Monthly Advent Calendar DIY: Advent Calendar DIY Ideas
This monthly advent calendar DIY can be given as a holiday, birthday or random surprise gift. Fill each box with something your recipient will love. They’ll look forward for the entire year to come.
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Gather your supplies. Make sure all 12 boxes fit on your canvas.
Paint canvas.
Paint box sides and box lid sides. Let dry.
Use hot glue to attach boxes to large canvas.
Measure your box lids with a ruler. These dimensions will be used tocreate your calendar top design.
Use a program to create 12 monthly calendars to print and paste on your box lid tops. See post for Canva template inspiration. You can also create a new document on Canva.com using your box dimensions. In the document, create a new page for each month. Search “calendar” in the “templates” section. Find a template you like and copy each monthly calendar and design to your own colors/size. Add your own custom dates/holidays. If your boxes are different sizes, which size boxes belong to each month? Resize the calendars boxes according to your measurements.
Print out the 12 calendars and cut out. Use white glue to paste on the box lids. Let dry.
Fill the boxes with monthly gifts. If there’s room, wrap in colored tissue paper that matches your design.
Place lids on the boxes.
For lighter lights, make advent calendar into a wall hanging. Use hanging pieces and wire. For heavier advent calendars, lean against a mantlepiece or other furniture.