Anyway, I knew I didn't want Cameron to have candy every day, because that is a no-no around here. I found an idea online somewhere that suggested cutting a tree out of construction paper and using foam stickers, one for each day. He loves putting stickers on things right now so I knew it was perfect for him. As a scrapbooker though, I cringed at the thought of construction paper and foam stickers. ;) So I decided to develop it into my own little project.
I found a cute little tree template here, cut it out, and traced it onto the back side of my CTMH Mistletoe paper. I didn't like how small that tree stand was, so I cut a larger one out of Cranberry cardstock. I didn't use a template or anything for that, just eye-balled it.
Every day Cameron will add an "ornament" sticker to this tree.
After that I cut out 6, 1 inch circles using my Fiskars Shape Cutter and circle template. I cut them out of 4 of the different patterned papers from the Mistletoe Level 2 pack. You could use a circle punch though. :) After that, I ran them all through my Xyron. Voila! Ornament stickers that match my tree! :)
And I cut them up and put them in a sandwich bag so Cam can randomly pick one every day.
I adhered my tree to my Colonial White cardstock cut to 8.5x11 and added some embellishments from the Mistletoe Level 2 Assortment.
(I apologize for the bad photos. It was crappy outside and they were taken with my phone. ;)
I also sewed in between the embellishments because it looked funny without anything else up there. At the bottom, I have added "Christmas 2010" in Cocoa cardstock cut out with my Cricut. I am sure there will be a better photo taken of this as we go through December and I'm working on our December Daily. :)
What kind of advent calendar do you have for your kids?
Supplies:
CTMH Mistletoe Level 2 Paper Pack
CTMH Mistletoe Level 2 Assortment
CTMH Neutral Embroidery Floss
Originally posted to my Cameron Crazy Mom blog. Brought here courtesy of me. :)
