Best Homemade Advent Calendars
My friend was cleaning her closets the other day, and asked if I was interested in her old house-shaped letter box. It looked … a bit dated, a bit odd-shaped, a bit bland as it was plain wood, and … I did not know what to do with it. Mentally, I was running my ‘Do I want to own this?’-test & ‘No clutter in the house’-mantra.
So, at first I said ‘No, thank you’. When I closed the door behind me, I politely said ‘I’ll think about it’. I started to like the fact that it was a bit odd, bland & an opportunity to recycle.
Then, on my way home this wonderful advent calendar idea popped into my mind. When I got home, I called her and said ‘Yes, I take it’.
Before I begin anything these days, I usually scour the web and look for other interesting design ideas to either spark or enhance my own creative mind.
There are some amazingly creative, beautiful designs of advent calendars: with boxes, and birds, garlands, envelops, … you name it. Here are some the best ideas and designs for handmade advent calendars, according to my taste.
If you, like me, are making your own homemade advent calendar, I’m sure you’ll find a pattern you’ll like here. Many of the source-blogs have printables and instructions on how to make advent calendars. Visiting any or all of them will help you figure out how to make an advent calendar.
btw. The first two are most practical as the wooden letter box I received is most akin to these. Albeit that mine has less than 24 boxes, so a dose of extra creativity is required…..
 (The Land of Nods) |
 (the company store) |
 (bhg) |
 (marthastuwart) |
 (canadianfamily) |
 (skiptomyloo) free bird template |
 the red thread |
 (http://www.jordanferney.com) |
 (allsorts) |
 (Frills in the Hills) |
 (LovelandMisc) |
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 (Heartlinen) |
 … just kidding… (MadeInEngland.org) |
Stay tuned for what I’ll be coming up with.
Till tomorrow!
