I love planning Family Home Evening in December, because there are always lots of meaningful things to do. Here are our FHE plans for the month:
Week 1: Talk about the reason for the season. Work on *grandparent pages. Watch Mormon Message Christmas videos.
*My husband’s family has a tradition each year of doing memory book pages for the parents/grandparents. The adult siblings take turns picking a theme, and then each family completes a page (or more) relating to that theme. Past themes have included testimony, creative works, family traditions, and work. Each page gets assembled into a large binder, to keep and view for years to come.
Week 2: Watch the First Presidency Christmas Devotional. Draw and illustrate our own nativity scenes. Stuff and stamp Christmas cards. Eat pumpkin pie (because we didn’t get enough at Thanksgiving!)
A nativity scene by Lily, age 7 (I like her cute sheep).
Week 3: Learn about the names of Christ. Use this free printable, and have the children color in the names as we talk about each. Listen to Handel’s Messiah.
Printable from alivelyhope.com
Week 4: Symbols of Christmas. My daughter put together a great object lesson on this topic last year at Activity Girls, so she gets to teach this lesson. Another good lesson outline is here. Activity and treat: Decorate Christmas Cone Trees.
Week 5: 2014 Year in Review. Review our Family Blog and share our favorite memories from the year. Complete the Family Interview using the printable from TeachMama.
What are your Family Home Evening plans for this month?