6 Advent Calendar Ideas.

December 4, 2015

Posted 09/12

My sister gave me the idea of wrapping up books as an advent countdown. We put away our Christmas books during the year so they are like new to my little ones when we unpack them each year. So I wrapped up the current stack, added a few new ones, numbered them, and put them above their advent service list. Since we already read books each night, this is a fun twist to December. Some of them are advent books and some are just children’t Christmas books. (Found the wrapping paper from Waiting on Martha)

Here are 10 other advent calendar ideas I thought were really clever:

diy advent wreath

(via Lapinblu)

(via Le Petit Cuisine)

(via The Merry Thought)

(via Hank and Hunt)

(via Mokkasin)

Scandinavian advent calendars are my personal favorite:)

Any others to share? Have a happy December weekend!
x, Anna

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Toni says:

December 5, 2015 at 6:46 am

Love the idea with the books, would have been my ideal advent calendar as a child.
We also had a look at the best calendars this year for the blog and loved all the ones with wreaths or geometric forms.
Have a nice weekend, Toni

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Kelly says:

December 5, 2015 at 8:36 pm

I love these ideas! Thank you for sharing them!
Kelly | Kelly Zugay

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Allie says:

December 6, 2015 at 8:09 am

I love these ideas so much! Especially wrapping up the books. I think I’ll do that when my daughter gets a bit older!

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Melody says:

December 9, 2015 at 9:55 pm

Lovely and fun ideas! I can’t wait to try some of these for upcoming Christmases.

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December 18, 2015 at 4:33 pm

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Rhoda
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December 20, 2015 at 5:18 am

I love the book idea – any particular Advent/Christmas book favorites for kids!?

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Siera Diaz says:

September 26, 2024 at 6:02 pm

Amazing Advent Calendars, I like them so much.

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