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Felt Advent Calendar Pattern and PDF Family Devotional

Sarah Lemp smiling with coffeeSarah Lempon November 10, 2019(updated June 29, 2022)160
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Felt Advent Calendar

Every Christmas season I remember as a kid included family devotions each night around the dinning room table. They revolved around a felt advent calendar and a devotional book that is now out of print. The simplicity of each lesson must have hit home for me as a kid, because the Bible verses we memorized are still engraved in my mind. We LOVED taking turns selecting the corresponding ornament each night and placing it on the tree. A friend of mine reminded me of this book, just the other day, when she said my dad had recommended it to her. Sadly, the book is out of print, but can still be purchased used on Amazon. Buy it here: Family Celebrations: Meeting Christ in Your Holidays and Special Occasions

*Update! I just discovered an updated version of Ann Hibbards book which can be found here: Celebrating Advent: Devotions and Activities for the Christmas Season This new book includes 2 full seasons of devotions, as well as added discussion questions and further study of older children and adults. Looks good to me!

Nightly Devotional PDF Download

I spent some time creating my own nightly devotional that follows the same symbols used in the original book. If you made a tree years ago, or want to make a new one – follow along with the daily devotions and find the ornament that corresponds with each night’s theme. Each day includes scripture, memory verse, discussion questions geared toward young kids and a you tube video that I felt highlighted each theme well.

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This download includes:

  • Printable version of the ornaments that hang on the felt tree
  • Pattern for creating a felt Christmas tree
  • Small, printable tree with printable ornaments to hang on the fridge!
  • PDF (tablet friendly) family devotions with links to YouTube videos

DIRECTIONS

This is the no-sew, fast and easy version!!
For my tree, I cut a 40″ x 20″ white felt background. I folded the top over 3″ and hot glued it in place so a stick could be slid through for hanging purposes. I cut 2.5″ x 2.5″ squares in various colors of felt for each ornament’s pocket. The ornaments are printable images, mounted on colored foam from the dollar store. I hot glued these in place with a piece of string between the image and the foam. If I had tons of extra time, I would have used embroidery thread to add detail to the tree and to number each pocket. I was lazy and in a hurry, so I used squeezable fabric paint. Worked like a charm! I even hot glued the buttons on, being careful to use only a tiny bit in the center so the ornaments would be able to hang from them. I got started on this project a little late this year, but thought I would finish it and be ahead of the game next year!
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Pin-It!Advent Calender Printable Pack and Family Devotions - Includes Pattern and Tablet Friendly PDF

Category: At Home, Crafts & SewingTag: advent, christmas, printable
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  1. Avatar photoDominique

    December 29, 2015 at 8:07 pm

    Hello,
    Im new to the site, I was trying to view some of the archive materials and I am having the most difficult time. I have joined the site, however when I click on the preschool chart it never shows me the printable. Thank you for help.

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    • Sarah Lemp smiling with coffeeSarah Lemp

      December 29, 2015 at 11:28 pm

      Hey Dominique! Once you login with your password – be sure to click on “download” link which will automatically download to your computer. If you want to see the post about that particular printable you can click on “view post”
      https://www.allthingswithpurpose.com/signup-printable-archives-private/
      Hope that helps!

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  2. Avatar photoAbby Trahan

    September 30, 2014 at 1:51 pm

    Thanks for sharing! We also did this as kids, and I actually went online to purchase the book so I could share with my kids. Trying to get an early start making our tree!

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  3. Avatar photoLaura K

    December 3, 2013 at 8:09 pm

    This is incredible! Thank you so very much for putting this all together and sharing it! You did a wonderful, thorough job. Our whole family is enjoying it! :D

    Reply
    • Avatar photoSarah Lemp

      December 3, 2013 at 8:54 pm

      Laura, thank you so much for the feedback! I am so happy you found this helpful!! Merry Christmas and enjoy the time together as a family :)

      Reply

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