For Christmas, make beautiful DIY Advent Calendars from recycled materials

Many DIY ideas from which to draw inspiration to make beautiful Advent Calendars with recycled material.

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Loved by young and old, the Advent Calendar has German origins. Indeed, it was Gerhard Lang who invented it in 1908, drawing inspiration from an already existing custom: 24 small packages to be unwrapped starting from the first day of December. Which Gerhard transformed into a calendar enriched by drawings and later by opening windows.

Further changes have been made over time and today there are many types. But the basic concept has not changed: the Advent Calendar marks the days until Christmas.

This year instead of buying it, you could make it together with the children with recycled materials. From simple cardboard to envelopes, small and large, from toilet paper rolls to paper cups. Here are many DIY ideas to draw inspiration from.

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DIY Advent Calendar from cardstock

Card stock is an extremely versatile material that you can use to create cute and original DIY Advent Calendars.

Just print the pattern you find here, assemble it and decorate it with a white marker, following the instructions in the following video tutorial.

DIY Advent Calendar with Sachets

Bread bags, letter envelopes, sachets of all shapes and types can be recycled to make original DIY Advent Calendars.

They do not have to be identical, you can alternate several, hanging them with a few wooden clothespins on a support as you like. For example cords, a plywood panel, a wooden ladder.

Alternatively, you can put the envelopes in a box and decorate them with some Christmas elements.

DIY Advent Calendar with Toilet Rolls

Don't throw away the toilet paper rolls, recycle them to make DIY Advent Calendars.

First, close the ends of each roll with a piece of circular cardboard of the right diameter.
Then place 4 rolls side by side and glue them with hot glue.
Make another row of four and do the same until you get to 24.
Then glue the different rows on top of each other.
Now with some cardboard create the roof.

DIY Advent Calendar from Recycled Paper Cups

You can recycle the paper cups to compose your DIY Advent Calendar. Draw the numbers from 1 to 24 over the glasses, add a small bag inside, gluing it on the bottom with hot glue and insert sweets or other surprises.

You can arrange the glasses on a flat surface or apply them on a vertical panel, with the help of a few pins.

DIY Advent Calendar with Boxes

If you have boxes of various shapes and sizes, recycle them to make a cute DIY Advent Calendar. Just decorate them to your liking, add the corresponding number to each and close them with a cord as if they were delicious gift packages, to be unwrapped day by day.

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