Brown Bag & Chalk Board Calendar.
It’s just about the perfect time of year to start thinking about putting together an advent calendar. I always seem to remember this way too late– but this time I am bringing my A game.
An Advent calendar is a special calendar used to count or celebrate the days in anticipation of Christmas. The days usually overlap with the Christian season of Advent, which can be as early as November 27 and as late as December 3. Many take the form of a large rectangular card with “windows” of which there are usually 24: one for each day of December leading up to Christmas Day. The doors are opened starting with the first one. Consecutive doors are opened every day leading up to Christmas. The calendar windows open to reveal an image, poem, a portion of a story (such as the story of the Nativity of Jesus) or a small gift, such as a toy or a chocolate item. Some calendars are strictly religious, whereas others are secular in content.
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So no matter what you celebrate, if you’d like to count down the days until your holiday in a fun and crafty way, try out some of these advent calendar designs.
The links below the images will take you back to the original site, and most will include a how-to tutorial.
Muffin Pan Calendar. Clever use of 24 ready-made spots to keep your treats.
Funky in Felt. Add a little color and geometry to your decor.
Fabric Bundles. Sweet little reusable packages.
Paper Hoop Wreath. Great way to use your empty ribbon rolls.
Dressed Up TP Rolls. Try using paper towel rolls, or roll up some cardstock if the TP factor icks you out.
Minimalistic. No glitz, just good design.
Instagram Photo Reveal. Choose your favorite 25 photos and relive those precious memories all over again.
Paper Cup Reindeers. Simple, effective and adorable.
Printable in B&W. Free template to print and fold these at home.
Paper Building Boxes. For the architecture loving home. Another free printable!
And finally, for the beer connoisseur in your life. Nothing says Happy Holidays like a 2-4.
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I just started making an advent calendar for my son today so this is timely. I decided to use minieco’s printable Christmas cracker template to do it even though she also has a pretty cool advent calendar printable. I’m going to put something in each one (mostly slips of paper with activities written on them like making pine cone bird feeders, going on a walk after dark to see the lights, etc), number them, and then hang them from the garland that will run down our stair banister. They almost look like giant wrapped up candies.
I love the instagram photo reveal one! I love a few others too but I haven’t seen that one before!!