As someone who loves a good countdown, I’ve always loved the idea of advent calendars. Although I never had one growing up, I decided long ago to make it a part of our family’s holiday traditions once a little one came around. With M turning 2 in January, this felt like the perfect year to start. Naturally I turned to Pinterest for a little inspiration and was so impressed by the creative and adorable options I found. Mr. Ice Cream and I haven’t decided what to fill our calendar with, but we are giving ourselves a budget and have agreed to buy meaningful and useful items so we don’t just fill our closets with more clutter. But I’m pretty sure M will end up with a couple pairs of socks, a dreidel and a choo choo or two.
Here are 25 of my favorite Pinterest inspired Advent Calendars.
2. Linen Pin Board and Muslin Bag Advent Calendar
4. Twenty-Five Acts of Random Kindness
8. Christmas Tree Advent Calendar
13. Hanging Brand and Paper Sack Calendar
14. Toilet Paper Roll Christmas Calendar
18. Holiday Helper Advent Calendar
19. Advent Calendar Clothespin
21. Embroidery Hoop Wreath Calendar
24. Gilt Galvanized Advent Calendar
24. Linen Pin Board and Muslin Bag Advent Calendar
25. Hanging Bundles
Is an advent calendar part of your family’s holiday tradition?
pineapple / 12053 posts
Cute ideas! We have 25 books that we’ll up wrap as our advent calendar.
1 and 25, and 2 and 24 are repeats though!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
All of these are so cute.
I picked up a couple Legos (Star Wars and friends) advent calendars.
pomelo / 5084 posts
These are fantastic! Thanks for this post. I’m overwhelmed haha. Never had one either and definitely want todo this for DS!
cherry / 226 posts
I love these ideas. I was curious about doing a diy this yr. Great suggestions. I’d also love to hear what you decide to fill them with, I am on the same page as you with clutter items.
blogger / persimmon / 1225 posts
Love these! My mom is preparing one for us this year, very excited to see it!
blogger / apricot / 482 posts
So many cute ones! I love advent calendars!
blogger / apricot / 250 posts
@birdofafeather: Books is a great idea!
blogger / apricot / 250 posts
@Teachermama: Right now we are working really hard on sharing, so we decided we are going to fill several of the days with little toys that M can donate to the toy drive at his school.