Scroll through Bible journaling accounts online and it's easy to think you need forty products before you start your first spread. You don't. A handful of well-chosen supplies covers almost everything, and you can build out the rest of your kit over time as you figure out your own style.
Start with the basics
Most Bible journalers build around four or five core supplies: tabs to find your place, sticker sheets for illustrating verses, a slim pocket for keeping loose ephemera flat, and a roll or two of washi tape for borders and accents. We keep our full lineup together in our Bible Journaling Supplies collection, so you can see what pairs well before you buy anything.
Bible tabs
Tabs are usually the first thing people add, since they make it so much faster to flip to the book you're studying. Our laminated sets cover all 66 books of the Bible plus 8 blank tabs you can label yourself, with a placement guide card so every tab lands exactly where it should — see the Bible Tabs collection for the full lineup, including a Catholic edition with the deuterocanonical books included.
Stickers and washi tape for decorating
Once the practical stuff is sorted, decorating is where Bible journaling gets fun. Our sticker sheets cover a range of faith themes and verse illustrations, and washi tape is the easiest way to frame a passage or divide a page without committing to anything permanent — peel it back off if you change your mind.
Want it all in one box?
If you'd rather not piece a kit together yourself, our Bible Journaling Starter Kit bundles tabs, a faith sticker sheet, a vellum pocket, and washi tape in one box — everything you need to start decorating your Bible without piecing supplies together one at a time.
A few tips before you start
Test any adhesive on a spare page first — Bible paper is thin, and not every sticker or washi tape is made for it. Work in pencil before you commit to pen. And don't feel like your first spread has to be a finished masterpiece; most people's journaling gets simpler, not more elaborate, the longer they do it.
Browse the Bible Journaling Supplies collection for the full lineup of tabs, stickers, washi tape and pockets to build out a system that works for how you study.