Giant Printable Coloring In Christmas Poster

December 9, 2021 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Here’s a great collaborative art project for a classroom or a family. Hattifant has a Christmas tree winter activity printable that’s a whopping 18 pages.

Inside the tree is an elf factory with a bunch of elves getting set for Christmas. Print it out, assemble and color, or you can give different pages to people and assemble it once it is colored in.

Either way, the finished tree is so cute and will be a great activity for a class or even just to color by yourself.

You can get the download from Hattifant on Etsy.

[Photo: Hattifant.]

Coloring in sheets are a great way to calm the busy mind, as you focus on the coloring techniques your brain is actually able to calm itself and focus on less. Coloring is used to help relax and calm anxiety and stress. Coloring keeps our mental health in check and allows us to develop parts of the creative brain. We highly recommend Scrapbook.com for quality marker pens.

Christmas coloring in pages are a great way to keep everyone occupied during the holidays. Not only are they fun and engaging for all ages, but they can also provide a plethora of benefits for their participants.

For starters, Christmas coloring in pages are a great way to encourage creativity and promote self-expression. By providing a variety of different designs to choose from, children and adults alike can explore the limits of their imagination and create unique pieces of art. This can be a great way to help build confidence and boost self-esteem.

Christmas coloring in pages can also provide an effective way to relieve stress and anxiety. The act of coloring in can help reduce levels of stress hormones, such as cortisol, while also inducing feelings of relaxation. This can be a great way to help everyone unwind and enjoy the holiday season.

Finally, Christmas coloring in pages can help to foster family unity and connection. By sitting down at the dinner table and coloring together, family members can enjoy some quality time that is both fun and productive. This can be a great way to build bonds and create lasting memories.

All in all, Christmas coloring in pages are a great way to keep everyone busy at the dinner table. They provide an effective way to boost creativity, relieve stress, and foster connection and unity. So why not give it a try this holiday season? You’ll be glad you did.

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Book Review: Las Mañanitas

The celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is important throughout Mexico and other parts of the world. Her feast day is Dec. 12, and the celebrations honoring her appearance to Juan Diego in 1531 begin a few days before that.

Whether you celebrate yourself or just want to share about the celebration at home or in your classroom, Las Mañanitas: The Beautiful Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a good place to start. The book, by Ernesto Joel Vega Rosales and Jeanette Gonzalez Seneviratne, with illustrations by Dana Sanmar, tells the story of a family’s celebration of the feast day in both English and Spanish.

They prepare with a novena, which is nine days of prayers and preparations. The children, Lucia and Pablo, are given special outfits made by their grandmother that look like what Juan Diego might have worn when he saw Our Lady. The book describes the prayers that are made each day, such as a prayer for respect for life, for families and for the indigenous people of the Americas, to name a few.

As told in the book, Juan Diego was a native Mexican born near modern day Mexico City. His given name was Cuaauhtlatoatzin, which means “He who speaks like an eagle.” When he converted to Christianity his name was changed to Juan Diego, and as he walked to church he passed a hill called Tepeyac. One day he heard the birds singing especially beautifully and a voice called him to go to the top of the hill.

There he saw Our Lady of Guadalupe, who asked him to tell the bishop she wanted a chapel built in her name at the foot of the hill. The bishop asked for a sign that Juan Diego really saw her, and later she had him collect flowers that she blessed and take them to the bishop. When Juan Diego dropped the flowers, an image of Our Lady could be seen on his cloak, which is still on display in her basilica to this day.

The feast day is celebrated as mañanitas, which includes singing, indigenous music and dancing, and children presenting flowers to Our Lady. Juan Diego is remembered today as being humble, brave and faithful, and was the first indigenous American made a saint.

The book is colorful and tells the story in a clear way, and it’s fun to have it both in English and Spanish if you teach Spanish or speak Spanish at home or in the classroom. It’s a great way to learn the basics of the celebration and the story of Juan Diego and why he is still remembered today.

About the book: 40 pages, paperback, published 2024 by Loyola Press. Suggested retail price $14.99.

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