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In this video I'm going to show you how to make this super cute advent calendar
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You can make it at home from a few envelopes and bits and pieces you've got
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Really sweet, really easy. I'm Christine of christiescrafts.com and this channel is dedicated to crafting on a budget
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So what are you going to need? Well first of all, 24 envelopes
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You can use whatever size envelopes you like but I've used these small envelopes that are
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designed for the old style wage packets. So as long as you've got 24 you're sorted
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You're going to need something to hang them on, now you might use a ribbon like this or
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as I decided ultimately some garden twine. You're then going to need some pegs so that you can peg up each of your envelopes
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These are little tiny plastic pegs that are from a craft shop but you could use the ones
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you've got to peg on your washing line if you like. You're going to need some way of marking them all with a number
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Now you could just write that on in pen but I chose these cute little stick on numbers
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And then it's just things to decorate your envelope. Now you could just colour them all in but my top tip is use anything you've got and
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old Christmas cards are brilliant. Just cut little bits out from them and stick them to your envelopes and they'll be really festive
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So take each envelope and fold over the top. Now just make sure it's going to work nicely on whatever you want to hang them on and then
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fold them all over. Now that's just to make sure you don't stick anything on there and make it difficult later
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Check where you want to hang your peg and again that's to make sure you don't put any
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decorations there that are going to get in the way. And then it's a case of making sure you number each envelope
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I've chosen to put all mine in the top left corner but you could do whatever you like
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and as I say if you're writing them on that might be all you put on your envelope is a giant number
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So then carry on and you're going to do the same with all 24 envelopes
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So it's entirely up to you how you're doing it but I do recommend that you do your numbering
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on all 24 before you do any more decoration because then once you've got them all you
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could lay them all out and you can decorate them en masse and it gives you a chance to
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make sure they all fit together. It depends what you're looking for. I've gone for quite a random selection and I'm just sticking them on here, there and everywhere
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If you want a coordinated effect this is your chance to coordinate them
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So place all your items on and then you've got time to move them all around before you
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start applying any sort of glue and making them permanent. So you can see mine all appear in there, a little bit of swapping
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And then once you're happy simply glue all your decorations in place so that you've got
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24 envelopes all ready. Now it comes time to think if you're putting anything in them
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Well an envelope with nothing in is a bit of a disappointment. I've opted purely for chocolate, some little Christmas Santas and snowmen and some chocolate coins
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And then all you need to do is pop your gift in and then it's up to you whether you just
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fold the top over so you can reuse your envelopes or seal it
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I think if you have little children it's quite exciting to seal them but seeing as we're
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all quite grown up in our house I've decided just to fold them over
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Obviously you could put any little gifts that fit in your envelopes, perhaps little bits
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of Lego or anything else that your children like. It's entirely up to you
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You could put beads in for a little girl to build up a bracelet over the week
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It's entirely up to you. So fill all your envelopes and then all you've got to do is hang them
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Now I've hung my string from two points so I get that nice curve
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You could just hang it from one point and do it vertically so that they're each below
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the other. And then all you need to do is peg your envelopes on your string
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Now I've pegged mine all in number order which you might find a little bit boring
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So you could mix them up so that your children have to work out which one's next and find
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them on the string. But if you just want that order like me just hang them all on until you've got the whole string
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And that's it. You've got your advent calendar. If you don't like where you've fastened it on at the ends you could decorate those and
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just make it all look pretty. And that really is all there is to it
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So I hope you've enjoyed watching this and enjoy making your own advent calendar
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If you have please give me a thumbs up and you can subscribe to see all my crafts as
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they arrive. And thank you for watching
