Advent Calendar Ornament
by
Holly Lefevre
(IC: blogger)
My daughter loves to decorate our Christmas tree...every day. So a few years ago I made these advent calendar ornaments so she CAN add to the tree every day! These are my that will be a part of our family tradition every Christmas.
I used 3" x 24" basswood boards from the craft store and cut them into 3" pieces (yielding a 3x3 square). If you prefer not to cut, most craft stores have precut shapes and you can use those. Also each board yields 8 squares. You need three boards to make 24.
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After cutting the squares, sand the edges. Paint each square black; let dry. Stencil your numbers on or use the number printouts and a pencil to transfer the numbers to the squares. Go over the numbers with white paint pen. OPTIONAL, with a transparent glitter paint, paint the entire square for a little sparkle. Sand the edges again to give the squares a "nice" slightly vintage/tattered edge.
Optional: use a decoupage medium and brush along with vintage images and also decorate the back of the ornament. I did this so we would always have these special ornaments (just flip them over for a regular ornament).
Drill 2 small holes in each top corner , about 1/2" in and down. You may need to sand the holes again. Thread your ribbon through and knot on both sides.
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Published November 25th, 2014 2:07 AM
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Christine Suddarth on Nov 25, 2014This is great! How do you display them before you hang them on the tree? Thank you for this idea.
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