Advent Activities

Mason Jar Advent Calendar

Before there was plastic, we preserved summer’s bounty in a simple mason jar, so that even in the barren days of winter, we could taste God’s goodness and foretaste the bounty and harvest to come. Introducing, “A Mason Jar Advent,” a printable Advent calendar in the form of beautifully illustrated gift tags, each with an Advent prayer, activity, conversation starter, or social media prompt.  Each type of tag is cut out and then given a ribbon or string ( if you have them) and then all the tags then go into a simple mason jar. As each day unfolds, you simply draw a card - and day by day, week by week, prayer by prayer, action by action, together we count down the Advent calendar days until that holy night when God slips into the world.

Advent is a season for stepping away from the frantic busy-ness, the clutter of stuff wrapped in plastic - and embracing instead a time to slow down, breathe, and refocus on God’s love and goodness.  Like mason jars themselves, this calendar is all about keeping things simple, and helping preserve what’s truly important.

Link to the downloadable Mason Jar Advent tags are below. Use a mason jar or any other jar you have at home.

Mary’ Revolution of Love’ Advent Colouring Pages

Do you like to colour? Colouring books are everywhere, and for good reason: for young and old alike, colouring can be expressive, meditative, stress-relieving, and just plain fun.  SALT’s modern and theologically rich designs invite folks into the season’s deeper meanings and mysteries.

SALT has teamed up with illustrator extraordinaire Jordan Sunburg of Tin Cup Design to bring five extraordinary coloring pages (8 1/2 x 11) – inspired by this year’s lectionary texts – fit for Advent artists of all ages. These coloring sheets are a perfect Advent calendar gift idea. These Advent coloring sheets are full of vivid, evocativeness: stars falling, deserts blooming, and a young woman proclaiming God’s revolution of love through song.  What better way to encounter and inhabit these images than through creativity and colour!

Use them at home, at church, at work, at play – anywhere and anytime your imagination might bloom.

Download your printable colouring sheets below.   Be sure to send pictures of your shiny Advent masterpieces – no hiding under bushel baskets allowed to Janet at faith@trinityunitedkw.ca for our website and social media.

**If you have trouble printing off these Advent resources, please contact Dorothy at office@trinityunitedkw.ca for assistance.