Need an awesome advent calendar? Prepare 24 sheets of A5 white paper, a small box or packet to use as a template, a selection of colourful card, double sided tape, some stickers and embellishments, number stickers from 1 -24, 48 paper clips, sticky-tape, scissors, bakers twine and your choice of filling. First to make the...
DIY Glam Matchbox Advent Calendar
Just two weeks are left before Christmas, and it’s high time that you made a cool advent calendar! Here’s a fun and very glam idea that will make your waiting more special. Prepare 25 plain white craft matchboxes, gold alphabet peel off stickers, 25 strung tags, washi tape, snowflake sequins, matt gold woodland Christmas paper....
Stylish DIY Red Christmas Countdown
We continue the theme of Christmas countdown calendars, and today we’ll make this beautiful and stylish one. Prepare spray adhesive, a drill, a white paint marker, tin snips, white paint, a paintbrush, stain, a calendar, 12×16 wood board, galvanized sheet metal, twine, a round wood piece, a small round magnet with adhesive back. Paint the...
Stylish DIY Geometric Advent Calendar
We’ve already told you about cool DIY advent calendars, and here’s one more idea to the list. A good thing about this geometric calendar is that it’s quite large and you can hide various gifts. Prepare 24 A4 sheets of white cardboard, 50cm x 70cm big black plate, a glue stick or liquid glue, small...
DIY Wooden Houses Advent Calendar
These tiny wooden houses lined up on your mantle are just about the most charming Christmas decor ever! The houses are bottomless so you just lift them up and your treats are under the house. To make this advent calendar you’ll need wooden house template, 10 sheets of balsa wood, hot glue, scissors, gold spray...
Delicious Christmas: 7 DIY Edible Advent Calendars
We’ve already told of many cute advent calendars and today I’d like to attract your attention to this theme again and talk about edible advents. Such an advent calendar is a fun and cool idea for you and your kids, and it’s very easy to make. The most popular idea here is a cookie advent...
DIY Advent Wreath With Candles
There are not so many days left before Christmas and if you haven’t yet made an advent calendar of any kind, it’s high time to! To make this original advent wreath you’ll need a wreath, red felt ornaments (you can easily make them yourself), candleholders in the color you like. Take some wire or threads...
DIY Advent Tree With Felt Stars
We’ve just told of some pretty advent trees, and it’s high time to make one of them! The supplies are craft felt, embroidery floss, yarn, thread. Cut 48 stars out of felt. Embroider half of the stars with the numbers 1 to 24. The numbers could also painted on with fabric paint. Attach a piece...
Easy DIY Matchbox Advent Calendar
We’ve just told you of some original advent trees to make but if you are looking for an extremely easy idea of a calendar, have a look at this one. For this advent calendar you won’t need any skills, just a couple of supplies. The supplies are plain white paper, a pair of scissors, tape,...
DIY Advent Calendar With White Painted Animals
Ready to countdown to Christmas? If you are not, here’s a simple and great idea of an advent calendar. You’ll need 25 plastic animals, white spray paint, tiny red pompom balls, super glue, tweezer, Kraft boxes, number stencils, white craft paint. Spray paint animals white, some may need two coats. Once dry, super glue a...