Jesse Tree Readings & Coloring Pages for 2010

Update: You can see close-up pictures of our tree and ornaments here.

Back in 2007 I started printing coloring pages for each day of Advent to coordinate with our Jesse Tree.  Since every year the number of days in Advent is different, it is necessary to adjust the reading list slightly each year.

This year I decided to rearrange our Jesse Tree ornaments to coordinate with the New Catholic Picture Bible - the one we use each year for our Jesus Tree.

I have also updated the links to the coloring pages we will be using this year.  (I noticed that many of my old links no longer are working, that's the problem with linking to artwork that is not my own...Links are often moved or deleted!)   My older children have opted to color selections from their copies of Stories from the Old Testament (Marty) and  Great Adventure Kids Bible Story Coloring Book (Great Adventures: Kids), as well as working on adding corresponding entries to their History Timelines!

For those of you that have been asking, I made the ornaments for our Jesse Tree by looking at the coloring pictures found in Advent and Christmas for the Christian Family which is part of the Celebrating the Faith in the Home Series from Emmanuel Books.   As for the tree/banner.  I just cut it out free hand, hot glued it the a blue felt background and then a couple weeks later attached jingle bells with safety pins to hang the ornaments from since my children kept knocking them off!  ;)   SUPER EASY!!  Plus the jingle bells look and sound so cheery and Christmasy! 

Anyhow, here is our list for this year:

November 28 ~ Creation
Symbol:  Earth
Readings: Gen .1:1-31; 2:1-4
NCPB: The Story of Creation, Pages 8-9
Coloring: Creator of Heaven and Earth

November 29 ~ Adam & Eve
Symbol:  Man & Woman / Apple
Readings: Gen. 2:7-9, 18-24
NCPB: Adam & Eve in Paradise, Pages 10-11 (first half)
Coloring: Adam and Eve or Creation

November 30 ~ Fall of Man 
Symbol: Serpent
Readings: Gen. 3:1-7 and 23-24
NCPB: Adam & Eve in Paradise, Pages 10-11 (second half; optional pages 12-13)
Coloring: Expelled from Paradise (favorite) Adam & Eve Expelled from the Garden (younger children)

December 1 ~ Noah's Ark
Symbol: Ark
Readings: Gen. 6:5-8, 13-22; 7:17, 23, 24; 8:1, 6-22
NCPB: Noah's Ark, Pages 14-15
Coloring: Noah's Ark (My children love this collage)
This is another great option: Noah's Ark Coloring Page Two-by-two

December 2 ~ Abraham
Symbol: Stars
Readings: Gen. 12:1-3
NCPB: The Promise to Abram; Abraham's Sacrifice, Pages 16-17
Coloring: Abraham

December 3 ~ Isaac
Symbol:  Bundle of wood
Readings: Gen. 22:1-14 
NCPB: Abraham's Sacrifice, Pages 18-19

December 4 ~ Jacob's Ladder
Symbol:  Ladder
Readings: Gen. 25:1-34; 28:10-15
NCPB: Jacob and Esau, Pages 20-21

December 5 ~ Joseph
Symbol: Joseph's Coat of Many Colors
Readings: Gen. 37:23-28; 45:3-15
NCPB: Joseph and his Brothers, Joseph in Potiphar's House & Joseph's Greatness, Pages 22-27
Coloring:  Joseph and  Joseph Storing Food

December 6 ~ Moses
Symbol: Ten Commandments/Stone Tablets
Moses: Ex. 2:1-10
NCPB: The Ten Commandments and Miracles in the Dessert, Pages 39-41
Optional:  Moses, Prince and Leader, The Burning Bush, The Plagues of Egypt, The Crossing of the Red Sea and Manna in the Desert, Pages 28-37
Coloring: Moses and the Ten Commandments
Here is also a Moses Maze and our simple Ten Commandments Lapbook!

December 7 ~ Joshua
Symbol: Sword & Trumpet
Readings: Joshua 6:2-5; Jos. 1,3,6-11
NCPB: Rahab and the Two Spies; The Taking of Jericho; and Joshua Conquers the Land of Canaan, Pages 42-47

December 8 ~ Ruth
Symbol: Sheaths of Grain
Readings: Ruth 2:15-17
NCPB: The Devotion of Ruth, Pages 48-49
Coloring: Ruth gathering wheat or this version which we will use this year

December 9 ~ Samuel
Symbol: Oil Lamp
Readings: Sam. 3:1-18
NCPB: The Child Samuel; King Saul; Saul Disobeys God, Pages 52-57

December 10 ~ Jesse
Symbol: Shepherd's staff
Readings: 1 Sam. 16:1-13
NCPB: David and Saul, Pages 58-59
For Jesse we will color this Shepherd with Staff

December 11 ~ David
Symbol: Harp
Readings: 1 Sam. 17:12-51
NCPB: David and Goliath; David Loves Saul; Saul's Death; The City of David , Pages 60-67
Coloring Pages:David & the King and David and Goliath
Dot-to-Dot:  David and Goliath

