DIY Wooden Crate – Easy Christmas Advent Calendar
This is the wooden crate I demonstrated how to build in my Google + Hangout. I wasn’t prepared enough to have one finished so you could actually SEE what the finished product would look like.
That’s how things go ’round these parts.
The purpose for my crates was to hold Madison’t Christmas countdown gifts but I didn’t get it done in time so we went for the old cardboard box with chocolate behind the doors. She loves those anyway. It’s getting harder to find 24 (inexpensive) gifts for her now that she is a teen. Wes asked me when we were going to stop the 24 gift tradition the other day. Uhm. It’s a tradition so — never! 🙂
We just might have to start using Hershey’s kisses for all the gifts. Wonder how many days it would take for that to lose it’s excitement?
But here is my finished crate anyway…four days late. Ha! (Oh well.)
I should look at it this way instead: It’s ready for next year a whole year early. Booyah!
I love it, Sandra! It’s not too late to start the countdown. At least not until the 25th, so you’re still good to go for 2012! 🙂 Beautiful work!
YAY! And I totally vote for just saying you are prepping for Christmas 2013 😉
Your red crate is too cute! What a great idea to hold her countdown gifts! Have a great week!
Leslie
That looks great! There’s always candy bars, nail polish, hair accessories, earrings, bracelets (you could do a charm bracelet, giving one charm each day and the bracelet for them on either the first or last, or under the tree), etc, that can be fairly inexpensive and easy to find.
Ready super early for next year, looks great!