Homemade Advent Calendar

by Lindsay Eidahl

We always have an Advent calendar for our kids and this year, I made one from things I had picked up at yard sales this past summer.

homemade advent calendar using a bottle crate, christmas decorations, crafts, seasonal holiday decor

The "base" of the Advent calendar was an old bottle crate. It is perfect because it has 24 compartments.

I also scored a bag of these cute, little boxes at a sale for 50 cents. At the time, I didn't know what I would do with them, but I couldn't pass up the bag for that price.

When I was thinking about the Advent calendar this year, I started "shopping" my stash of things and these two items fit perfect together. The boxes were a great fit for the crate.

I filled some of the boxes with little trinkets, but most of the boxes are filled with homemade "coupons"; handwritten notes of things we can do as a family during the season (watch a Christmas movie, make an ornament, string popcorn on the tree, etc.)

I added some washi tape and some stamped numbers to the front of the boxes. I also white-washed the crate so it stood out a little more. I LOVE HOW THIS ADVENT CALENDAR turned out! You can see more of how I did this on my blog!

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Wendy on Nov 23, 2014
OMG! The whole thing is brilliant, but the little Tupperware toy keychain??? Where did you get that!? It's ABSOLUTELY adorable!!

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- Lindsay Eidahl on Nov 23, 2014
  @Wendy Too funny! I picked up a bag of these brand new at a yard sale!!!
  
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- Wendy on Nov 23, 2014
  @Lindsay Eidahl Darn...I want one!!! LOL! Does it have the little blocks in it, too?
  
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Linda Tan on Nov 23, 2014
Cute

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