Advent - children's activities

Advent is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas (or sometimes from the 1st December to Christmas Day!). Advent means 'Coming' in Latin. This is the coming of Jesus into the world. Christians use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to prepare and remember the real meaning of Christmas.

There are three meanings of 'coming' that Christians describe in Advent. The first, and most thought of, happened about 2000 years ago when Jesus came into the world as a baby to live as a man and die for us. The second can happen now as Jesus wants to come into our lives now. And the third will happen in the future when Jesus comes back to the world as King and Judge, not a baby.

Download this picture of sleeping baby Jesus to print and colour in. 

We would love to see your child's completed picture and will share some on our Instagram and Twitter accounts (NB child's first name only, no photo of the child please). If you would like to share your child's completed picture, do email it to us at socialmedia@stmaryletower.org.uk and we will do our best to include it.

Older children might like to try this Christmas Word Scramble. Download it here, if you get stuck, the answers are here!