* matchbox advent calendar
Posted on November 27th, 2005 by maitreya. Filed under Holiday.
This was really fun to make. I’ve been wanting an advent calendar for a while now. (Here’s an old post about an earlier abortive attempt.) Finally everything just clicked for this one. I’m super happy with it. Plus, I made it completely of supplies I already had, including some washi paper I got in Japan that I’d been hoarding. I glued a band of washi around each box, plus another strip to cover the ends and line the inside. Then I poked a hole in the end, threaded through some waxed twine, and tied a knot to secure it. I wrote numbers on wooden beads to thread on the twine hanger. Once we get our Christmas tree up, they will hang on the tree.
So, what’s inside? Each day has a slip of quilling paper with a craft supply/idea I can use to make an ornament. Hopefully by Christmas, I’ll have 24 new ornaments. We’ll see how many I actually do. I’ll post each day’s idea if you want to play along at home.
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November 28th, 2005 at 12:35 am
they look so pretty all together. I’ve been wanting to make a little ‘chest-of-drawers’ out of matchboxes for an advent calendar–hmm, maybe next year, after grad school is over… ;) Neat idea!!
November 28th, 2005 at 3:54 am
What a brilliant idea, i’m going for the stocking advent calander this year, still need to put stuff in them though, any ideas for a 19 month old?
November 28th, 2005 at 9:49 am
I absolutely love this idea. The wasabi paper, the wooden beads, its all great! This is one of my favorite advents so far.
November 28th, 2005 at 10:35 am
This is an amazing idea, and a gorgeous execution. I love the concept of making an ornament each day in the season. Bravo!!
November 28th, 2005 at 10:35 am
This is an amazing idea, and a gorgeous execution. I love the concept of making an ornament each day in the season. Bravo!!
November 28th, 2005 at 12:12 pm
O this is great!
November 28th, 2005 at 2:05 pm
So lovely! They’ll be so pretty hanging from the tree!
November 28th, 2005 at 4:28 pm
Are those special match boxes? They look really plain. Can you buy them plain w/out the matches or a label?
November 28th, 2005 at 6:43 pm
love your advent calendar, the papers are wonderful, what a great idea
November 28th, 2005 at 7:23 pm
Thanks for all the compliments! The matchboxes are plain white. I actually nabbed them from lab, where we were using them for storing electron microscope grids. I’m sure you can find them elsewhere, though. Good luck!
November 28th, 2005 at 9:28 pm
That’s an awesome idea! Looking forward to seeing what’s in each one.
November 29th, 2005 at 12:39 am
wow! these are so very cool!!
November 29th, 2005 at 3:16 pm
These are very nice. What a great idea.
November 29th, 2005 at 5:00 pm
what a great idea! they look lovely - i bet they’ll be even prettier on the tree. :)
November 30th, 2005 at 9:21 am
Aw, my favourit idea, the matchbox thing. YOurs are cool. I will come back to see if I get some ornament inspiration even though I don’t christmas craft so often! :-)
take care!
December 1st, 2005 at 4:31 am
they are so lovely! Look forward to seeing the creations….
December 1st, 2005 at 12:26 pm
Pretty cool!Greetings from fan in Portugal- I wish this advent calendar was my idea!! Meeeerrrrry Xtmas!!!!
December 8th, 2005 at 8:47 am
What a great idea! I might make it with my own matchboxes… Instructions here:
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/crafting/article/0,1789,HGTV_3352_1818266,00.html
p.s. I love the papers you chose too! Very pretty!
August 16th, 2006 at 12:39 pm
what kind of matchboxes did you use? They look handmade.
February 20th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
What a gorgeous calendar! For anyone looking for matchboxes, you can order them from the Oriental Trading Company, but they are called “paper drawer boxes”. They cost about $4 for a dozen, if I remember correctly.
November 4th, 2007 at 9:41 am
I love this advent… I was searching on google and your came up and i may do something like this but with xmas papers and such!!
Melissa
November 18th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
So totally awesome:-] Kids love these