Advent Calendar Countdown
As a kid, I would love counting down to special events... ten sleeps until my
birthday! Three weeks to the end of school! Four days until a sleepover at my
cousins! You can imagine then how excited I would be to count down the days
until Christmas.
A DIY Advent Calendar
I think that's why I love putting together the Advent calendar for Chloe. A
whole month of celebration and anticipation... if you love surprises, then
Advent calendars just might be the best.invention.ever.
What to put in an Advent calendar
It's a tradition now... I fill each stamped cotton bag with an ornament for the tree and an Activity of the day. I added the printable tags I mentioned on last week's Love List and they add just the right modern
touch.
Some of the days have a gift associated with the activity. Day 1 is Open A
Gift which is always the
Lego Friends Advent calendar. I added an Eiffel tower ornament to commemorate
our trip to Paris
this year. Do you do that too and buy ornaments to mark special events
throughout the year?
I like to string the bags up across the shutters in our dining room and watch
as the bags disappear, one by one. I found the cutest
mitten garland at Target
that works perfectly with the cotton bags. I'll have to show you more of my
Christmas decor but I'm loving this non-traditional monochrome palette of
white, black, and natural tones.
You can be really creative with Advent calendars which is part of the fun. Do
you do an Advent calendar?
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