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Christmas in Sacred Art & Storytelling
Bring your hearts closer to the beautiful mystery of the Christmas Story with this 25-day guided journey through Advent for the whole family. Short, 20 minute lessons will fill your day with beauty as you read aloud engaging stories, listen to sacred music, admire beautiful artworks, and create your own illuminated manuscript pages. This fully immersive course features audio recordings, video art tutorials, and full-color pdf downloads. Ideal for ages 6-16.
Fill your Advent with beauty and wonder
Amid the baking, decorating, and joyful bustle of December, it’s easy to reach Christmas without ever finding a moment to slow down and reflect. This guide was created to offer a daily pause - a simple, open-and-go way to bring Christ-centered reflection and beauty into each day.
In just 20 minutes a day, your family can enjoy Nativity storytelling, sacred art, Christmas music, and guided art lessons that invite children into the wonder of Jesus’ birth. Thoughtfully crafted for Christian families of every tradition, it’s a life-giving rhythm you can truly look forward to.
Inside the Advent Guide, you’ll receive:
✓ Scripture-based Nativity stories (with audio)
✓ Guided sacred art studies
✓ Christmas music selections
✓ Family prayers & reflections
✓ Narration prompts
✓ Illuminated manuscript projects
✓ 20-minute open-and-go lessons
✓ Online course + printable PDFs
Just 20 minutes a day—no prep, no stress, all meaning.
Transform your Advent Experience
Many families find themselves entering Advent with the best of intentions yet struggling to create space for anything truly meaningful. Perhaps Advent has felt a bit like this in the past:
• scrambling to find activities that feel worthwhile
• hoping for a peaceful rhythm but running out of time
• children distracted or pulled in different directions
• Advent arriving and disappearing before deeper reflection had a chance to take root
• feeling overwhelmed by resources that require too many books, crafts, or preparation
Now imagine an Advent shaped instead by:
• a calm and dependable 20-minute rhythm each day
• Scripture and sacred art woven gently into your home
• children looking forward to each story, picture study, and reflection
• simple, beautiful moments that become part of your family’s shared memory
This guide was created to make Advent gentle, meaningful, and genuinely doable, even in the midst of a full and joyful December.
Here’s what’s included in the course:
Learning Through Storytelling
Your children will be taken on a journey through eight beautifully written retellings of the original Bible stories, each one paired with a full audio recording. Children will hear the stories unfold through vivid, reverent language, shaped to capture their attention and deepen their understanding of the story of the birth of Jesus.
Learning Through Sacred Art
Enjoy a feast of sacred beauty with guided picture studies on:
• Medieval illuminated manuscripts of Willem Vrelant
• The Nativity frescoes of Giotto
• The luminous works of Fra Angelico
Through gentle prompts and careful observation, your children will learn to look closely, notice details, and behold the Nativity through the eyes of great artists.
Stories of Artists & Ancient Techniques
Discover how manuscript illuminators worked with gold leaf, pigments, and parchment…
Explore the fresco techniques that shaped Giotto and Fra Angelico’s masterpieces…
All taught through engaging, child-friendly storytelling rich with historical detail.
Joyful Christmas Music
Each week includes traditional carols and sacred hymns to fill your home with the wonder and beauty of the season.
Family Prayers & Reflections
Every Nativity story is paired with thoughtful family prayers, Scripture reflections, narration prompts and “Illuminator’s Notes” with background details and historical insight. These moments help you center your family’s hearts around the message of Christ’s birth.
Create Your Own Illuminated Manuscript
Children will complete four guided art activities, learning to paint in the same style as the medieval and Renaissance artists studied in the course.
Simply print the outline provided and follow along with the guided video. By Christmas, your children will have created their own four-page illuminated manuscript—a keepsake to treasure.
20-Minute Lessons
The entire course is designed to take just 20 minutes a day, making it easy to build beauty and meaning into your December, even in a full season.
Perfect for morning time, evening family time, or after-dinner quiet moments.
Audio Recordings
Every Nativity story and illuminated manuscript lesson includes a full audio recording which is ideal for:
• bedtime listening
• car rides
• quiet moments during the day
Online Course + Printable PDFs
Access everything online, or print what you need. Learn at your own pace with:
• 100% online course platform
• beautifully formatted PDFs included
• printable artwork, stories, and manuscript outlines
Everything You Need For Advent—All-In-One
Everything you need is fully included within the guide. We designed this course to be a complete, open-and-go resource to make your Advent as simple and easy as possible. No additional books, art prints, or materials are required. You will only need simple art supplies: watercolor paints, watercolor paper, a paintbrush and gold paint.
What you’ll learn
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PICTURE STUDIES
Enjoy a feast of beautiful artworks to bring the beauty of Advent to life. You will study the illuminated manuscripts of Willem Vrelant and the frescoes of Giotto and Fra Angelico through guided picture study lessons.
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ENGAGING NATIVITY STORIES
Learning through Storytelling
You will be taken on a journey through the Nativity stories through eight beautifully written retellings of the original Bible stories, with accompanying audio files.
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DISCUSSION PROMPTS
Narration Prompts
Each of the Advent stories includes narration, discussion prompts and family prayers, as well as historical details and Scripture notes behind the Advent stories.
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VIDEO ART LESSONS
CREATE YOUR OWN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT
This course includes four guided art activities so children can create their own illuminated manuscript. Just print out the outline provided in the course and follow along with the guided video.
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CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT
Online Course with PDF downloads
You can choose how to enjoy this course based on your needs and your child’s learning preferences. The course is fully online and includes PDF downloads if you’d like to print off the lessons.
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AUDIO RECORDINGS
Each Story is Read Aloud
Each Nativity Story and Illuminated Manuscript has accompanying audio recordings so your children can enjoy them as bedtime audio books, or listening in the car.
