If you fancy giving this a go yourselves and surprizing the kids... our CrafTea tip is to post it to the kids and tell them its an Elf sized advent calendar sent from the North Pole especially for them!
You’ll need ......
Pill box - available in dollar stores & Dealz
Scissors & Glue
Marker or Number Stickers
Magazine or Paper Scraps
You can find a pill box in any euro store or chemist for next to
nothing. The one I found had 28 little boxes which made me think of all those
exciting days leading up to Christmas!
Cut out some paper scraps to the size of the lids and with some Prit-stick or glue, cover
up each box individually.
You then simply write in fancy pen or stick on the numbers 1-25 on each box.
The fun part is deciding what to fill the little boxes with!
You could use jelly beans, sweets, earrings/rings or little vouchers made from
pieces of paper rolled up and tied with an elastic band.
Ideas for
Homemade Christmas Vouchers to open each day include:
- Voucher to stay up 10 minutes later than bedtime (you can adjust this as you think!)
- Pick a Christmas movie to watch together
- Open 1 present under the tree (before Christmas Day!)
- Voucher to stay in PJs all day!
- Voucher for one extra story before bed
- Voucher for a mum & me day of fun / dad & me day of fun etc.
- Voucher for a christmassy sleepover with 5 friends
... you can really dream up any type of voucher you like.
If you want to make this for an partner you could make up vouchers for:
- Date Night
- Day with the lads/girls
- "Don't lift a finger day" (a day-off for a special person from whatever daily tasks they usually have to do like cooking, cleaning, walking the dog etc. )
- Voucher for 2hr lie-in (love this if you have a young kid or two!
Have fun making your very own Mini Elf Advent Calendar!
