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What is Advent? How to make an Advent calendar with your own hands?

Christmas is the most long-awaited and revered feast on earth, especially among Christians. They prepare for it in advance, observing certain traditions and customs. What do you think Advent is? This is the name of the period in the Western culture of Christians (Catholics and some Protestants), preceding Christmas.

Advent in Latin means "coming", "coming". It lasts 3-4 weeks before Christmas. How to prepare, what symbols decorate the house and how to make the Advent-calendar with your own hands, we will consider in this article.

How is the preparation for the holiday?

There are 4 Sundays on Christmas Day. Accordingly, the first of the four is the beginning of Advent. Every Sunday has a certain thematic character, which is dedicated to the gospel readings in churches and family circles. What is Advent for the church? This is a period of repentance. During Advent, the parishioners confess, and the ministers of the church wear violet garments that symbolize repentance. Also, charitable events are held to help those in need.

Wreath and candles as symbols of Advent

In addition to visiting the church and waiting for the holiday, the pre-Christmas period has its own symbols. Do you know what a Advent wreath is and what it makes sense? This ornament is woven in a circle of spruce branches, fastened together by wire. Traditionally, it has 4 candles with symbolic significance. Each is lit on the corresponding Sunday. Thus, on the first day one lights up, next Sunday two candles are burning and so on.

The first, the commemorating beginning of the feast, is called the Candle of Prophecy. During this period, stories of the birth of Jesus are heard in the homes of believers. Next Sunday, together with the first, the second one, the Bethlehem candle, is dedicated to the coming of the Messiah to people. It is believed that it was during this period that the Virgin Mary was born Jesus. The shepherd's candle, complementing the first two, lights up on the third Sunday. It symbolizes faith in the Lord and God's word born in the hearts of people. Christians share it, like shepherds who witnessed the appearance of angels and the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. The last, Angelic candle, lights up before Christmas and is the symbol of the second coming of Jesus to the earth, accompanied by the Holy Angels.

What is the Advent Calendar?

Children no less than their parents are waiting for Christmas, accompanied by fun and a lot of sweets and gifts. As you know, kids are an impatient people. To somehow brighten their expectation, the advent calendar was invented. The photo is given below. The traditional calendar, dedicated to the pre-Christmas period, contains 24 pockets, which contain small gifts and surprises for the child. This thing brings the children to Christian traditions, they begin to understand what Advent is. With their own hands to make such a calendar is not difficult. You can also attract a child to work.

There are many options for running the Advent calendar. Any material can be used for its manufacture. The main thing is that it contains containers in which you can put a small present. Containers can be sewn with your hands bags or paper envelopes. Also various boxes, bags, baskets, cups or jars. You can tie mittens, socks, pockets, stockings. There are no restrictions in creating a calendar . It all depends on your imagination.

Advent calendar: master class

Of felt are made wonderful crafts. It is convenient because it does not crumble and is very durable. To create a calendar you need a multi-colored felt, cardboard, floss, buttons, filler and ribbons. You will also need tools that are useful, such as scissors, a pencil, needles.

The main panel will serve as a green spruce from felt. Before creating, you need to prepare a cardboard pattern. Then cut out the pattern and transfer it to a piece of felt green. Billets stitch together in a stitch "zigzag". Figures can be created from the same felt of a different color and sewed on prepared pockets or embroidered with threads. Wrap the edges of the mule patterns and sew to the base, starting from the top.

Pockets can be located both on the tree and under it. If they are at the bottom of the calendar, then the tree itself can be decorated with various animals made of felt of different colors. Ornaments can also serve as large beads, mittens and stockings. After manufacturing in small pockets, you can place small surprises for your children.

Garland of presents

Gifts can be packed in a different way. For example, you can prepare medium-sized boxes, wrap them in wrapping paper and hang them in a garland in a convenient place. Instead of boxes are also used sewn bags. You can hang them both in chaotic order, and consistently. The main thing is not to forget to number them. As a container for gifts suited and sleeves from toilet paper or disposable cups. They can be decorated with colored paper, stickers and ribbons.

To create a calendar-garland of paper, take a few colored sheets and fold envelopes from them. It is not difficult to do this. To create an envelope, you need to cut out a square paper from the paper and fold two opposite corners to the middle. Then raise ¾ the bottom corner so that its top is above the folded side flaps. This is necessary in order to fix the remaining part of the side parts, imitating the envelope. Thus it is necessary to make 24 envelopes and hang it with pegs to a tight rope.

We use boxes

Let's look at how to make an Advent calendar from matchboxes into which you can put not gifts, but notes with the location of a surprise or an exciting task for the child. For the product you need to prepare 24 boxes. They can be combined into one cube or pyramid - as you like. Then blank the paper with white paper and decorate it. For each box with a felt-tip pen, apply sequentially numbers and paste a bead that mimics the handle of the cabinet door. At the end, decorate the design with sequins, colors and braid. It remains to put small notes in the boxes with an action plan.

In Russia, Advent calendars began to be used relatively recently. Nevertheless, this product has gained wide popularity and is applied before the New Year, 31 days before its onset.

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