…compilation of tutorials
I really like this advent calendar, too, especially because it’s done from recycled paper.
And it has lots of place for chocolaaaade! ;-))
Have you still got some Christmas gift wrapping? That can be used here, too.
I will show tomorrow another idea that can be used as advent calendar even if it’s not at all meant as one ;-))
Links:
Paper Bag Advent Calendar (recycle bin advent calendar)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
Ok, today again something with quasi boxes: the advent calendar from and with metal tins.
Looks also good, doesn’t it?
In principle you can make it with matchboxes in place of the metal tins, but then it would look quite ‘normal’.
On the following two days I will present more advent calendar ideas, then you may begin ;-))
Links:
Metal Tin Advent Calendar (Advent Calendar)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
Entries with the tag ‘box’
I must say that I really like this advent calendar.
It’s something different for a change from all those little boxes.
And if you’re taking tiny ones you can bead the spools after Christmas ;-))
Don’t forget, I will present more advent calendar ideas this week!
Links:
Simple Spool Advent Calendars
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
Entries with the tag ‘box’
Beaded Wooden Spools
It’s about time to make an advent calendar.
What about a self-made scratch off lottery ticket advent calendar?
Before beginning better wait a little, I will present more advent calendar ideas this week.
And check out the advent calendar instructions from last year, also ;-)
Links:
How to make a scratch off lottery ticket?
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
Hmmm, I have the recipe for the chocolate balls for a certain time already and want to make them – but actually I shouldn’t eat them ;-(
Very difficult!
;-))
Links:
5-minute Chocolate Balls
An advent calendar doesn’t always have to be a lot of filled boxes, why not simply mailing a card a day?
It is more exciting for the recipient if the cards put together form a poster.
Photojojo shows how to make a poster with 24 cards from a photo. I think that you can also use a self-designed Christmas card for an advent calendar.
And on the back you can write a nice, amusing or inspiring aphorism (apart from the address ;-)).
Links:
Bei Photojojo: How to Turn a Photo into a Mailable Mosaic
Google search result for ‘aphorism’
Google search result for ‘aphorismus’
Here at unikatissima: Boxes not only for the advent calendar
Actually I wanted to present fillings for the advent calendar this week, but this Lemon Tea Sugar Scrub which is described as ‘smelling really yummy’ won’t presumably not fit into the boxes ;-)
But you can put at least a gift coupon into the advent calendar.
It is absolutely on my somewhen-I-will-make-it-list ;-)
Links:
At craftster: Lemon Tea Sugar Scrub
More entries about cosmetics at the craftster Bath & Beauty forum
Here at unikatissima: Boxes not only for the advent calendar
Something else for an advent calendar: Edible Snowflakes.
You only take ready-made tortillas and cut snowflakes.
Brilliant!
Links:
Edible Snowflakes
Cutting snowflakes:
Google search result for ‘paper snowflake instructions’
Google image search result for ‘paper snowflake instructions’
Google search result for ‘anleitung papier schneeflocke’
Google image search result for ‘anleitung papier schneeflocke’
Yesterday I presented boxes, today I have something you can put into: edible stucco.
To make it you buy molds for making stucco from plaster and fill them with sweet stuff.
On the photo they present a marzipan stucco element, but I’m sure that it works as well with chocolate.
As a matter of course the mold has to be unused and therefore neat and clean.
Links:
Edible Stucco (German)
Here at unikatissima: Boxes not only for the advent calendar
Once I browsed flickr and found the Teabag Problem Box. He called it this way because some teas are packed in such boxes.
But what I liked best is the the fact that he ‘offers’ the creasing pattern directly (see links below).
On the photo you can see my first try. I burned some CD’s and used the paper where you write what’s on the CD and that I usually throw away for this box.
I think it’s not too bad for a first try ;-)
They can easily be used for an advent calendar.
I looked further for boxes usable for advent calendars and found the following:
Links:
At flickr: Teabag Problem Box
At The Fitful Flog: PDF file with the creasing pattern (ca. 10 KB)
Check also the Model Menu
More boxes that can be used in advent calendars:
And here at unikatissima:
Furthermore there are links on how to decorate in the entry Pattern Paper.
And what can you put into the boxes?
Here at unikatissima:
This week I will present more possible fillings.