Advent Calendar

by Margaret
(Wausau, Wisconsin)

I wanted to make some advent calendars for my adults kids and some friends this year, and here's how I made them...

I bought 200 library book pockets. I glued cheery Christmas paper to the fronts. I cut 2 inch circles out of card-stock, then used number stickers to make 8 sets, each numbered from 1-25.

I then cut out rectangular card-stock cards to fit in the pockets, printed out some Christmas thoughts (messages) and glued one to each card.

After putting the cards in the pockets, I punched holes in the corners of each pockets and hooked each set of pockets together with a ring. I tied cute Christmas ribbons on the rings.

I think they came out well and are a nice way to prepare for Christmas!

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Advent Calendar

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Dec 07, 2010

Neat idea!
by: Stephanie

Your calendars look great! What a neat idea to use library book pockets - where did you get a hold of them though?

Dec 10, 2010

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by: Margaret

Stephanie, I looked everywhere. The school supply store in town had some, but not enough. They offered to order them, but it was cheaper for me to just find a school supply store online and order from them.

Dec 11, 2010

Template
by: Anonymous

Hi,
I've found a template which you can use to make your own pockets: http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/library.htm.

Greetings from the Netherlands,
Esther

Dec 11, 2010

Thanks!
by: Stephanie

Thanks Esther, that is a really useful link.

Dec 19, 2010

nICE!!
by: Anonymous

Nice!!

Nov 15, 2011

Love it!
by: Sonya C.

I have a library card punch that I have been waiting to use- what a perfect project to use it for! Thank you!

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