December 1 is advent calendar day .
And the supermarket version calendar with indigestible chocolates, I saturate!
There are plenty of other ways to easily create a pretty, budget-friendly and oh-so-original calendar.
Here are some ideas for creating yourself, or with the children, a very cute advent calendar that will last for several years.
This was my first homemade calendar. My mother didn't know what to do with baby clothes. She picked up the little pairs of multicolored socks.
She stretched a beautiful ribbon with two nails and tied 24 socks with small clothespins on the ribbon. (Avoid the thumbtacks, they might not hold up to 24 socks stuffed with surprises!).
On the socks were glued small labels bearing the numbers from 1 to 24!
There you have it, a pretty garland of socks for an original advent calendar.
Once you have collected your 24 chocolates or your 24 little surprises, lock them in cartons! To do this,
1. Cut a square between 10*10 and 15*15 cm in colored card stock.
2. Roll it up to make a tube (staple or glue to hold).
3. Flatten one of the sides and close it with a dot of glue or two staples.
4. Then fill your berlingot with its associated surprise.
5. Then flatten the second side of the tube so that the two sides of the carton are perpendicular. Staple...
6. All you have to do is write the numbers on a label with a marker and stick it on.
Result
And there you have it, you have made your advent calendar :-)
Easy, fast and economical, right?
In addition, your calendar is original and unique! You can customize it as you want.
In the supermarket, Advent calendars all look alike and sincerely, chocolates are not haute cuisine!
For a little more originality, bakeries and pastries offer us pretty calendars with homemade chocolates. Succulent certainly, but overpriced!
As Christmas approaches, we have enough expenses to avoid adding to ourselves that of an unoriginal and poor quality calendar.
Creating your own advent calendar allows you on the one hand to reuse it year after year and save money and on the other hand to be able to offer other gift ideas to our children:something other than a simple chocolate .
Personally, I also like the idea of involving them in the creation of the calendar, it awakens them and shows them that doing things yourself can be more fun than buying.
Do you like these tips? Have you tested them? Give us your impressions in comments. We can't wait to read you!
