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Advent Calendar Round-Up

As I posted the other day, Advent is one of my favorite times. I have wonderful childhood memories of my Advent calendars as well as the Advent wreath on our dining room table. For my post on Advent wreaths visit here. However here is one that Hazel made this morning. It is made from a printable at First School.

A few years ago, my parents gave us this beautiful wooden Advent calendar for a Christmas gift. I absolutely love it and Hazel gets so excited to open a door. Last year I filled it with needle-felted nativity figures and this year we filled it with Nativity story stones.
Now when we were teenagers, my mother made my cousins an adorable quilted Advent calendar. I am hoping to make one at some point. I bought the fabric last year, but haven't gotten around to it. So sometime in the future I will make one. However there are many simple and creative ones that you can make that have been shared the past month or so on Sharing Saturday. Here are some of them.

First two I couldn't get pictures from:
From Life on the Gravelly Road has a wonderful homemade one with each card having a scripture reading and a fun activity.

From Mummy Mummy Mum! has a wonderful felt ornament tree Advent calendar.

Now for some that I could take pictures:

1) From Little Wonders' Day: Easy Door Advent Calendar
2) From Wesens-Art: Star Advent Calendar
3) From Making Boys Men: Magnetic Advent Calendar
4) From S.O.S. Mom: Advent Calendar
5) From Wesens-Art: Advent Calendar
6) From Living Montessori Now: 40+ Advent Activities Round-Up

A Few More...
Here is one from an Advent Workshop at our church last year:
For each of the 24 days before Christmas you glue on a holly leaf to make a wreath.

From Catholic Mom: 2012 Printable Advent Chain each day the chain has a kind activity for the child to do and the instructions suggest paper color to tie in the colors of Advent.

Do you have any more DYI Advent Calendar ideas? I would love for you to leave a link in the comments!! Or even better share at Sharing Saturday!



9 comments:

  1. Hello!
    Thank you for featuring both of my Advent Calendar!
    Hugs from Germany!

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  2. All of these advent calendars are great! Thanks for featuring our calendar.

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  3. Thanks for featuring our calendar! Great post.

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  4. What a great compilation! Thank you for taking the time to link up to Whimsy Wednesday! We LOVE your company☺

    Kelly at Smart! School {House}
    http://www.smartschoolhouse.com
    &
    Jenny at The NY Melrose Family
    http://wwwthenymelrosefamily.com

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  5. I hopped over from The NY Melrose Family party. Great list of Advent calendar ideas. I would love to have you like up to my Our Favorite Things Link Party.
    http://mylifesatreasure.blogspot.com/2012/12/our-favorite-things-link-party-25.html
    Have a blessed week

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  6. Such cute advent calendar ideas and I love the nativity stones. Thanks for sharing it on "I Gotta Try That" Have a great weekend.
    Marcie

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  7. So many great ideas here! I'm going to pin this to my Advent board. :D

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