An advent calendar for the wall made up of 25 bright, colorful little bonbons – let the countdown begin! Fill each little package with treats, jokes, tattoos, things to do together – for a list of good advent calendar ideas, see Jordan’s posts here and here.
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Materials needed: crepe paper, gold ribbon, glue gun, 25 4-oz plastic containers, scissors, white number stickers, approx. 7 1/2′ of 1/8″ aluminum wire (not shown), assorted treats, snacks, jokes, tattoos, coupons and goodies.
Step 1: Cut out 25 squares of crepe paper, approximately 9″ x 9″ each.
Step 2: Fill and close containers. Wrap each container with the crepe paper.
Step 3: Tie each side with gold ribbon.
Step 4: Trim the ends of extra crepe paper.
Step 5: Create a 24″ diameter circle with the aluminum wire. This dimension should hold all 25 containers perfectly.
Step 6: Put hot glue on the bottom of a container, press and hold on the wire for a few seconds.
Step 7: Continue applying glue to the bottom of each container, after the first one is on, begin adding a drop of glue to the side of each additional container.
Step 8: Put the sticker numbers on in random order.
PS: If you have more than one kiddo, be sure to put as many trinkets in each container!
Photography by Tim Gibson
Ash
November 26, 2013
I love the idea of putting little gifts inside the wreath! It’s always fun shaking up the traditional advent calendar, and I love using more colors than just they typical red and green!
Melissa @ Bubby & Bean
November 26, 2013
This is genius!
EllenQ
November 26, 2013
Exceptionally sweet (pun intended) idea! I am recently obsessed with tissue punch crafts and I’m wondering how it would hold up if the lids were left off so you could punch through the crepe paper.
Ashley
November 26, 2013
Love this idea! So adorable.
Sarah
November 26, 2013
So clever! Where do you get the small plastic containers?
abigail
November 26, 2013
genius Chiara. As usual.
bp
November 26, 2013
How exciting is THIS wreath!?? I love this idea! So many ways to use tiny treats!
lyndsay // coco cake land
November 28, 2013
oh it would be such tragedy to tear into this AMAZING bonbon cutie awesome wreath! love it, chiara!