5 min read
Age: Suitable for ages 4+
5 min read
Age: Suitable for ages 4+
Advent Calendars make the wait for Christmas Eve wonderfully special. When you create your own Advent Calendar, you add a personal touch to the tradition. Fancy some ideas and inspiration? Find helpful tips and instructions right here.
A large, old cardboard box
Acrylic paint in various shades of green
Thick paintbrushes
Assorted colourful and glittery papers
Glasses of various sizes for tracing circles
Pencil
Scissors
24 mini clothes pegs
Number stamps or stickers from 1 to 24
Ruler
Craft knife
- A large, old cardboard box
- Acrylic paint in various shades of green
- Thick paintbrushes
- Assorted colourful and glittery papers
- Glasses of various sizes for tracing circles
- Optional circle punch
- Pencil
- Possibly a thick fine liner
- Scissors
- 24 mini clothes pegs
- Number stamps or stickers from 1 to 24
- Pritt Glue Stick
- Pritt Multipurpose Glue
- Ruler
- Craft knife (to be used under adult supervision)
About 45 to 60 minutes plus drying time
Always supervise children when using sharp tools.
Cut a piece about 16 x 24 inches from the old cardboard box. Paint it in different shades of green and let it dry thoroughly.
Using the ruler, draw a pointed triangle on the painted cardboard. Then cut out the shape. This forms the base for your do-it-yourself Advent Calendar.
Now it's time for the baubles for your Advent Calendar: Using different sized glasses, trace 25 circles on the colourful (glittery) paper and cut them out.
Tip:
You can also use a circle punch for this.
Attach clothes pegs to each paper circle. Then distribute the "baubles" on the green cardboard until you're happy with the arrangement.
All set? Now use the Pritt Multipurpose glue to stick the individual clothes pegs onto the cardboard. Allow the glue to dry completely.
While the glue is drying, you can work on the next part of your Advent Calendar craft: Draw 25 small circles for the numbers on the colourful (glittery) paper and cut them out. Tip: You can also use a circle punch here.
Use number stamps or stickers to label the small circles with numbers from 1 to 25. Tip: Alternatively, you can write the numbers on the circles by hand.
Using the Pritt glue stick, attach the numbered small circles to your large paper Christmas baubles.
Cut out a star from glittery paper and glue it as decoration on the treetop.
Print out 25 small riddles, poems or Christmas-themed quotes, or write them by hand on small pieces of paper. Cut the papers to size if needed.
Tip:
You can also prepare vouchers instead.
Fold the papers and use the clothes pegs to tuck them behind each bauble so they're hidden from view.