This advent calendar was made by my dad several years ago. He used wooden office supply drawers typically used for the top of desks, attached knobs to the fronts of each drawer and then numbered and decorated them to match our tastes. If you look closely you can see our brand.
The first year Grandma and Grandpa filled each drawer with either candy or some other item like silly straws, hot cocoa mixes, and pieces to a small Nativity set. Each drawer also contained a passage of scripture that had to do with the Christmas story.
Every year my folks send out a few things for the advent calendar, usually a new Nativity set, and then Mr. Ferrero Rocher and I fill the rest of the drawers with goodies or activity suggestions. This has become a wonderful tradition counting down the days to Christmas that involves family from far away.
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I might steal this idea for my own grandchildren next year.
Awww…that is so cute! I should make one of those.
Oh man, do I love your dad and his ideas! This is awesome. It’s the best one I’ve seen. I really like that it’s not cutsie, you know, but functional. It’s the engineer in me, I guess. I will be putting this on my pinterest board and makes plans to shop for some drawers in the new year. Our church hands out wonderful Advent reading booklets that we could use to fill the drawers. You’re so great to share it. Thanks!
What a great idea, thanks for sharing it. I may have to give something like this a try for next year.
wow, that is really a nice tradition. love it.
I love this calendar!