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Advent Coloring Pages

by Nancy Bandzuch · 10 Comments

So, here’s what happened.

It was Halloween.

I had just picked the kids up from school. And I realized that we had ZERO candy to hand out to trick or treaters, so I made a quick stop at Walmart.

I walk in there with all 4 kids and we are amazed to see a huge crane right inside the main door.

We stop to look because who are we to pass up free entertainment?

After a moment we realize that the crane and a whole team of people are busy taking down the Halloween decorations, so they can immediately put up Christmas decorations.

On Halloween day!

The kids were, of course, thrilled.

As soon as we got home they momentarily lost interest in Halloween and instead started to beg to put up our Christmas tree.

When I said no they countered, “but it’s Christmas at Walmart, why can’t it be Christmas here?”

Why can’t it be Christmas here? Because it isn’t Christmas yet!

And it won’t be Christmas until December 25th–nearly TWO MONTHS after the date we saw them hanging decorations and setting up an enormous blow-up tree at our local Walmart.

Each year we as Catholic Mothers fight the battle of Advent. How do we protect and promote this season when the whole world is already celebrating Christmas? How do we teach our children to wait…and how do we have the discipline to wait for ourselves?

I don’t have all of the answers, but I am determined to help, sisters!

I have spent a lot of time over the years putting together a TON of Advent ideas for Catholic Families, and I just put together another one: ADVENT COLORING PAGES FOR MOM AND ME.

You can find the materials for this project, and MANY other Catholic projects in the Catholic Family Digital Resource Library. To get instant access, and join a thriving community of over 10,000 Catholic Parents, just enter your email address.

access the resource library here!

Coloring continues to be an activity that the kids love and I enjoy doing with them.

It is simple, enjoyable, and a great time for discussion. For this reason, I put together a simple Advent Coloring Book for Catholic Kids.

The book is full of fun things to color that keeps a child’s mind in Advent.

It also has some simple explanations that can be read together to explain why we wait and what we can learn about God through waiting.

The image below includes pictures of the pages for the first week of Advent.

In the coloring book for kids, each week of Advent is assigned a virtue God wants to teach us: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.

The pages for that week of advent explore that virtue and a symbol assigned to that virtue. For hope, we look at the symbol of a candle, for peace a wreath, for joy a star, and for love a gift.

Each week concludes with a little prayer and once your family arrives at Christmas the children are encouraged to present their Advent Coloring Book, and all the waiting for the kids, to Baby Jesus as a gift.

But what about the moms? We need help waiting too, right?

Well, at least I do!

Advent is a wonderful time to slow down and recommit ourselves to our prayer routines. It is also a wonderful time to spend more time in God’s word.

A few years ago I got into coloring to help me stay in and reflect on God’s word. I wish I was naturally talented enough to write out scripture verses in beautiful calligraphy. But I’m not–and I’m not disciplined enough to learn how!

Instead, I like the gentle, easy approach to coloring. Which is why I created a set of coloring pages for the 2018 Advent Season.

This set includes 24 pages to color (since Advent is 24 days long this year). Each page features a verse from that day’s Gospel. As well as a floral element that you can color as you reflect.

This year I also added the full citation for that day’s Gospel reading and many times to write your thoughts during prayer.

Like the Advent Coloring Book for Kids, the Advent Scripture Coloring and Reflection pages for Mom are digital products. Once you purchase them for $7 you will be able to save them and print them. As many times as you like.

Once again, you can find the materials for this project, and MANY other Catholic projects in the Catholic Family Digital Resource Library. To get instant access, and join a thriving community of over 10,000 Catholic Parents, just enter your email address

I hope these actives are helpful as you fight the battle of Advent. I am excited to use them in my own home, with my kids, and during my morning prayer time.

Keep it up, sister!

Your sister in the small things,

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  1. Henrietta Jacobson says

    December 5, 2021 at 10:17 am

    I tried accessing it with the password and I was unable very disappointed

    Reply
  2. Julie says

    November 27, 2021 at 2:16 am

    This site is taking me in a loop or goes elsewhere

    Reply
  3. Deb says

    November 28, 2020 at 12:29 pm

    Is the advent coloring book still available?

    Reply
  4. Ashley says

    November 27, 2019 at 12:51 pm

    Is this still available? It keeps taking me to a
    digital women’s calendar and not the advent book.

    Reply
  5. Nikki says

    November 15, 2019 at 2:47 pm

    When I try to print this book from the library, it opens the names of Jesus file.

    Reply
  6. Rachel says

    November 9, 2019 at 2:33 pm

    Hi! When I tried to download the Advent coloring book for kids in the library, it took me to the Names of Jesus countdown. Is there another way I can download the Advent coloring book for kids?

    Reply
    • Nancy Bandzuch says

      November 16, 2019 at 5:43 pm

      Oops! Just fixed that. the right link is there now.

      Reply
      • Rachel says

        November 25, 2019 at 6:58 pm

        Thanks!

        Reply
  7. Megan says

    November 30, 2018 at 4:10 pm

    Can the printable bundle be reproduced for parish use?

    Reply
    • Nancy Bandzuch says

      November 30, 2018 at 6:17 pm

      yup!

      Reply

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