DIY Advent Calendar With Scripture

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DIY Advent Calender with Scripture

By Kelly

So, I vaguely remember doing advent things as a kid. I remember lighting a few purple candle and opening doors to some book and eating chocolate. To me, it signified that Christmas was coming. One goal that I have had as a mom was to be very intentional about explaining the purposes behind the holidays we celebrate and using them to expose Luke to the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One way that I decided to do this was to make an Advent Calender with daily scripture reading that was short enough to explain to a young child.

Although Luke is still young this year, I made the Calender anyway and will start doing it this year. To make ours, I made Printables (click on the link and get them for free)  for each day. I used a frame from Hobby Lobby, some bakers twine, and Christmas themed scrapbook paper. I wrote the number of the day on the outside in gold and silver marker, and pasted the scripture inside from the printables I made. The finished product looks like this:

Here is the scripture schedule I used, but you can also download the already made printables here:

• Dec 1: John 1: 1-5
• Dec 2: Isaiah 9: 2-7
• Dec 3: Isaiah 11:1-10
• Dec 4: Jeremiah 33:14-16
• Dec 5: Luke 1: 5-10
• Dec 6: Luke 1:11-10
• Dec 7: Luke 1:11-17
• Dec 8: Luke 1:26-38
• Dec 9: Matthew 1:18-21
• Dec 10: Matthew 1:22-26
• Dec 11: Luke 1: 39-45
• Dec 12: Luke 1:46-56
• Dec 13: Luke 2:1-5
• Dec 14: Luke 2:6-7
• Dec 15: Luke 2:8-12
• Dec 16: Luke 2:13-14
• Dec 17; Luke 2:15-18
• Dec 18: Luke 2:19-20
• Dec 19: Micah 5:2-5
• Dec 20: Matthew 2:1-2
• Dec 21: Matthew 2:3-6
• Dec 22: Matthew 2:7-8
• Dec 23: Matthew 2:9-12
• Dec 24: John 1:14