Lots of Holiday traditions are getting ready to kick off tomorrow and one I absolutely adore is the Advent Calendar. Kids LOVE having a visual to countdown how many days are left til Christmas day!
Advent Calendars themselves run the gamut from preboxed, candy filled versions, to those pricey ones from high end shops, to fun DIY crafty ones! Well, quite frankly, I’m a cheapo AND I’m a crafter, so you KNOW which option I’m going for, right? I started mine last night using my new Advent Jar 2 kit.
Here are some fun DIY ideas for you to bust out your own Advent Calendar… and don’t stress if you can’t get it thrown together TODAY, you can start the advent at anytime, I’m sure your kids won’t mind getting extra doses of goodies for a few days to catch up!
advent spools!!!! via justsomethingimade
advent book by LeighTheo
made from a shoe organizer! via eighteen25
advent boxes! via shabbychiccrafts
advent pockets!! via bluecricketdesign
advent trees!!! via pinksuedeshoe
advent cookie sheet! via katiebeecreative
advent boxes via bhg
advent tree!! via mayamade
machboxes!!! via countryliving
advent cones via theredthreadblog
advent clothespins! via sundayinbed
advent packages via ohhappyday
advent tp rolls! via stipje
advent mason jars via stipje
matchboxes via justagirlblog
advent cones via pickles
envelopes via designsponge
fabric chain via stitchcraftcreations
advent box via tatertotsandjello
boxes via 2boys2girls
advent calendar by kimbermcgray
advent jar by vwibbens
Need ideas of what to put IN all those little boxes? Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Watch a holiday TV special
- Decorate the tree
- Make a holiday craft
- Watch Elf
- Assemble/address holiday cards with music and cocoa
- Wrap gifts by the tree
- Read ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
- Have lunch with Santa
- Bake/decorate cookies
- Make pinecone ornaments
- Take a drive and look at holiday lights
- Donate toys to a family in need
- Cut out paper snowflakes
- Go ice skating
- Deliver baked goods to friends
- Make breakfast for dinner and eat in our pajamas
- Take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage
- Write down the 10 best memories from the past year
- Attend a holiday concert
- Take a family photo
- Watch the snow fall
- Share your favorite holiday memories with your kids
- Go sledding
- Read a Christmas story
- Family movie night
- Unwrap new jammies
- Decorate cookies
- Have a candlelit dinner
- Leave cookies/milk for Santa
- Enjoy giving as much as receiving
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What a wonderful idea for celebrating the season! Love it.
OMG! This post reminds me. I made a hybrid advent calendar a few years back. I’ll have to dig it up.
Great ideas! Esp. loved the mini book and advent jar!
I want to make them all!!!! Thank you so much. I just love advent calendars!!!
I remember always having an advent calendar while growing up and yet I never had one for my kids *for shame* .. this year I made a jar Advent calendar (which I had never heard of) but they feel instantly in love! I seriously love the idea of activities being the ‘surprise’ inside. I’m SO doing that next year!
So many cute ideas for advent calendars. I also love your list of ideas. I just bought my daughter a Dylan’s Candy advent calendar, she just opens up one flap a day and she gets to eat her chocolate. Definitely not as pretty, creative, or special as the ones you have listed. Maybe if I start now, I’ll have mine ready for next christmas.
Oh my goodness, these are incredible. What a beautiful selection. So inspiring!