Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Advent for Children

I really love the idea of Advent, how it takes the whole month of December to prepare our hearts to celebrate Christ's first coming and how we now are waiting for Christ's second coming. I really want Clint and I to start doing Advent with Sawyer next year, and on one of my friends blog she posted a great idea that she does with her kids. You make ornaments out of felt and a scripture goes along with each felt ornament. Here are what they look like:



Here are the scriptures that go along with the ornaments:

1. Tree for Jesse: Isaiah 11:1-3, 10
2. World for Creation: Genesis 1:1-2
3. Fruit for Adam and Eve: Genesis 3:1-13
4. Ark for Noah: Genesis 6:9-22
5. Tent for Abraham: Genesis 12:1-7
6. Lamb for Isaac: Genesis 22:1-18
7. Ladder for Jacob: Genesis 28:10-15
8. Coat for Joseph: Genesis 37:1-36
9. Burning Bush for Moses: Exodus 3:1-10
10. Heart for Ruth: Ruth 1:15-18
11. Lamp for Samuel: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 v. 4 God's lamp was still burning
12. Harp for David: 1 Samuel 16:14-23
13. Crown for King Solomon: 1 Kings 3:3-14
14. Six-winged Angel for Isaiah: Isaiah 6:1-8
15. Bible {Word of God} for Jeremiah: Jeremiah 31:31-34
16. Church for Nehemiah: Nehemiah 13:10-22
17. Fiery Furnace: Daniel 3:13-28
18. Lion for Daniel: Daniel 6:1-24
19. Big Fish for Jonah: Jonah 1 and 2
20. Baptismal Font for John the Baptist: Mark 1:1-8
21. Mary, the Mother of Jesus: Luke 1:26-38
22. Saw for Joseph, the carpenter: Matthew 1:18-21, 13:55
23. Star for the wise men: Matthew 2:1-12
24. Manger for the Birth of Jesus: Luke 2:1-20
25. Alpha and Omega for Jesus: Revelation 21:5-7

I am going to start making the felt ornaments now, so hopefully by next December they will be ready!! I can't wait for Sawyer to start to understanding the true meaning of Christmas!!
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  1. EricaDecember 16, 2010 at 12:06 AM

    hey alex! i see you saw my friend, rebekah's post on advent :) i made the ornaments this year, & mine are so not cute! i just cut shapes the best i could and used some glitter glue on them for decorations. but i was also making them in november to have them done by dec. 1st! so i'm sure if you spent several months you could make them alot cuter! just an fyi.....even for next christmas a 1-year old will not have a clue what you are doing :) i don't even do it when mary etta is up....we usually do it after she's gone to bed and before i put the big 2 to bed. and even EC at 2 1/2 yrs. is very brief in her attn. reed is who sits there and listens and retells me all the ornaments and what the scripture says about each one. so just don't have too many expectations with her next year as a 1-year old. you'll be good to show her the ornament and say what it is :) i'm glad you saw the idea b/c i love that they are learning redemptive history and seeing why we needed jesus to come--it's so wonderful!! and reed has been memorizing luke 2:1-14...he's doing so good with it; it's so exciting to see him love to tell me those verses! and we already do scripture memory but he loves this one for sure! have fun celebrating your first cmas with your sweet girl! love you!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 22, 2010 at 9:20 PM

    I love this!! I'll have to see if I can get inspired enough to make it for next year... :) Josiah would love this-and I think it's great to start with Sawyer now (or next year-of course) so that by the time she is 2 and 3 she will recognize it and already be learning!! :) Hope you all are doing great!

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