Advent calendar - a calendar waiting the New Year or Christmas, it is for him a child counts the remaining number of days before the holiday, performs tasks, receives gifts and believe in miracles. How to make the Advent calendar for the child with his hands?
First Christmas calendar appeared in Germany in the first half of the IXI century and since then it is a family tradition in almost all Western countries, while in Ukraine Advent calendars only gaining popularity. They do not necessarily do it yourself, if you do not have time, you can buy a ready-made, with jobs and small gifts. But creating such a calendar just for your baby, you will be able to take into account the interests of all its features and, surprise, delight and enthusiastic to see those eyes!
Advent calendar traditionally consists of 24 boxes that open from 1 to 24 December, and 25 - on the Catholic Christmas children receive major gifts. Since in our country, Christmas is celebrated on January 7, you can do it under the Ukrainian realities and start, for example, between December 1 and 20, after the day of St. Nicholas. The number of days that you will place in the Advent depends on your desires and fantasies, and you can make out of anything and you will see for yourself. We offer you 10 original ideas on how to make improvised a similar calendar.
Every day a child opens a window which corresponds to a particular day, and there is a note to the task. Tasks should be thematic, for example:
- to make a snowman;
- paint Christmas toy;
- write a letter to Santa Claus;
- to decorate a Christmas picture;
- learn a poem about New Year;
- make a bird feeder;
- Cut snowflakes and decorate the window;
- collect Christmas puzzle;
- make a Christmas toy made of felt;
- decorate a Christmas tree.
After the baby will do the job, get a present or a little surprise. Surprise for the child can be any: candy, sweets, creative kits, small figurines of your favorite characters, and more.
cardboard sleeve
Sleeve of paper or paper towels - perfect material for creativity. With the help of colored paper and glue of them can make houses, writing numbers on the roof. In such a cylinder it is very convenient to put a note on a mission, and a small surprise for a kid.
In addition, cardboard sleeves can be used to create decorative Advent-Christmas trees. Take a white sheet of A5 size, each sleeve cut into 3 pieces and glue on a sheet in the form of Christmas trees in the resulting window Put a note on a mission and glue a circle of colored paper the desired size with the number of days in which they must be open.
Multi-colored socks
The simplest version of the calendar, take the tape, wooden pegs and colorful socks that are certainly there in every home. Hang socks on pegs on which write the number, and he put a sock with a note specifying the child.
Paper bags
This is perhaps the easiest way to make his own Christmas calendar. All you need is to buy paper bags, write a job and stick to each envelope sticker with a certain number, or simply mount it on the clothespin bag. Put them in a basket or a nice box and a calendar is ready!
Jars of baby food
Surely somewhere in the bins you still have jars out of children's mashed potatoes, so you can use them. On the size of the lid, cut out paper circles. write the numbers on it and stick to each and put in a jar and a note, such as candy or cookies.
Advent calendar made of cloth
This calendar will serve you for many years, so if you have the time and skills to be sewn, safely choose this option. You will need to square the segment of dense tissue is better to sacks and small patches of colored fabric for pockets. Gather all the materials and all you will - is stitched pockets to the base. The figures can cut from felt, and can stick to the small wooden double-sided tape.
Cones of felt
Also made of felt or fabric you can sew cones and hang them on the string or tape, numbers attach on the same principle as in the previous version, or just write straight black marker on the fabric.
hanging calendar
Take a small branch, wind it rain and lights, and hang on the wall. Gifts and leaflets with tasks fold and wrap in kraft paper, tie colorful ribbons, glue the number and hang on a branch. This calendar will not only please your baby, but also will be an original decoration of your home.
paper cups
This option quickly and inexpensively calendar. Buy in-store plain paper cups, marker numbers arrange them and hang on the string with decorative clothespins. The calendar is ready! In a glass, place the task and gift Hand after his execution.
A box with gifts
Tasks together with a gift you can pack into a small folding boxes, or write numbers on them and put in a big box.
And you can print a color pattern Advent calendar and just hang on the wall. It does not matter how it will look, the main thing that you have done it with their hands and give your child a great expectation of the holiday and the belief in a miracle!
Also be sure to ask about how to prepare for the New Year, to do everything and not get tired
