{"id":145,"date":"2011-12-01T19:04:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T00:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.browniesmoke.com\/?p=145"},"modified":"2011-12-01T19:20:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T00:20:17","slug":"advent-workshop-2011-the-advent-wreath-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.browniesmoke.com\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"Advent Workshop 2011 – The Advent Wreath (Part III)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[For the backstory on this event, please see Advent Workshop 2011 – The Advent Wreath (Part 1)<\/a> and Advent Workshop 2011 – The Advent Wreath (Part II)<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

The day finally arrived! I never sleep well when I’m heading up an event. I have nightmares of the children hating the event or the craft not working out the way it’s supposed to. And, this time I managed to begin a nasty cold the day of the event (which means I am VERY thankful for the many people who helped clean up and helped with the children!)<\/p>\n

Prior to the event we prepared materials for 30 children – because I’ve taken bad notes in the past, it was just a guess. As of morning of the Big Day, 22 children (ages 5th grade and younger) had signed up to make a wreath. I think 19 children showed up to make a wreath (plus two parents, who made the wreaths for their very young children).<\/p>\n

I believe we accounted well for the supplies, but I was disappointed in my explanation to the kids. It took longer than I hoped to get the children on track, which means the environment was not as prepared as I wanted. (Sometimes the thing we most need to leave out is the adults.)<\/p>\n

Here’s a few things we would do differently:<\/p>\n