Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Mommy Week - DIY Advent for Children

One thing that has been so special for me this Holiday Season is knowing that I get to relive the magic of Christmas through Oscar. The feeling of going to bed Christmas Eve, knowing Santa was somewhere out there. The Christmas music, the Christmas treats. :) As we pass down amazing traditions to him, I look forward to also starting our own. I saw this post over at House & Home by Morgan Mitchener titled "25 Days of Christmas" and she talks about her colleague Kai Ethier's project.

This is going in my "to-do" project list. I adore it so much!

"Instead of an advent calendar with sweets, Kai filled 25 little bags with ornaments that she already had at home. The Christmas tree went up on December 1st, and every day her little guy opens a bag and hangs an ornie on the tree. I love this idea — it’s so simple and such a fun tradition to start. You could hang or place the little bags around the mantle or simply pile them in a pretty basket, and even adorn them with numbers from 1 to 25. All you need are the little bags, which are easy to find at craft stores." See Post Here

To Re-Create This Project
Buy Cotton Bags via The Penny Paper Co. 
Download the Free Number Template: Mini Version, Large Number Version



23 comments:

Shannon @ What's Up Whimsy said...

Oh my goodness, I just got the warmest feeling in my heart thinking about my little guy opening up these bags...and he will be the perfect age next Christmas to appreciate it! Thank you so much for posting this!

Morgan said...

Love love love this! The little bags are so sweet and it would be so exciting for him to open them every evening. I wonder what the numbers are made of? Iron-on transfer? Felt? On my to-do list for next year for sure!

Anna from Lona de Anna said...

Oh wow..this is just waaaaay too adorable for words, what a fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing x

Area Rugs Gal said...

What a creative idea! Excellent way to get your child involved ;) Also love that amazing black/white area rug. Thanks for sharing.

trio said...

We tried something similar for our three children this year. Instead of placing ornaments inside the packages, I asked family members to write "love" notes to the children. The notes focus on different things from Christmas memories to special memories about each child. They love to discover who wrote the note for the day. I also put a small piece of chocolate inside as my eldest, who is four, insisted that all advent calendars must contain chocolate!

Matt and Alissa said...

My family has been doing something like that my whole life, only the ornaments were in a giant stocking with 25 pockets on the front. And then there was a cloth tree with buttons sewn on that we hung the ornaments on. That was one of my most favorite of our traditions. Lucky for me, when my mom got rid of it because we all grew up, I got it. Score! My kids love it as much as I do.

wonderfullydomestic said...

Adorable - and what a simple DIY project. This will be on my list for next year :)

Kelly said...

Those numbers are adorable! What a modern way to take on the advent calendar - kudos!

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