Advent Calendar

**patevans** · 15-11-2010, 06:58 PM

My 8 year old mindee wants to make an advent calendar to keep here, any ideas what I could do with her? I have done the santa's with the number beards with the little ones but they are far too young for big mindee!

**Mouse** · 15-11-2010, 07:12 PM

I'm planning on using toilet roll & kitchen roll tubes.

Cut them into about 2 inch lengths & stick 24 of them to a piece of card in a tree shape (one at the top, 3 on the next row etc). Paint them all, then put something litlte inside each one (a picture, a small sweet etc) and cover with a numbered piece of paper.

I'll let you know how it turns out!

Edit: this is where I got the idea from, but I'm going to do a tree shape.

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/advent_calendar.htm

**Zoomie** · 15-11-2010, 08:09 PM

My immediate thought would be matchboxes stuck together .......

**miss mopple** · 15-11-2010, 08:12 PM

love this idea

http://nurturestore.co.uk/advent-calendar-activities-2

or lots of ideas here

http://www.thecraftycrow.net/2010/11...s-to-make.html

**miffy** · 15-11-2010, 08:17 PM

We've used the small dinner money envelopes stuck on a shape (tree, stocking). Mindees decorated the envelopes and numbered them and we put chocolate coins in each one

Miffy xx

**PixiePetal** · 15-11-2010, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by miffy

We've used the small dinner money envelopes stuck on a shape (tree, stocking). Mindees decorated the envelopes and numbered them and we put chocolate coins in each one

Miffy xx

Ooh! I have some of those, might have to get creative

thanks

**Chatterbox Childcare** · 16-11-2010, 07:55 AM

I am doing this with all of mine. Older ones decorate their tree in their way and the little ones have painted theirs

**singlewiththree** · 16-11-2010, 09:31 AM

I cheated this year and bought colouring in advent calendars but my friend suggested paper chains with numbers on them, so the older ones make the chain in number order and then every day they remove the one with the correct date on.

**rickysmiths** · 16-11-2010, 09:47 AM

I like this one and am planning to make it for the play room as I will be minding up until 5pm on Christmas Eve this Year.

http://www.craftynest.com/2009/12/cr...origami-boxes/

**Daisy1956** · 16-11-2010, 09:49 PM

Debbie, I can't find the templates. Is it me? Thanks for the idea.

**patevans** · 17-11-2010, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by rickysmiths

I like this one and am planning to make it for the play room as I will be minding up until 5pm on Christmas Eve this Year.

http://www.craftynest.com/2009/12/cr...origami-boxes/

I liked that one too but the boxes looked too fiddly for my liking

**miss mopple** · 17-11-2010, 08:35 AM

you could use matchboxes instead of making the boxes

**Chatterbox Childcare** · 17-11-2010, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Daisy1956

Debbie, I can't find the templates. Is it me? Thanks for the idea.

There should be 4 pages within the attachment. if you pm me your email and I will zap it over to you in word.

**cherry** · 18-11-2010, 09:20 AM

What about these's

http://kidscraftweekly.com/advent_ch...010_issue.html

**ZoeAlli** · 18-11-2010, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by cherry

What about these's

http://kidscraftweekly.com/advent_ch...010_issue.html

These are great! Simple too. Thank you, I think I'll do the envelope one with the Lo's.

**guest3** · 18-11-2010, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by fluffyemma22

My 8 year old mindee wants to make an advent calendar to keep here, any ideas what I could do with her? I have done the santa's with the number beards with the little ones but they are far too young for big mindee!

Where did you get this idea from Emma?

Wendy xx

**cherry** · 18-11-2010, 01:30 PM

Is this the one?

http://crafts.kaboose.com/santas-bea...-calendar.html

**guest3** · 18-11-2010, 01:41 PM

that looks good Cherry. I have a 21 month old and a 9 month old. I'd like to try crafts with them but even the 21 month old is reluctant to try anything vaguely arty!!

Wendy xx