Homemade Advent Calendar

Materials required to make the Homemade Advent Calendar
The materials required to make the Homemade Advent Calendar are as follows:

• Printed copies of the back and front sheets of the advent calendar (shown below)

• Scissors

• Glue / Gum

• Felt Tip / Marker Pens

• Thin card cut to size of advent calendar

• Old Magazines / Catalogues / Christmas Cards

Instructions to make the Homemade Advent Calendar
The instructions to make the Homemade Advent Calendar are as follows:

• Print off the blank front and back pages of the advent calendar below.

• Cut out various pictures from old magazines / Catalogues making sure the pictures fit inside the blank squares.

• Stick pictures to all 25 of the blank squares on the back page of the advent calendar. You could write messages in each square if preferred.

• Colour or customise the front of the calendar while the back of the calendar is drying.

• Stick the front of the advent calendar to some thin card cut to the same size.

• Cut out the advent doors on the front of the calendar. Using a sharp scissors (adult help required) carefully cut around three sides of each numbered door.

• Glue around the edges of the calendar (front) and stick the front of the calendar to the back.

• Leave to dry until the 1st December! Each day during December open the door corresponding to the day of the month.

Hints and Tips about Christmas Crafts
With a basic stock of materials and supplies together with our ideas with free, easy and simple instructions you can embark on really easy craft projects for kids such as the Homemade Advent Calendar. Our Hints and Tips about Christmas Crafts are as follows:

• Collect bits of cardboard, pinecones, shiny stuff like foil or candy wrappings, old greetings cards, pretty paper, scraps of fabric and cartons and containers

• Ensure the following equipment is available:

  • Sharp scissors (to be used under supervision)

  • Stapler

  • Adhesives, tape and glues

  • Pens, pencils, paint, markers and crayons

  • Glitter and sequins

  • Pieces of ribbons

  • Aluminum foil

  • Ruler

Give the Homemade Advent Calendar as a Christmas Gift
Make this free homemade gift for a family member and give the Homemade Advent Calendar as a Christmas Gift. Homemade gifts, especially from children are treasured for years and valued more than gifts simply purchased in a store!