The O Antiphons activity is one of the easiest and most fun things to do with your children during Advent. I can never keep up with the Jesse tree activity, but this one is only done for 6 days, so it's easy for me to keep up with this devotion. For this craft you will need these supplies, easily found at your local craft store:
1 wooden shadow box house- $5.00
1 pkg of 1 inch unfinished wooden blocks- $3.00
1 bag of unfinished wooden letters- $2.00
1 wooden star- .25 cents
1 can of gold spray paint- $4.00
1 can of purple spray paint- $4.00
a picture of the Nativity from an old Christmas card
colored sharpies
hot glue gun
First, I spray painted the wooden blocks, star and letters with gold spray paint and the house with purple spray paint. After the paint was dry, I glued the star and the letters to the house. Once the wooden blocks were dry, I drew the O Antiphon images on the blocks and colored them in with the permanent markers. I wrote the names of the O Antiphons on paper and glued them on each box. I keep the the blocks in the empty box and the kids place them in the proper boxes beginning on December 17th. That's it! This is a very easy and inexpensive way to celebrate the O Antiphons with your children. Here is a great explanation of the O Antiphons by Fr. Saunders.
Here are some activities you can do during the O Antiphon days.
