Christmas Tree Paper Advent Calendar

I wanted to show you the Advent Calendar the girls and I made.  We posted about it (and linked to the tutorial), in the making stages here. 

It was super easy and lots of fun!  We did ours a little differently with the scalloped circles and glittered edges (because you know it's not a project in our home, unless it has glitter on it ;)

Many of the trees were too small to put the goodies inside, so I made funny little rhyming notes and hints of where the treat could be found inside the tree.  The girls looked forward to opening it every day and it was cute to watch them try to figure out what it was and look for it too.

I hit up the dollar bins at Jo-ann's, Michaels and the party store...and the girls got anything from glitter glue, to fuzzy stickers, coloring pages, and lots of fun candy treats!  My favorite so far was the Claus House craft kit we showed you.

Can you believe Christmas is almost here...

I almost bought a 1 pound Reese cup for Day 25 (because that's the girls favorite sweet treat), but I just couldn't do it...honestly, they'd try and eat it all at once and make themselves sick!

Their advent for today, is a trip down to D.C. to the Zoo Lights event!  Gotta go get bundled up, that wind is whipping ;)

Happy Christmas Eve Eve everyone,

Jamie :)

Comments

[Lori]

How beautiful!!! You all did an amazing job! Enjoy your special trip today and please take pictures! Lori

Thank you for your beautiful Christmas card! It was such a lovely surprise!:)

[ayumills]

Love your advent calendar! It looks so beautiful!!

[Theresa]

This Advent Calendar is SO lovely and fun and bright! Have fun tonight - and have a wonderful and magical Christmas! Theresa

[Rhonda Roo]

Wow! I have never seen an advent calendar of that caliber :-) And as a Tree lover, you know my heart went pitty pat at this sight!
That's super cool...sooooo creative are you! I think i am moving in. Maybe i could build a treehouse in the backyard and live there?
:-)
Hope you are having the merriest of Christmases!!!
XOXOXOXO roo

[Lynda]

I LOVE your advent calendar! It's so pretty. Thank you for stopping by my blog the other day, it is highly appreciated. I hope you will join the art journaling every day project :) It will be fun, challenging and time consuming...but fun! lol :) I hope you had a Merry Christmas.

[a fanciful twist]

It's wonderful Jamie, Love the colors!

I can't believe Christmas came and went... HAPPY HAPPY everything to you and yours. You all are super special! Love, V

[kim]

I love these!! What a lovely idea. Thanks for sharing:) Happy New Year!!
-Kim