A few posts ago I wrote about the Christmas Advent Journey we've started this year. I have been busy shopping, creating, planning and conspiring since then. So far, I've compiled my 25 days of Christmas activity list (but it still needs some fixing), I've found a bunch of fun gifts to include and started collecting supplies for all the fun activities we'll do. I also found a bunch of used Christmas kids' books (to wrap up for each day) and splurged on one new one. I think we'll buy the kids one new Christmas book every year.
But the main thing I needed to do asap was actually make our advent calendar boxes.
I found a bunch of cheap (1-2 dollar) boxes from the dollar store, found some christmas cookie tins from Value Village and Salvation Army (as well as some in the back of our tupperware cupboard). I also had some old jewelry boxes my mom donated.
I got some gold spray paint from Michaels and hosed down the tacky boxes from the dollar store and bought a few sheets of scrapbook paper. Then I went to work making some cute/scrap book style numbers for each box.
And presto, here is our advent calendar:
They were super fun to make and will be even more fun to fill. I hope these will bring about a lot of fun family memories.
Back to the workshop I go.
[I plan on including daily/weekly collages of all our December activities!]
Next up: a birthday party for Toby who turns 1 in a week!
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