Easy Advent Resources for Busy Moms

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Is anyone else exhausted? Between Halloween, All Day, my 38th birthday and Election Day, I'm beat!

Now Thanksgiving is just around the corner, which means that Advent is quickly approaching. I know it 's easy to work with, but it' s easy to do it! I hope they're helpful!

Reminder: If you have not yet decided on your Advent wrights, you might want to do that ASAP so you are prepared for the first Sunday of Advent (December 2 this year)! You can find votive candles here and type candles here. If you do end up procrastinating too long, though, white candles with purple and pink ribbons tied around them work just as well (or, in a pinch, white candles colored with purple and pink marker).

I got crafty a few years ago and bought this candleholder as a pink and purple paint from Hobby Lobby that would work on glbad (I believe it was this brand). I painted three of the glbad holders purple, one pink, and one clear center. This way, I can buy votive candles from the dollar. All of my Advent wreaths have been used to cast candles, not tapers, and I've found it hard to find votive candles locally, especially if you do not have a nearby Catholic bookstore.

However, if anyone has the yen to buy me a new Advent wreath that uses tapers, I've always loved this one.

If you need a copy of prayers to say each Sunday when you light the Advent candles, there's a great printable PDF here.

At any rate, here's a list of easy yet meaningful Advent activities for Catholic families:

1. Holy Heroes features a Lego Advent Wreath, and it's so cute and clever! I think this would be a lot of fun. It's also affordable at only $ 14.99.
2. I love this Printable Advent Chain 2018 at The Catholic Toolbox. You print one page on purple paper, one page on pink paper, and one page on white paper. If you put your Christmas tree up early in the world, you could put this chain on it (maybe along with Jesse tree ornaments; see below). Each link in the chain has been suggested to you (and easy!) It's a nice alternative to the so-called "Advent Calendars" that really are glorified December calendars.
3. I've never been ambitious enough to try the tradition of the Jesse Tree, but if you want to give it a go, here are some printable ornaments. You could get an inexpensive tabletop tree to put on them, or even cut a tree to shape the wall. Whatever works!
4. Speaking of the Jesse Tree, I do not own it myself, But this looks like a lovely book: Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmas by Ann Voskamp.
5. LifeTeen offers an Advent playlist as an alternative to the Christmas music that's constantly playing before Christmas actually starts, and Haley at Carrots for Michaelmas has suggestions too. These songs would be fun to listen to in the days leading up to Christmas.

Do you have any suggestions for easy Advent activities? Share in the comments!