If you’re looking for DIY options for your Advent Calendar
/Christmas Countdown this year, hear are five stellar options. Even if you have bought a ready-made calendar, you can still use these ideas. I got my son a Playmobil calendar, but I plan to take the toys out and put them in my own cute packaging instead! So use and adapt these ideas to suit your needs.
Check out these advent calendars from our very own sister site Craftbits.com – you can make yourself at home. Homemade advent calendars allow you to customize the design and size to suit the gifts you wish to use. Want to buy a ready made calendar instead? Check out these Advent Calendars
ready to go on Amazon.
No-Sew Muslin Advent Calendar — CraftBits.com
Advent Calender – 12 Days Of Christmas — CraftBits.com
Advent Calendar Using Brown Paper Bags — CraftBits.com
Recycled CD Advent Calender — CraftBits.com
Magnetic Advent Calendar — CraftBits.com
Want more ideas for Advent calendars? We have a dedicated Pinterest board here for DIY Advent Calendars.
Focus on the spirit of Christmas this year with a service Advent calendar. This will help you and your family do acts of service in your community.
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This gorgeous minimalist idea comes from to us from Germany. Use Google translate to read it all, but the photos are pretty self-explanatory. Attach paper stars and wooden numbers to each paper sack. The good thing about this idea is that the supplies can be reused year after year.
Numbered boxes are kind of an Advent Calendar tradition, and this version is great! Buy already patterned boxes at the craft store, or make your own, then add numbered tags. You can make the tags from scratch too.
Here’s another idea from Germany. Stitch the toys or treats into these red and craft patterned sacks, and stack them in a wooden tray. You could even make the sacks yourself with wrapping paper.
See more at Naturlich Creative
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This one will be quick to whip up using lunch sacks and the free printable numbers. It should take you about 45 minutes to pull this together once you’ve gathered all the supplies.
If your kids are obsessed with receiving mail (and honestly what kid isn’t?), this is the perfect idea. Make this mini-mail packages, and sneak them into the mailbox every day, or add them to the mail stack when you bring the mail inside. These litle packages look like they came directly from the North Pole!
