Advent Bonus Book: One Little Light a Day

Description

1. This printable Advent calendar for kids is the countdown I wish I’d had in a box years ago. My mom helped us count down to Christmas with a poster on the kitchen wall and a little piece added each day. This book brings that same simple, Jesus-centered tradition to your home.

How it works

Print the big poster at a print shop (or the letter-size version at home). Each morning in December, your little one adds one piece while you read that day’s story line. By Christmas morning, baby Jesus is in the manger and the whole story is told.

Four ways to count down

• Little Light Path: round pieces along a winding road to the stable.
• The Christmas Scene: empty hills that slowly fill into the whole Nativity.
• The Road to Bethlehem: storybook sticker pieces, from Mary’s yes to baby Jesus in the manger.
• Color-Your-Own: a blank path board (letter size or 18 × 24) and pieces your kids color themselves. So sweet for little artists! 🖍️

What’s inside

• Three 18 × 24 posters at full print quality, plus a letter-size poster for the fridge
• All the pieces and placement maps, plus bonus Nativity Friends stickers (barn animals, a drummer boy, and the wise men)
• Story lines for every day at three levels: Little Light (2 to 3), Growing Light (4 to 6), and Shining Light readings (7 and up)
• Four Sunday ornaments (Hope, Peace, Joy, Love) with verses and tags
• The Servant Heart Chain: 25 small ways to love others
• 25 Books Till Christmas: a book-a-night countdown list

Light the wreath together 🕯️

New this year: a little wreath section to make your Sundays special, with no real flames needed.

• Why We Light a Wreath: where the tradition started and what the circle, the evergreen, and each candle color mean, with simple talk-about-it questions
• Make your own wreath: easy foam ring or paper tube versions, plus a verse of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel for each Sunday and a playlist QR code
• Light the Wreath: a cute-faced printable wreath with five cut-out flames to add each week, and a verse to say together (Isaiah 9:2, Isaiah 9:6, Luke 2:10, John 3:16, and John 8:12 on Christmas)

Pieces work on sticker paper, or on cardstock with Velcro dots or poster putty so you can reuse this printable Advent calendar every year. Tips for printing the big poster on a budget are inside too.

Pairs beautifully with our December Printables. Not sure yet? Grab the free Thankful Week pack first. It also makes a lovely companion to Laura’s Lifejoy Morning Moments.

Good to know

• Instant PDF download, US letter size, plus 18 × 24 poster files. Print at home or at any print shop.
• Scripture from the NIV.
• Illustrations created with AI and hand-edited by me.
• License: one family or one small class. Please don’t share the file. 🤍