Advent begins Sunday, November 30th this year! Until years ago, when fellow homeschoolers were chatting online about Advent, we hadn’t ever celebrated it. We tried a free Advent study that year as a family and have celebrated ever since. I love how it gets us into the spirit of Christmas and its true meaning as we lead up to the big night! When our kids were little, we lit the candles then snuggled up on the couch and read scriptures and great Christmas themed literature such as A Christmas Carol together. Sometimes we sang Christmas carols as well. Here are 5 free advent studies and resources to help celebrate Advent in your home.
2025 Family Advent Guide
This guide includes devotions and activities for families to find rest in Jesus’ peace, joy, hope, and love.
Advent Study with Kids’ Resources
Includes two free advent studies. The Advent Study for Kids includes memory verses, lessons, activities, and a prayer of the day. The one for families, Advent Study: Keeping Our Hearts Focused on Jesus, includes scripture reading, devotions, daily family activities, recipes, and journal pages.
The Dawning of Indestructible Joy: Daily Readings for Advent
Download this free PDF ebook with daily Advent readings.
The Advent Family Guide
Created by me, the Advent Family Guide is a Custom GPT (for use with ChatGPT) that will help Christian families experience Advent through Scripture, service, and traditions to create meaningful moments together. For each night of Advent, it suggests scriptures to read, family service projects, songs to sing, readings, and family discussion ideas. All tailored to your children’s ages. And it’s available to my readers absolutely free. A free ChatGPT account is all you need. Log in, then click on the link above. Click the START button or type in which day of Advent it is to get started.
25 Days of Free Christmas Devotions
Free daily Christmas devotions that you can use as part of your Advent celebrations. When you sign up you will also receive the ebook, The Hope of Christmas.
An Advent Calendar Just For Fun
Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar
Even though this online calendar doesn’t have a focus on Jesus, and isn’t free, I had to include it. A friend of ours used to send one to my daughter every year as a gift – it costs $15 CAD, or less if you buy in bulk – and she LOVED it! Jacquie Lawson animations are so adorable, and there are activities such as creating snowflakes that kids (and adults 😁) enjoy. It even works on all devices – PC, Mac, iPhone/iPad, and Android.
Do you celebrate Advent? How do you celebrate or what resources do you use for advent studies? Please let me know in the comments below!
Love, Luck &
Laughter,
Kimberly
Please note: This article was originally published in 2021 and has been updated with new resources and links.
