Christmas Advent Calendar - Arts, Crafts and DIY

67 Comments

I thought of this last year as I wanted something different to the usual shop brought advent calender but also didn’t want to break the bank. All I had to buy extra was the chocolates and the tissue paper It was very easy and fun for my daughter (now 4y) to do and she had heaps of fun trying to guess which chocolate was in each one as we used a couple of different chocolates

Material

24 Toilet Rolls
1 Print out of numbers, you can find them on google - there are heaps of designs available :)
Sticky Tape
24 Lollies or Chocolate bars or small toys - anything you want really :)
Paint/Glue/Glitter/Textas whatever you want to use to decorate the toilet rolls
Tissue paper cut into 24 little squares

Method

Decorate your toilet rolls with your child
Cover one end of the toilet rolls by taping a square of tissue paper on the end
Put your treats into the toilet rolls
Tape the numbered squares onto the other end of the toilet rolls sealing the treats inside
Arrange them throughout your Christmas tree, they should sit nicely in the branches

Notes

Great for a unique advent calender that wont break the bank :)

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- ergospazmo
- 04 Mar 2014
  9:15 pm

67 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 02 Jan 2024
    10:14 am
What a super cute idea

- - tessie said
  - 04 Dec 2020
    11:29 am
What a brilliant idea and you don’t have to waste the container either. I’m sure it was great fun getting it done with your daughter.

- - shanika said
  - 03 Dec 2020
    4:48 pm
Great idea thank you for sharing.

- - Kasey said
  - 02 Dec 2020
    9:55 pm
Such a great and cheap idea for an advent calendar

- - rovermum said
  - 02 Dec 2020
    10:23 am
This is awesome. An absolutely fantastic idea. I wish I’d thought of it, but will steal it for next year.

- - mumma said
  - 02 Dec 2020
    7:43 am
What a great idea instead of purchasing a store one.
Double the fun as you get to do craft with the kids and they get to enjoy it

- - nadine_hill said
  - 01 Dec 2020
    3:30 pm
Cute idea, and you get to choose what you want to put inside whereas shop bought ones are a little hit or miss (and pricey too!)

- - mom101628 said
  - 30 Nov 2020
    11:54 pm
What a very clever idea and helpful in teaching the children their numbers as well. Thanks so much for sharing this.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 17 Oct 2020
    8:33 pm
Very clever, I love that it’s home made

- - mom81879 said
  - 11 Oct 2019
    12:43 pm
I too often think of alternative advent calendars. Something that’s not just chocolates. Liking this idea, add whatever you like

- - mom152736 said
  - 14 Aug 2019
    3:11 pm
lovely idea. happy kid..happy parents. thanks for sharing it!

- - mom119776 said
  - 03 Jun 2019
    11:22 pm
What a great idea.

- - kjgarner said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    8:14 pm
Great for the kids to enjoy making then eating
- kjgarner replied
  
  20 Jun 2018 , 1:47 pm
  The only thing is our tree will be full of them with 5 kids lol
- - mom112217 said
  - 25 Feb 2017
    6:20 pm
A fun and creative project,thanks!

- - mom111059 said
  - 10 Oct 2016
    4:24 pm
Christmas project to do now as it’s only a few months away now.

- - mom111059 said
  - 22 Aug 2016
    3:52 pm
What a fun project. Recycling as well. Thnk you for sharing.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 02 Feb 2016
    12:54 pm
What a cute idea. You could also put in little items from the $2 shop if you don’t want your kids eating chocolate from the advent calendar. Great post!

- - JessyJade190490 said
  - 06 Nov 2015
    8:54 pm
Great idea!! I would imagine even pasting them or sticking them together could also work? With 4 kidlets, might be a bit harder to just stick them through-out the Christmas tree lol. But what a fabulous idea!! The cheap party bag toys would be a great idea to add in these I think. Might also work with some rolled up card do you think?

Anyways, going to give it a darn good go =D Thanks heaps for sharing this!! Can’t wait to get started!!!

- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Sep 2015
    10:40 am
This is a great idea. I hate those advent calendars with that yukky chocolate!

- - dannsbuild said
  - 21 Sep 2015
    8:17 pm
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing this!