How To Make Your Own Advent Calendar

Right, so as you may or may not know, I’m what can only be described as a Christmas Crafter. I know. I’m just as scared as you are. Trust me, it’s definitely a term I thought I’d never use to describe myself. Champagne Guzzler? Um, that would be a YES! Christmas Crafter? Yeah, not so much.

My latest Christmas Craft project is an Advent Calendar. It’s really easy to make and I thought you might like to make one too, so here we go with my first craft blog post: How To Make Your Own Advent Calendar. Enjoy 🙂

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENT CALENDAR:

Step One:

Buy a packet of brown paper bags and take out 25 of them

Step Two:

Muck around on your computer and come up with some fonts you like and print out numbers 1-25 on the bags

Now, I’m not going to lie. Printing onto paper bags is a bit of a challenge. My printer is a cheapy and threw more tantys than a two year old in a lolly shop during this process. As long as you prepare yourself for multiple paper jams and print refusals, you’ll be fine!

Step Three:

Fill each bag with a sweet treat and little note. I used these gorgeous printables from The TomKat Studio which you may remember seeing before when I used them for Sophie’s Christmas Birthday Party last year.

Now because I’m a bit uptight and like things to be highly organised, I printed out a calendar and filled in events/parties etc that are already locked in for December and made sure the note for that day corresponded with what we’re doing/where we’re going. I know. It’s a bit OTT, but that’s how I roll.

On days where there’s nothing happening, I filled out the card with a little Christmas Challenge/Activity. Examples include: bake Christmas cookies with mum, wish someone a Merry Christmas, Send Christmas Cards to your cousins etc.

Step Four:

Display the bags on a wall or a niche in your home and watch as your children pull the bags off each morning, searching for the daily activity and chocolate!

How to make your own advent calendar by Kirsten and co.

Have you ever made your own Advent Calendar?

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