Christmas Countdown Day 3

With a busy week end,

we fell a bit behind on our

Advent activities-

and, trust me,

I bet we will be behind a few more times

as this crazy month progresses...

So.....

we did ALL the Bible readings and activities from

The Truth in Tinsel

today...

...from Days 3, 4, and 5.

But I am still splitting them up into three separate posts,

so as not to overwhelm everyone with my wordiness...

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Day 3

Good old Chester was hanging out...

...ON the refrigerator door,

with a little hint for the kiddos.

His little message of 

"Hee! Smile! Laugh! Hee!"

applies to the story of Zechariah

because he and his wife,

Elizabeth,

had never been able to have a child,

and God gave them this joyous gift with

the pregnancy of John the Baptist.

For our craft...

 ...the kiddos put together...

 ...a Zechariah Face Ornament.

(Baby Blue was a good observer of all the kiddos'

activities...)  :0)

Here are...

...the completed ornaments.

The mouths are made out of giant bubble wrap

bubbles,

which the kiddos got to pop in order to "seal"

Zachariah's mouth-

just like the angel Gabriel did in the story.

I made the kiddos wait to pop the mouths until

everyone was done making their ornaments...

...which proved more difficult for some than

others...

Here...

...is a video clip of the

big "popping" moment...

(Do y'all see WHY Little Wild Man has the 

nickname that he does?)  ;0)