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Deal with it.
Mostly, I have been trying to find the perfect advent calendar to make. We always had advent calendars growing up, and sometimes my mom still sends me a package with one it in (the king with chocolate naturally.)
But this year I decided I wanted to go all domestic (not to mention cuh-razy on Pinterest) and make one of my own that we can use year-after-year. Sort of a new advent calendar tradition. Or, I guess the tradition could be to make a new advent calendar every year. I haven't decided yet.
Deal with it.
But I did find all these awesome advent calendar options.
My favorite is this embroidered advent calendar from PurlBee, but it looks really complicated and sort of hard, not to mention rather large. I think I would have to modify it somehow, but I like where this one is going.
I am also rather fond of this pennant advent calendar from Peppermint Pinwheels on Etsy. Sadly, there are no instructions for making it, though it seems like you could probably figure something out. And when you do, let me know!
For the make-a-new-advent-calendar-every-year idea, this stamped envelope advent calendar from DesignSponge seems like a good and relatively easy option. And I like how you can put a little activity or special surprise in each envelope. I suppose another idea would be to keep the envelopes from year to year and just change what's inside to keep things exciting.
And for sheer ingenuity, I think this recycle bin advent calendar from Craftastica takes the cake. I don't know if I have so many lovely things in my recycle bin, but it would be cool to create this same type of calendar every year with what you happened to have on hand. Then you get the best of both worlds: a new advent calendar every year that is still sort of familiar.
I need to make up my mind soon if I have any prayer of getting this done by Christmas.
Can you help me?
What are your favorite homemade advent calendar ideas?
9 comments:
I am so agreeing with you! In Sweden we celebrate 1st through
4th advent every year, and this year's 1st advent is Nov. 27th already so am already checking out X-mas lighting, gift wrapping, and decors. Plus, yor dresses and decor ofcourse.
i'm doing one for my sister and i bought those Chinese takeout boxes. now all i need to do is write the numbers and fill the boxes!
I designed and am working on a full-on handmade advent calendar for December...such a fun project.
And, I pinned that last "recycled" calendar the other night as inspiration for next years! :] (Great minds think alike?)
I'm totally into advent calendars right now! I found this really cute one on Pinterest that has little envelopes. In each slot you put a christmas activity to do that day. So cute!
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cool crafty calendar. Im sure nobody will forget a day because of its inviting color
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Those are really fun advent calendars, I like the pendant one.
I bought a beautiful Advent "thingy" from Etsy. (I am not crafty) It is tiny burlap bags with pretty fabrics as accents, all pinned with clothespins to a ribbon. For each day my kids will pull out an activity to do. I coincided with our calendar so some days it matches what is happening that day. Things like: Write a letter and send a care package to a soldier; or (on a day we will be out of town) Go out of the way to say thank you to an employee at the hotel, leave a note for the housekeeper wishing her a merry Christmas; or Hug your siblings and tell them each 3 things that you admire about them; or Say something nice to your teacher today; or (when my husband comes home from a trip to China) Think of three ways you can serve Daddy today. There are other service days, a movie night, a day where they tell the Christmas story and what it means to them, etc.
i've never made an advent calendar until this year and the 'recycle bin' example you give is what i based mine on! here's a link to the post i wrote on the project: http://helencounters.blogspot.com/2011/12/advent-calendar.html. i liked the way it turned out, but it definitely isn't long lasting. will have to recycle it after christmas for sure ;)
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