My friend Courtney, who blogs here, introduced me to the idea of a Jesse Tree Ornament exchange. The Jesse Tree is a special tree you put up on December 1st that serves as an advent to count down the days to Christmas. Each day there is a special ornament that is accompanied with a bible story that point to the ultimate gift, Jesus!
Making 25 unique ornaments can be tedious and a big task to accomplish alone. With the ornament exchange each person makes 25 of the same ornament and exchange to make a complete set! It's also great accountability to actually get it done!
We had a blast at our ornament exchange and I loved all of the creative ideas that everyone came up with in making their ornaments! Most of all, I am excited about the creative way to share Jesus with my kiddos every day of December!
Click here to check out Ann Voskamp's blog for a complete "how to" and templates to start on your Jesse Tree.
Are you not loving how it is all playing out?? Jack is bought in and loves the ritual of reading and hanging the ornament. We are doing it at dinner; I can see this being the start of nightly devotions at the table. Jack is getting the Jesus Calling Bible Storybook so we might use that?
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