How to Make a Christmas Advent Wreath
The advent wreath is used by families and churches throughout the year to prepare for Christmas. There are four candles around the wreath representing hope, love, joy and peace. They are lit, one each week on the four Sundays before Christmas. The white candle in the center of the wreath is a fairly new addition to the wreath, lit on Christmas day and representing the birth of Jesus. This project is very easy to make and takes less than an hour. It makes a beautiful centerpiece for your kitchen table as you light each candle right before you eat dinner. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 3 purple taper candles
- 1 rose taper candle
- 1 white pillar candle
- Floral wreath ring (flat)
- Floral pins
- 4 floral candle holders
- Pine sprigs
- Holly sprigs
- 4 Christmas bows or silk poinsettia flowers
- Hot glue gun
- Glue sticks
Instructions
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Place the candle holders into the foam so they are equal spaces around the wreath. This is a wreath that sits on your table, not hung on the wall.
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Work the pine sprigs around the wreath, using floral pins to hold them down. Just put the pin under a bunch of pine needles but across the main branch, and you won't see them. Cover the entire piece of foam.
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Add some holly sprigs to make it look full. You can hot glue the holly onto the pine. You may want to use some around the base of the foam too.
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Place the taper candles in the holders. Carefully push aside the pine and the holly and put the candles down inside. The order in which they should be lit is: 2 purple, 1 rose and 1 purple.
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Glue on the 4 bows between each pair of candles. You can also use a nice big poinsettia flower instead of the bows if you like. Don't try to use real flowers unless you can change them out throughout the month.
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Place the wreath the your table and put the white pillar candle in the center. If you used poinsettias for the wreath, you may want to get some small ones and pin them onto the white candle to make it match.
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- Photo Credit benedeki
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Advent means 'Coming'. Four candles around a bigger candle- mounted on a green wreath are called Advent Candles. Beginning with the first Sunday of Advent, the lightning of a candle can be accompanied by a Bible reading and prayers. And additional candle is lit during each subsequent week until, by the last Sunday before Christmas, all candles are lit. The big centre candle is lit on Christmas day completing the circle of flame. As the glow spreads, the people sing 'Joy to the World', the Lord has come. He has come to heal the broken-hearted and preach the good news of God's love to all people. Jesus cautions us to watch and wait. Christian life is endless alert and constant preparation for the manifestation of Jesus. Christian must keep watch and not slip into the sleep of spiritual stupor and lethargy. "And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch".(Mark 13:37).
