Hello! The countdown for Christmas has begun! This easy diy countdown to Christmas calendar is a fun, memorable way for you and your family to keep track of how many days until that special holiday is finally here. With only a few simple steps you can create this countdown calendar that will give you an easy go-to for the “how many days until Christmas” question that gets asked multiple times a day.
To start you will need:
- Little gift bags
- Stickers
- Markers
- Ribbon or string
- Thumb tacks
- Treats
Step one:
Place a sticker on each bag and number the bags from one to 24.
Step two:
Add some fun little quotes, sayings, or facts to your bags. Here are some suggestions:
- ___ days until Christmas
- Christmas is in ____ days
- Only ___ days until Christmas
- I can almost count on my 10 fingers, 11 days until Christmas
- Christmas means expressing surprise. __ days until Christmas.
- It’s the most wonderful day of the year in ___ days
Step three:
Hang up 4 rows of ribbon with your thumb tacks and tie the numbered bags to each row. Have fun here, you can put the bags in order as I did; or you can scramble all the numbers so you have to find the correct bag each day.
Step four:
Add a treat to each bag. I used some delicious Canadian chocolate bars that a family friend brought down for us, as well as some candy canes, mini Hershey bars, hi chews, gobstoppers, and dum dum suckers.
This holiday season create a new family tradition with this easy diy countdown to Christmas calendar. The best part about using these little gift bags is you can reuse them year after year or decorate the other side next year for a different look.
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Enjoy your thanksgiving everyone.
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