Quick & Easy Wooden Advent Calendar Anyone Can Make
Surprise your family with this DIY wooden Advent calendar! It’s a fun and easy holiday activity!
Try making this simple and inexpensive DIY Wooden Advent calendar by hanging little treat sacks with small clothespins! Each day during December, your family can look forward to opening a different gift bag. Fill the sacks with small toys, party favors, stickers, treats, written messages, or even acts of kindness.
Advent calendars are such a fun tradition, and this DIY project turned out so cute!
This DIY wooden advent calendar is easy and affordable. I was able to purchase what I needed for around $15! I used mini clothespins, treat bags, and numbered gift tags on a painted piece of beadboard (optional trim pieces give it a finished look, but any wood will work). Plus, it’s reusable year after year and looks great on a mantle or near a Christmas tree!
You could also consider these mini bags on Amazon that already come with numbers!
DIY Wooden Advent Calendar with Hanging Treat Bags
PrintSupplies Needed
- 24 small paper treat bags
- 24 gift tags (numbered)
- 24 small clothespins
- hot glue gun & glue
- 34-inch x 24-inch wood board, painted
- 2 pieces 2 ft x 1.5 ft. poplar hobby board, stained
- Liquid Nails (optional)
Directions
1
Prep wood board with paint and stain trim pieces as desired. Glue trim to top and bottom using Liquid Nails. Let dry.
2
Measure out 4 rows of 6 treat bags and attach clothespins using hot glue. I used a T Square tool as a guide to make sure I was placing clothespins evenly and straight, but a ruler would work too!
3
Fill each bag with desired goodies for the first 24 days of December. The contents don’t have to be expensive. In fact, consider checking out Dollar Tree for fun and inexpensive items, or re-purpose Halloween candy if you have leftovers.
4
Fold each bag, align the numbered tag with the top of the fold, and hang the bags with clothespins. You’re ready to start opening on December 1st!
This DIY wooden Advent calendar with goody bags makes me so excited for Christmas! 🎄
I love how this Advent calendar turned out, and I look forward to using it!
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