Advent Calendar - How To

Growing up my mom always made  decorating for Christmas  such a fun and magical thing.

One of my favorite decorations my mom put up was an advent calendar.

Hers was a wooden frame that had 25 little squares at the bottom for these little magnets. 

Each day we would move a magnet up to the top part of the frame where there was a painted Christmas scene and little magnetic circles for the magnets to go on.

She still has it and puts it up every year!

So to carry on that tradition I made my own version of an advent calendar!

 I found these cute little paper bags at Hobby Lobby.

They are 3.5in x 6.75 in

 

 I used 3 inch stencils for the numbers and just a black permanent marker.

 I cut pieces of my Christmas ribbon and mixed and matched them with the table dots I have in my shop to decorate each bag.

 

For inside the bags I got things from the $1 section at Target!

Each bag has anywhere from 1-2 things for each kiddo.

Not pictured: I also used balloons as a bag stuffer too.

 

To hang it I used fabric ribbon and push pins.

I ended up having to put push pins in the ribbon after every 2 bags or when I noticed the ribbon starting to sag because of the weight of the bags.

Now time to put up the rest of our Christmas decorations!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday!!