Discover this beautiful Advent Calendar. It is made with recycled materials and with a gold finish. This craft takes time to do, but you can always ask the little ones in the house for help. The idea of preparing 24 cavities Surprises are what makes it heavier, but we assure you that the result is satisfactory. In addition, this idea is very vintage and decorative for Christmas.
If you want to know our Advent Calendar, we present a small list with some of these crafts:
The materials that have been used for the advent calendar:
- 12 cardboard tubes.
- 1 box and its lid that fits the 24 tubes.
- Metallic gold spray.
- Brown paper.
- Printed numbers for an advent calendar.
- 24 small gummies.
- Scissors.
- Pencil.
- Ruler.
- Hot silicone and his gun.
- Some gold Christmas decorations.
You can see this manual step by step in the following video:
First step:
We cut the 12 rolls cardboard to form 24 rolls.
Second step:
We place one of the cut cardboard inside the box. The idea is know the height, which we will mark with the pencil. Then we will cut out the excess part of the box.
Third step:
We place the rolls inside the box to check that everything fits perfectly.
Fourth step:
We place the lid next to the box. We will create a triangle so that it is formed the part of the roof. We cut it out and then we will glue it to the top of the box.
Fifth step:
We cut some strips so that they fit the edges of the roof. Then we will glue them with the help of silicone.
Step Six:
We cut 48 square pieces of brown paper. We will place two pieces for each cardboard roll and secure it with a rubber band.
Seventh step:
We place the rolls on a piece of paper and paint it with the gold spray paint. We will also do it with the box.
Eighth step:
We put the surprises inside the cardboard rolls and then we will place them inside the box.
Nineth step:
We will paste the numbers on the outer faces of the rolls. Finally we will put up some Christmas decorations in the calendar.