15 DIY ADVENT CALENDARS TO DO WITH CHILDREN

Christmas is closer every day and both at home and on the street, the Christmas spirit is already felt. From decoration to music and planning parties and meetings, many We are already counting the days for the arrival of Christmas.

A traditional and fun way to enjoy the wait is to do it with an advent calendar, and what better way to include children in this beautiful tradition. Therefore, we share you 15 DIY advent calendars to do with children.

With disposable cups

For this fun advent calendar you will need disposable cups, tissue paper, thread, needle, number stickers and rubber bands. An adult will be responsible for passing the thread through the glasses with the help of a needle, and children can help you place the stickers and "close" the glasses with tissue paper and elastic bands. You can see the instructions step by step in Pretty Little Party Shop.

With cardboard cups

Another fun option that we can make using disposable cups or cardboard, is this that we propose in Balancing Home, where they made some tender reindeer in cardboard cups With the help of eva rubber, clothespins, eyes and rope (in this case they used raffia but the rope will still work).

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With cardboard boxes

In A Subtle Revelry we are proposed to use small cardboard boxes for our advent calendar. You will also need a ribbon of different colors, as well as cardboard paper in green mainly, in addition to other colors that you want to add to give it a little variety. Children can help trim the trees under your supervision, to give them more fun shapes.

With small homemade envelopes

This advent calendar made with envelopes that we can cut and assemble at home It is one of the most fun and colorful we can do with children. In Pillar Box Blue you can download the mold to print or trace the envelopes on paper, cut them out and assemble them.

With an old vinyl

For music lovers this will be a very fun DIY. Using some old vinyl or that you no longer use we can make this advent calendar proposed in Organized 31. We will only need a small vinyl, clothespins, paint and paper with the numbers printed, or, that the children draw them themselves.

With paper houses

How about this adorable advent calendar made with tiny paper houses? It is an activity in which children can participate by cutting and folding the paper, which will also help them to practice their fine motor skills. You can download the printable in Mr. Printables.

With paper trees

This tender advent calendar is very easy to do and gives us a result that will surely delight young and old to see the final result with the little trees, Santa Claus and the gifts. You can download the printable to do it in A Lovely Lark.

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With paper bags

Another very fun option is this that we propose in Tell Love and Party, which is made with small paper bags and ribbons of different colors, and that allows us to give a lot of play to the size and organization of the bags. In this one, you could put into practice the advent calendar of experiences that we shared earlier in Babies and more.

With washi tape

If theirs are not the crafts, but still want to make an advent calendar, in Homes we propose this fact with washi tape and paper or cardboard. In it you can also do it with experiences, writing down one of them on the back of each paper.

Paper envelopes and washi tape

Another option that you can do with washi tape and some paper, is this one of handmade envelopes that we propose in The Fox and The Star. There you can see in images the step by step to make the envelopes and close them with washi tape.

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With paper roll tubes

In Maya Made we find this advent calendar made with the bath paper roll tubes that children can help paint and decorate. You can close the bottom of the tubes with hot silicone to finish it faster.

With cardboard "candles"

Another alternative of advent calendar that we can do with the paper roll tubes and that leaves us a very nice and decorative result, is this calendar made in the form of candles, in which each one is "lighting" as the days go by. We have seen it in La Classe Della Maestra Valentina.

A tree full of surprises

An advent calendar that children will enjoy doing and then marking the days, is this fact Christmas tree shaped paper tubes with rolls. You can read the instructions to do it in Coffee With Us 3.

In a jar

If you are looking for an option that looks nice but also does not take up much space or needs many materials to make, a good option is this advent calendar made with a jar, pole sticks and ribbon. Children can help paint the sticks and on each stick you can write down a different experience that they can do as a family every day. We have seen it in Mess for Less.

Quick and easy

Finally, if we have a little boy at home who still can't help us cut, fold or paint, we can make this express option of Schooling Active Monkeys: cut the silhouette of a Christmas tree, write down the numbers and as the days go by, he is in charge of hitting him colored balls.

With these ideas of DIY advent calendars you can do with children, waiting for the arrival of Christmas will be even more fun and exciting.