Advent Calendars

Many families use Advent calendars as a fun way of getting children involved in the Advent season. Early Advent calendars usually focused on the birth of Jesus Christ as Advent is a time of anticipation of Christmas Day, the day of Jesus' birth. Modern Advent calendars come in every shape and size and feature various Christmas themes from the Nativity to Santa Claus. Many families use Advent calendars simply as a fun countdown to Christmas.

I've scoured the internet in search of adorable DIY Advent calendars. The following are my favorite top ten finds. There's not a lot of time before December 1st to get one made unless you're, dunt da da da...SUPER CRAFTER GAL! (or SUPER CRAFTER GUY!, whichever the case may be). But I'm thinking, it'd be okay to start your countdown a little bit late, there will still be lots of days of countdown fun for the kiddies to enjoy. So here we go:

#10 Pickles.no

#9 Craftastica

 

#8 Sew Mama Sew.com

#7 Rubber Stamping.about

#6 Fiona Carter

#5 All Things Wonderful

#4 My Little Mochi

(Soooo clever!)

#3 Allsorts.com

# 2 The Happy Zombie

and Thimbleanna

#1 Katherine Marie Photography

I love the whole idea behind these darling little advent bags!