Advent Calendar

I'm on a arts and crafts gyre this week!  My draw solid is notwithstanding a wreck, simply I'm getting about skillful projects done.  In the past times my children bring enjoyed mark the days leading upwardly to Christmas on a fiddling snowman calendar, simply this twelvemonth I wanted to jump on the advent bandwagon inward hopes that a fiddling focus each 24-hour interval volition assistance us continue our minds on the Birth of Jesus this Christmas season. 

There are a 1000000 unlike techniques as well as non bad ideas for advent calendars out there, simply I was putting mine together a fiddling belatedly as well as went simple.  Aja's cute calendar inspired me as well as I made a quick Hobby Lobby run for about newspaper as well as tags as well as got to work.

It's a Strange as well as Lovely Ride

I had a 20x24 frame that I wanted to role as well as the spacing worked out perfectly.  I cutting the patterned newspaper inward ii 3/4 x three 3/4 inch rectangles as well as and therefore cutting smaller ruddy squares to mucilage on transcend of them.  Then I stamped the numbers for each engagement on top.

Using a chip slice of mat board, I sprayed adhesive on the board as well as about burlap cutting to size as well as and therefore stuck the burlap down.  Then, using a mini-hot mucilage gun I ran a strip of mucilage downwards the sides as well as across the bottom of the rectangle to attach it to the board.

The tags were purchases at Hobby Lobby as well as I added about sparse jute through the hole inward the top.  This fourth dimension I chose to exclusively write messages on the tags rather than tucking treats inside...although about of the tags may comprise instructions to have a treat!

Finally I attached the board within the frame as well as slipped a tag inward each pocket.  Other than a non bad bargain of cutting (thank goodness for my handy scrapbooking newspaper trimmer-that never gets used for scrapping whatsoever more!) this was an slow as well as fairly quick project.  I'm anxious to come across how my kids react to a novel activity this year.  I promise they hold off forrad to checking it each day!

There are therefore many distractions this fourth dimension of twelvemonth that I promise this is a skillful tool to assistance us recall what's rattling of import as well as worthy of our attention.

P.S.  Happy Birthday to my sis Sarah!  I am therefore thankful for my youngest sis...she is growing into such a beautiful lady friend who helps me alongside the "techy" materials for the blog, loves decorating equally much equally I do, totally pulls off her ain fashion statements, as well as is creative inward the kitchen as well as a lover Star Wars as well as LOTR.  I honey you lot Sarah! 

(and that's her cutie boyfriend!)

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