meaningful are bursting up all over the internet as December 1st approaches. I shared our\u00a0free Jesse Tree collection<\/a>\u00a0a couple of weeks ago, which is a great option for those of you looking for meaningful but simple.<\/p>\n

We have used\u00a0Truth in the Tinsel<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for the past two years and loved it. If you are looking for something new and haven\u2019t done Truth in the Tinsel yet with your little ones, I highly recommend it! I even have a discount code for you {off of the eBook only, which is $7.99 regularly priced}. Use code: ONEPLUS to get 20% off! \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Knowing my\u00a0drop-out<\/em>\u00a0tendencies from years past, I knew I needed to prepare in advance and have a simple system.\u00a0 This is the set up we used for the past two years, which has worked beautifully!\u00a0 I even saved the bags and laminated numbers so it\u2019s even easier now to set up!<\/p>\n

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I got 24 brown paper bags, and put the supplies for each day {the small specific ones from Truth in the Tinsel} in each bag. Last year we used both Truth in the Tinsel and our Jesse Tree, so both were in each bag!\u00a0 I used the\u00a0printable numbers from this site<\/a>, and laminated them so I could use them again next year.\u00a0 I hung the bags up with thumb tacks on my bulletin board strips that we normally display the kids\u2019 school work on.\u00a0\u00a0 It was a great way to remind me each day, and also to keep the kids excited!<\/p>\n

Looking for simple but not into the\u00a0Jesse Tree<\/a>\u00a0plan I shared?\u00a0 You might like using just the printable ornaments for\u00a0Truth in the Tinsel<\/a>, they can be colored instead of putting together a craft each day!\u00a0 Last year we did this and pulled out our crafts from the previous year each day.<\/p>\n

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I saw an awesome idea shared recently, from\u00a0Educating Laytons here<\/a>.\u00a0 Stef used Lego pieces to create Lego pieces to go along with Truth in the Tinsel!\u00a0 If you have Lego fans, go check out her awesome ideas!<\/p>\n

I have\u00a0Truth in the Tinsel board<\/a>\u00a0where I pin helpful posts I find, as well as posts from our blog featuring us in action!<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s Amanda\u2019s\u00a0Truth in the Tinsel Pinterest board<\/a>\u00a0to see even more ideas!\u00a0 There\u2019s also a\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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As December 1 gets closer and closer, I remember my motto for all of our Christmas fun activities ~\u00a0Mommy\u2019s ATTITUDE matters way more than the ACTIVITIES<\/strong>.\u00a0 This one simple phrase has really helped me stay focused on what really matters. In years past I would get totally stressed out and barely enjoy the moments I had worked so hard to prepare for my children. These past couple of years have been more peaceful and fun and for that I am thankful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taken from\u00a0http:\/\/www.1plus1plus1equals1.net\/ {disclaimer: affiliate links are used in this post} Advent is a special time for many families and the choices of how to celebrate and make this time meaningful are bursting up all over the internet as December 1st approaches. I shared our\u00a0free Jesse Tree collection\u00a0a couple of weeks ago, which is a great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,90,84,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-for-fun","category-parenting-2","category-preschoolers","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1904,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}