With only 45 days until Christmas, I present to you… 29 DIY advent calendars to make with the kiddos. Make it early so that you can use it all December long! The following advent calendars are made out of things you likely have on hand like envelopes, match boxes, grocery bags, bottle caps muffin tins, and even toilet paper rolls!
11. Activity a Day
13. Canvas Countdown
16. Candy Box Advent
17. Felt Advent
19. Matchbox Advent
20. Matchbox Advent
24. Buckets
25. Card Holder
27. Advent Tree
28. Santa’s Beard
29. Paper Beard
Did you do advent calendars when you were a kid? Did you make them each year or use the same one? My grandma made us one, and we used it every year. I’d love to hear…
I love all these ideas! Check out the one I made it's a little different than the one's you featured
http://oliviarenn.blogspot.com/2010/11/pottery-barn-inspired-branch-advent.html
Thanks for sharing!
I've seen so many great new advent calendar ideas this season! I love how most of these involve some form of paper craft but are all completely unique! I think my favorite is the Hobby Craft Cute Envelopes though – I love the plaid deer cut out. Great finds!
Awesome job!!
I linked to you here: http://mcclurefamilyspace.blogspot.com/2010/11/advent-calender-ideas.html
Thanks love for including mine!
That is a lovely idea…. I am sure your kids will have so much fun… especially the Paper Bag Boxes.
Love your round up. I also have an advent calendar i made last year from toilet rolls, check it out on my blog @ http://www.serenityyou.com , you’ll find it under the christmas label
Thanks for sharing 🙂 Checking it out now!
You might want to check your spelling of the word “calendar” in your title. 😉
OH geez… thank you for telling me! I fixed it 🙂 How do I miss that stuff? Want to be my editor 🙂
You’re welcome. I wouldn’t make a good editor though…I never catch my own mistakes, lol. 🙂
Your Advent calendars are so cute, by the way!
What a great round up! Thank you for posting these ideas. I’ve been trying to decide what kind of advent calendar to use now that I’ve got a little one. These ideas are so cute it may be just as hard to decide now as before!
We use the same calendar every year and sometimes add another one as well. Ours is a homemade match box calendar but we use it as the 24 Days of Service … every day our kids have a task they do that serves others. You can see it here: http://www.dukesandduchesses.com/2011/11/24-days-of-service-advent-calendar.html
All of these are so adorable!
Sadly, I can never seem to stick to an advent calendar since I moved out of my parents place :/ .
They make a great double for a decoration as well as a fun activity though!
Thanks for the post!