Advent Calendar-DIY

Happy last day of November!  How can this be??  This year has flown by, so before we start December, I thought I’d share a little advent calendar I whipped together last year.  And it didn’t cost me a penny!  

Around this time last year I decided to make a fun little advent calendar using only items I had on hand.  Lucky for me, I never throw anything away, including scrap lumber.  So, I raided the stash of scrap trim from the garage and a few wooden clothes pins.  This is where I started…

I cut each piece using a hand saw and sanded the edges.   I glued each branch to the trunk of the tree and then tacked it on the back to secure it.

For the clips I used standard wooden clothespins.

To make the star, I pulled apart eight clothespins and removed the wire clip.  Then I glued the pieces back to back, opposite of how they came originally, like so.

I then glued four clothespin pieces together to begin the star.

Then I glued the remaining pieces together and topped it off with a pearl button.  Easy!

Then I painted it white.

Here is the whole advent tree put together.

To make the numbers I printed them on the computer then used a decorative punch to cut them out.  I then glued the numbers to small brown gift bags that I purchased at Michael’s.

And a close up of the numbers…

This is the finished advent calendar.  I gave it to my fairy god-daughter last year.  I hope she will use it for years to come!

Does your family use an advent calendar?  If so, what kind?  Did you make your own?  Do tell!  I hope you have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by!  xoxo Dell