Hip2Save This Holiday: Simple and Frugal Bubble Wrap Advent Calendar
This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 at 2:34 pm.
Hip2Save This Holiday Guest Post submitted by reader, Laura:
Our family loves celebrating Christmas and we try to make the most of the weeks leading up to the holiday by doing fun and meaningful activities together. One cute and clever craft idea that we make is a Bubble Wrap Advent Calendar. Both my kids and I enjoy making this frugal craft and counting down by popping one bubble per day!
Materials:
Large-size bubble wrap
Round multi-colored label stickers
Permanent Marker
Scissors
Use seven rows of the bubble wrap and cut out a Christmas tree shape. Have your child carefully use a marker to write out the numbers 1-24 on the labels. Place one sticker on each bubble. You can place them in number order or mix it up and put them in random order and hunt for the correct number each day. It’s that simple! Now you just have to resist the temptation to pop all the bubbles at once! My kids and I love this simple craft. It would also be great for large groups.
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Ashley57 says:
LOVE THIS!
Rebecca Whitlock says:
Such a great idea!
April says:
This is such a precious idea!
Rachel says:
That is so neat!
Sue says:
What a great idea!! So easy to do but much fun to enjoy. Thanks for sharing.
Traci says:
So cute!
Heather says:
Love this idea so very much Laura! I am totally doing this in my kindergarten classroom for the kids who choose Christmas centers on Friday. Thanks!
Laura says:
I’m glad you can use is for your class. You sound like a great teacher!
swirlypop says:
I have twin boys….they would pop them all on the 1st day! lol
Cari says:
So would my boys!! This would not work in my house. I wish my kids would be amused by that I would save so much money by not buying the lego advent calendars lol!!!
Laura says:
Caitlin says:
Love this, but I could not do it. I have no self control when it comes to bubble wrap!
Jennifer says:
Me too. It would be like a tease every day!
Jennifer says:
So cute! My 3 year old would love this!
Rachel says:
I love this idea! I think we’ll have to make the kids at least 2 or 3 apiece, though – who can pop just one bubble at a time??
april says:
that’s a good idea!!! my son loves bubble wrap so much… it’ll be hard for him not to pop the whole thing. LOL
Tonya says:
Fantastic idea! I dont have any kids but I know my brothers and me would have LOVED this when we were little!
mary says:
What a cool idea!
Heather says:
This needs to go on Pinterest!
Smile! says:
What a creative idea! Thanks for sharing! This would be a great project for a class or religion class! I am so doing this with my kids!
mj says:
neat but where are the chocolates ?
Miriam says:
I actually love that there’s no chocolate. The only calendars that aren’t sold have that terrible cheap chocolate. bleh