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Advent Wreath Paper Craft
Liturgical Year activity: build a simple paper wreath with four candles to count the weeks of Advent.
Download craft template (sample)Overview
Duration: 40–50 minutes
Season: Advent (also works in late November catechesis)
Learning goals
- Name the four weeks of Advent
- Explain that Advent is a time of hope and preparation for Christmas
- Connect the wreath candles to prayer at home
Supplies (per child)
- Printed wreath template on card stock
- Purple and pink crayons or paper strips
- Scissors, glue stick
- Flame shapes (yellow paper) or draw with marker
Steps
- Color three candles purple and one pink (Gaudete Sunday).
- Cut out wreath and candle pieces; glue to a paper plate base if desired.
- Each week, “light” one flame (attach or flip up) during opening prayer.
Gospel connection
Read Luke 1:26–38 or the Sunday Gospel for Advent I–IV depending on your calendar.
Take-home
Send a one-page parent note: how to pray one decade of the Rosary or a simple Advent prayer around the wreath.