Over 20 creative homemade advent calendar ideas to help children count down the days until Christmas! From simple paper advents to candy tins, there’s something for everyone. And if you are looking for advent ideas that you don’t have to make, here are a dozen darling ones that you can order with free shipping!
Homemade Advent Calendar Ideas
A simple DIY advent calendar made from paper cups and tissue paper. Fill with small erasers, candy or strips of paper with Christmas activity ideas inside. Kids can break open the tissue each day to find the surprise inside!
This darling Santa Christmas Countdown is the perfect activity for kids! Trim Santa’s beard a little bit every day until Christmas Day!
Simple paper bags to open each day until Christmas. So sweet and easy!
Shoe Organizer Homemade Advent Calendar from Eighteen25
Hang a shoe organizer and fill each comparment with treats! Love this idea!
So colorful and bright and packed with all sorts of fun activities to do leading up to Christmas.
Another Santa advent! Pull a chain off of Santa’s beard every day. So cute.
Can’t get any easier than a printable Christmas countdown!
Printable Homemade Advent Calendar from Skip to My Lou
Another printable advent idea! Love how they hung the cards on this rustic board.
Lego Advent Calendars can be pricey! If you have a big stash at home…make one!
Felt Advent from run Lori Run!
She doesn’t give instructions, but this is such a darling advent and would be easy to replicate using her images as a guide.
Christmas Village Advent Bags from The Paper Pony
Put your Silhouette or Cricut to work and create your own tiny village using a bag template!
Brown bags! So fun and you don’t even need stamps. Just write the numbers on!
Manzanita Homemade Advent Calendar Tree from Centsational Girl
A fun and whimsical advent idea. Love the red and white!
Lego Advent from Little Bins for Little Hands
Another fun Lego advent idea. Wish I had thought of making our own in the past!
Advent Wreath from Oh Happy Day
Each “bon bon” is filled with treats! What a unique and pretty idea!
Envelope Advent from Organized Living Solutions
Envelopes strung up like a tree. What a clever idea.
Paper Bag Advent from Tell Love and Party
Can we all just swoon for a minute over the colors here? Paper bags!
Book Advent from Living Loving Laughing Together
I love Christmas books and definitely have enough to create an advent for my kids. Love it!
And you can find this darling one in my book! 60 sewing projects for kids, including an entire chapter for holidays!
love all of these, especially the santa one! I’m in search of ideas for the perfect advent. Thee santa might be it. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome! The Santa one is so easy to do too! Have a great week! 🙂
So lovely 🙂 I especially love the handmade days of Christmas .Thank you
Thanks Wenya! You are wlecome!