When I wrote last year’s DIY Advent Calendar ideas for kids, it was a very last-minute post, way too close to Christmas for me to be able to do something properly put together (making use of my vast “collection” of Christmas craft stuff). Apart from selecting a new Christmas story to read every night from the lovely collection I put together from charity shops (which you can find here on my Amazon UK storefront), I didn’t manage to create any other of my ideas but I’ll do my best to create something this year! Even though yet again I’m doing it last minute. I love the idea of a DIY advent calendar and I was very hopeful that this year will be THE year I will create one. And I am doing one, but it’s not very Instagram worthy but the kids are loving the joy of getting a little surprise present every day, even if it’s a bit disorganised. If you get to this post because you’re looking for an idea (you might want to do something special for your kids) I’m here for you and I hope one of my ideas will help you! And here’s the best […]

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So, I’ve gotta be honest. I was very on time with my 2023 Toy Advent Calendars for kids that are worth it post and then a pretty-nasty-flu-or-COVID-type-thing hit me and I derailed on my programmed posts. So, here I am on the last day of November trying to create I promised in a semi-sort-of-non-timely fashion. If you get to this post because you’re looking for a last-minute idea (because you’ve only now thought that you might want to do something special for your kids) I’m here for you! And here’s the best thing about DIY toy advent calendars: you can figure it out as you go. Here are some ideas that I think are great ideas for a DIY Advent Calendar. Christmas and Winter Books Advent Calendar I am not a big fan of ready-made book advent calendars. The reason being the books that come in the packages are way too small. So what I did last year is: I went to a bookshop and some charity shops, sourced enough Christmas and Winter storybooks to make 24 in total (I already had a few books on the theme), emptied my kid’s bookshelf and every day I took one book out […]

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