December 12 ~ Solomon
Symbol: Scales of Justice
Readings: 1 Kings 3:5-14, 16-28
NCPB: King Solomon; The Temple of Solomon, Pages 70-73
Coloring Page: King Solomon

December 13 ~ Elijah
Symbol: Raven
Readings: 2 Kings 17:2-4, 6; 2 Kings 17-18:21-39
NCPB: The Prophet Elijah; The Prophet Elisha, Pages 76-79
Coloring: Elijah Praying

December 14 ~ Jonah
Symbol: Whale
Readings: Jonah 2:1-2, 11
NCPB: The Prophet Jonah, Pages 80-81

December 15 ~ Isaiah and Jeremiah
Symbol: Stone
Isaiah: Isaiah 7:14 or Ecclesiastes 48:25
Jeremiah: Jeremiah 30:21-22
NCPB: Isaiah and Jeremiah, Pages 82-83
Coloring: Bible and Scroll

December 16 ~ Raphael
Symbol: Fish
Readings: Tobit 11:7-8
NCPB: Tobiah and the Angel, Pages 84-85
Coloring: St. Raphael Coloring Page illustrated by Charlotte

December 17 ~ Judith
Symbol: Sword
Readings: Judith 13:7-10
NCPB: The Bravery of Judith, Pages 86-87
Coloring: Hummmm... I think I am going to look for a picture of just a sword for my little ones to color since the only other one I can find is a little too much for my kiddos!

December 18 ~ Daniel
Symbol: Lion
Readings: Daniel 6:1-29
NCPB: Daniel in the Lions' Den, Pages 90-91



Coloring:Daniel in the Lions Den 
A simpler version can be found here.

December 19 ~ Angel Gabriel
Symbol: Angel with lily
Readings: Luke 1:26-38
NCPB: The Annunciation, Pages 94-95
Coloring:  St. Gabriel by Charlotte; and The Annunciation; or this beautiful Conceived by the Holy Spirit






December 20 ~ Zachary and Elizabeth
Symbol: Angel
Reading: Luke 1:11-13
NCPB: The Visitation, Pages 96-97
Coloring: The Visitation (my favorite) or this version is another option


December 21 ~ St. John the Baptist
Symbol: Shell with water
John the Baptist: Mark 1:1-8
NCPB: The Visitation, Pages 96-97 (Optional: The Baptism of Jesus, pages 112-113)
Coloring Activities: The Baptism of Our Lord

December 22 ~ Joseph
Symbol: Carpenter's Saw
Joseph: Matt. 1:18-25
NCPB: The Birth of Jesus, Pages 98-99
Coloring: Here is one of St. Joseph; St. Joseph the Worker (by Charlotte)

December 23 ~ Mary
Symbol: Lily
Reading: Matt. 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38
NCPB: The Birth of Jesus, Pages 98-99
Coloring Page:  Born of the Virgin Mary;  Mary, Mother of God (by Charlotte)
As an option, here is a coloring page with a lily

December 24 ~ Birth of Jesus
Symbol: Infant Messiah
Reading: John 1:1-14
NCPB: The Birth of Jesus, Pages 98-99
Coloring: I just LOVE this coloring page for The Birth of our Lord!




And here is one more coloring page link for the Feast of Epiphany.  I am hoping that I will have a chance to make additional ornaments this year for the Twelve Days of Christmas!


Additional Ornaments from our collection - I may squeeze these in here and there if I have the opportunity:

Melchisidek
Symbol: Bread and Wine
Readings: Gen. 14:17-20; Ps. 110:4; Heb.20 
Coloring: High Priest for Melchisidek

Hezekiah
Symbol: Teardrops
Readings: 2 Kings 20:1-6; 2 Kings 18-20 

Nehemiah
Symbol: Walls of Jerusalem
Readings: Neh. 2:17; Neh. 1-7 
Coloring Activities: Here is a fun maze for the wall of Nehemiah.

Esther
Symbol: Queens Crown
Readings: Esther 2:17 
Coloring Activities: Esther or this one of Esther meeting the King


We will also add the following O Antiphon Ornaments (Dec 17-23):

O Wisdom (Jesus is Wisdom): Sirach 24:2; Symbol: Open book
O Lord (Jesus is Lord): Ex. 3:2; 20:1 Symbol: Burning bush
O Flower (Jesus is Flower of Jesse): Isaiah 11:1-3 Symbol: Flower
O Key (Jesus is Key of David): Isaiah 22:22 Symbol: Key
O Radiant Dawn (Jesus is the Radiant Dawn): Isaiah 41:25-26 Symbol: Sun rising
O King (Jesus is King of the Gentiles): Psalm 2:7-8; Ephesians 2:14-20 Symbol: Crown
O Emmanuel (Jesus is Emmanuel): Isaiah 7:14; 33:22 Symbol: Holy Eucharist

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