Get a taste of Christmas with this DIY Advent Calendar.

The DIY Advent calendar is the perfect tool to joyfully anticipate Santa's arrival. As the end-of-year holidays approach, a special time for family gatherings, December is the ideal month to orchestrate preparations with festivity. Children take infinite pleasure in discovering a new surprise behind each window every day. Instead of opting for a store-bought version, we invite you to create your own personalized calendar. In this article, discover our unique model by Carotte & Cie, accompanied by a detailed guide for its creation, as well as a link to download the printable. Prepare your scissors and let your creativity run wild!

DIY Advent Calendar, what are the advantages?

The DIY Advent calendar is a creative activity

Cutting, gluing, assembling, arranging… all these steps are an integral part of the creative process. And if there's one word that sums up a DIY calendar, it's "do it yourself." So, with the Carotte&Cie calendar, we'll give you a helping hand, because you'll be able to download a link to a printable. But after that, it's up to you!

Creating your Advent calendar is therefore primarily about enjoying a manual activity. Shaping, choosing the surprises, and even deciding how you're going to display it, all these steps are important! And it's true that there's no shortage of ideas for presenting your magical creation. In the form of a Christmas tree, hanging, in a basket... The choice is yours. And what could be better than giving a gift you made yourself? The surprise will be all the more enjoyable!

A way to personalize your creation

Unlike store-bought Advent calendars, DIY versions offer you the freedom to personalize them, as you are not dependent on the gifts hidden inside. In your creations, you can vary the gifts. Have fun hunting for small surprises that are sure to please. For this, think of traditional chocolates, but also candy canes, small notes, figurines like Legos or Playmobiles, an original little scrunchie for girls, pins, or even a colorful bath bomb.

And if you have an artist's soul, you can draw some designs on the outer sides of the boxes of the DIY Advent calendar to personalize it even more.

Allows you to share a special moment with your children

24 surprises to discover every day, you won't wait 30 seconds before seeing the blissful smile on your child's face. It's a lovely way to wait until Christmas and to please your children. Discovering the small gifts in the calendar can also be seen as a ritual where you gather as a family and share a moment of happiness.

If you have two children, you can involve them in turns in creating the calendar for their brother or sister and in choosing the surprises. As a parent, this will allow you to spend some one-on-one time with your child.

How to make the Carotte & Cie DIY Advent calendar?

It's time to get into the Christmas spirit. But before decorating the tree, snuggling up to Christmas movies, or baking snowman-shaped shortbread, you need to make your DIY Advent calendar.

This link gives you access to the designs of the 24 calendar models. This year, we are highlighting the childish side and the spirit of Christmas in winter. We have imagined Santa Clauses, fir trees, snowy mountains, and snowmen.

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The necessary materials to make your calendar

To make the Carotte & Cie DIY Advent calendar, you will need:

• 34 A4 sheets (minimum 100gr to be strong enough);
• 1 tube of glue;
• 1 pair of scissors;
• 1 cutter (for delicate areas);
• tape;
• 24 small surprises (sweets, chocolate, notes, pins, scrunchies, keychains, figurines, etc.).

The steps to make your homemade Advent calendar

• Print the templates from the downloadable link;
• Cut out each of the 24 templates with your scissors. Feel free to use a cutter for the corners if you want a clean finish;
• Fold your templates according to the indicated areas;
• For small assemblies, glue the first side and leave the other two free to fill your box;
• For large assemblies, glue the different parts to the base, then glue two sides according to the indications of each design to leave the other two sides free to fill your box;
• Fill each box with the chosen surprise;
• Glue to close.

You can also hang your boxes by taping a small piece of string to the back of each, then attaching them one by one with a knot to your support (wooden branch, a hanger, small clips, etc.).

You are now ready to make your DIY Advent calendar!

Discover our other models such as Forest, Ice Floe or Nutcracker!