Designer Grace is on our blog with a DIY advent calendar that can easily be made with a paper stack from DCWV and Glue Dots!
Designed by: Grace Tolman
Time: Approximately 45 minutes
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Size: 19 7/8” x 11 7/8” x 2/3”
Advent Calendars are nothing new but I wanted this one to be focused on the true meaning of Christmas so instead of stuffing it with treats, I added 25 activities that our family can do to get into the Holiday Spirit. My base is a couple of cardboard pieces and because my calendar is made mostly of flat items, it wasn’t too heavy to use the Hybribond Mounting tape.
Here's what you need:
- Glue Dots® Advance Strength
- Hybribond Repositionable Mounting Tape
- Mini Glue Dots®
- Glue Lines®
- Cardboard
- Pattern papers- Candy Cane Lane, Die Cuts with a View
- Silver and white cardstock- Craft supply
- Rhinestones- Clear, Bazzill
- Buttons- Craft Supply
- Twine- Red, Doodlebug Design Inc.
- Number stickers- Craft Supply
- Ink- Truffle, Mixed Media Inx, Color Box
- Circle punch – (1”) EK Success
- Tag punch- EK Success
- Paper Trimmer
- Craft knife
- Scissors
- Computer generated list of activities for the advent calendar
Here's what you do:
- Cut out the cardboard foundation.
- Cut out two pieces of chalkboard type pattern paper with designs on the edge to cover up the cardboard piece. Adhere to the board using Advance Strength, Glue Dots®
- Cut out 25 pieces of paper measuring 2 1/3” x 2 7/8” from different papers from the pattern paper pack.
- Adhere three edges of it onto the board using Glue Lines adhesive. Make sure the top is open for you to slip the tags in and out easily.
- Punch out (or use a template) tags from text pattern paper. Mine measured a little too big for my pockets so I trimmed the edges making the final size to be 1 ¾” x 3”. Ink edges using the Truffle color ink pad.
- Punch out 25 circles from the silver cardstock. Add the number stickers. If you don’t have stickers, you can also use a stamp or print the numbers using your computer and a word document. Adhere the circles onto the top of the tags using some Mini Glue Dots adhesive.
- Type up your list of activities and print it off onto the white cardstock. Cut into strips and adhere to the tag using some more Mini Glue Dots adhesive.
- Slip the tags into the pockets.
- Decorate the front of some of the pockets using cut out papers, buttons and twine and rhinestones. Use some Mini, Glue Dots® adhesive to adhere the papers and other elements.
- Mount the calendar onto a wall or flat surface using the Hybribond Tape.
~Grace
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