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Advent Calendar Templates–A CountUP to Christmas

November 6, 2015 by Sybil Macbeth 4 Comments Leave a Comment

Advent calendars are not just for kids! Instead of opening daily doors with pictures or retrieving small gifts or candies from pockets, adults and children can mark the day-by-day journey to Christmas by daily praying/drawing with a calendar template. When I draw, color, and doodle my own Advent calendar, I feel like I’m building something rather than tearing it apart. It is a countup to Christmas, not a countdown. At the end of the 20-some days, the finished Advent calendar is a colorful reminder of what was in my head and on my heart. It is a record of my spiritual journey through Advent.

Here are some examples of calendars from previous years:

Advent Collage 2015

 

Ways to use your calendar:
1) In a space or shape on the calendar, write the name of someone for whom you are praying. Doodle around the name, add color. Think of each stroke of color or each doodled mark (line, dot, arc, spiral…) as a wordless prayer. If words come to you as you draw and color, pray them. When you have finished with your daily entry, say “Amen” or a short passage of Scripture appropriate to Advent like “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” (Psalm 27:1)

2) Write and ponder an Advent word—prepare, await, hope, pregnant, watch, darkness, longing,…—as you doodle and color.

3) Since Advent is a season of hope, write something you hope for each day. Offer that idea to God as you color and draw.

Here are three Advent calendar templates in both .jpg and .pdf form. There is also a version of one of the calendars that is already doodled, so it is more like an Advent calendar coloring page. Click on the words .jpg or .pdf below the version/s you want. Download first; then print. I like to enlarge the 8.5″x11″ format to 11″x17″ card stock. It gives me more room to doodle and color and consequently more time and space with the person or word.
Advent 2015 Trees and Chains Resized

.pdf  or .jpg

Advent Tree Calendar 2015 Resized

.pdf  or  .jpg.

Advent 2015 Trees and Chains Coloring Page Resized.jpegResizedpdf or .jpg

Box Calendar 2015 Resized

.pdf or .jpg

Thanks to Cindy O for the box calendar template for 2015 and for her finished Advent calendar from last year. Check out Cindy’s blog called Mostly Markers.
Thanks to Connie Denninger for her finished candle calendar. Check out her blog called Vintage Grace.

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  1. Debbie Grace says

    November 6, 2015 at 8:03 am

    Yay!!!!!!!!!!!

    Thanks, Sybil.

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  1. Advent resources for 2015 - Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth says:
    November 22, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    […] Praying in Color offers adults and children a way to mark the day-by-day journey to Christmas by daily praying & drawing with a calendar template. The author says, “When I draw, color, and doodle my own Advent calendar, I feel like I’m building something rather than tearing it apart. It is a countup to Christmas, not a countdown. At the end of the 20-some days, the finished Advent calendar is a colorful reminder of what was in my head and on my heart. It is a record of my spiritual journey through Advent.” Three calendar templates are offered, along with suggestions for ways to pray with doodling. View and download Praying in Color Advent Calendars. […]

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    November 25, 2015 at 10:29 am

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    November 25, 2015 at 10:38 am

    […] During the season of Advent, we prepare for Jesus to come down from heaven and be among us, both on Christmas and at the end of time.  Each day of Advent, color one star (Sundays) or circle (weekdays) as you pray.  You will reach the center star on Christmas Day.  For more info on Praying in Color, see http://prayingincolor.com/advent-calendar-templates-a-countup-to-christmas. […]

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