Advent Calendar Revisited

 

 

 

 

Hello interwebs.

 

 

 

 

If you were tuned in last year for my Jesse Tree Advent Calendar posts, then you can probs just disregard this whole post.

If you weren't, or if you're of the beautiful few that have asked me for details,

it's your lucky day... ahem.

 

 

 

 

I love love love Advent and Christmas. a lot.

And I love Advent calendars, but last year I wanted one that was more biblically "reason for the season" based.

So I made this one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are 24 ornaments so it doesn't aactually run the liturgical season of Advent which changes every year. Rather, it begins on the 1st of December and ends on Christmas Eve (like most Advent calendars).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are the individual ornaments and scriptural references.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day One: Creation

Genesis 1:1-31; 2:1-4

 

Day Two: Adam and Eve

Genesis 2:7-9 and 18-24

Day Three: The Fall of Man

Genesis 3:1-7 and 23-24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day Four: Noah

Genesis 6:5-8, 13-22; 7:17, 23, 24; 8:1, 6-22

 

Day Five: Abraham

Genesis 12:1-3

 

Day Six: Isaac

Genesis 22:1-14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day Seven: Jacob

Genesis 25:1-34; 28:10-15

 

Day Eight: Joseph

Genesis 37:23-28; 45:3-15

 

Day Nine: Moses

Exodus 3:1-15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day Ten: Samuel

1 Samuel 3:1-18

 

Day Eleven: Jesse

1 Samuel 16:1-13

 

Day Twelve: David

1 Samuel 17:12-51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 13: Solomon

1 Kings 3:5-14, 16-28

 

Day 14: Joseph

Matthew 1:18-25

 

Day 15: Mary

Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38

 

Day 16: John the Baptist

Mark 1:1-8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 17: Jesus is Wisdom

Sirach 24:2; Wisdom 8:1

 

Day 18: Jesus is Lord

Exodus 3:2; 20:1

 

Day 19: Jesus is Flower of Jesse

Isaiah 11:1-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 20: Jesus is Key of David

Isaiah 22:22

 

Day 21: Jesus is Radiant Dawn

Psalm 19:6-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 22: Jesus is King of the Gentiles

Psalm 2:7-8; Ephesians 2:14-20

 

Day 23: Jesus is Emmanuel

Isaiah 7:14; 33:22

 

Day 24: Jesus is Light of the World

John 1:1-14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each ornament has the name/theme of that day embroidered on the back.

 

And then I attached ribbon loops to the tops of each for hanging.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I embroidered the numbers on squares and then made those into pockets at the bottom of the banner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I sewed a channel in the top and fed a dowel through.

I also drilled holes in each side of the dowel to string a ribbon through for mounting on the wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Want even more details?

For the original posts:

 

Click here for Part One (Days 1-12)

Click here for Part Two (Days 13-24)

Click here for Part Three (Making the banner and the finished product)

 

Are any you making an Advent calendar? Or have you already made one?

I would love to see pics!
I you want to share, email them to me at handmadebymeg@gmail.com
and we'll have an Advent calendar sharefest here on the ole blog.