Materials you will need:
Evergreen
branches
A round wire or Styrofoam ring for a base
Thin wire
Pruning shears
Four purple candles
One large white candle and candle holder
Purple or blue ribbon
Directions:
Gather the
evergreen branches and cut them into short lengths (about 8 inches). Use thin
wire to fasten the branches to the ring base by wrapping the wire around the
branches and the base. It helps to lay all the branches in the same direction
and lay each new bunch of branches on top of the ends of the previous bunch.
The purple candles can be placed in the wreath, around the outside of the
wreath, or on the inside of the wreath. The white candle is placed in the
center of the wreath. Decorate the wreath or the candles with bows of purple or
blue ribbon.
The four purple candles
mark the four weeks or Sundays in Advent. Each week a new candle is lit until
all are burning the last week. This symbolizes the increasing crescendo of
light as we approach the celebration of Jesus' birth. The white candle in the
center of the wreath is the Christ candle. It is white to represent purity, and
it is lit with the other four candles on Christmas Day to remind us that Christ
has come as the light of the world.