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November 27, 2010

Matchbox {Magnet} Advent Calender



With December only a few days away,  I have just finished making our advent calender! I took matchboxes and covered them with a fun stripy wrapping paper and then added embellishments that I had from pretty gift tags and cards of Christmas's past. I then added magnets to the back of them so that they can stick to the fridge. Our fridge is metallic in colour, so I added a sheet of white cardboard as a backdrop.  I think the result is very festive :)


Inside each box is a happy Christmas message or a message describing a surprise. The surprises vary from  sweets to a happy event/outing to activities planned for the day. Big One LOVES the daily surprises and I know Little One will feed off this excitement. I'm predicting that he will probably be asking me to open these little boxes more than once a day in the hope of more fun! 

13 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 27, 2010 at 9:42 PM

    What a fantastic idea! My kids would absolutely love this.

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  2. CazNovember 28, 2010 at 12:54 AM

    I LOVE this!! What a fabulous idea and it looks great too.

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  3. Mrs. WharyNovember 28, 2010 at 11:11 PM

    I LOVE this idea - thanks for sharing!!

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  4. CraftyMummyNovember 29, 2010 at 1:55 AM

    Your advent calendar is so cute! Thanks for dropping by my blog too.

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  5. EmilyMNovember 29, 2010 at 3:44 PM

    I love this! What a great idea! Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Lady MuckNovember 29, 2010 at 10:42 PM

    Love it! Who thought matchboxes could be so cute. I love advent calendars! x

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  7. KMNovember 30, 2010 at 7:59 PM

    Beyond brilliant!!!! Those boxes are so darling you are going to have to stop you adult guests from peeking. :)

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  8. MichelleDecember 1, 2010 at 3:37 AM

    This is awesome!!

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  9. silly eagle booksDecember 1, 2010 at 4:23 PM

    Love this and loved seeing you on the crafty crow today!

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  10. Love and LollipopsDecember 11, 2010 at 6:43 PM

    Thank you so so much for all your kind comments! It is awesome to be featured on The Crafty Crow!(Thanks Vanessa:))

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  11. CraftyMummyDecember 16, 2010 at 11:20 PM

    I knew I had seen this somewhere before! Thanks for visiting my linkup week!

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  12. maggy, red ted artDecember 19, 2010 at 10:01 AM

    Oh wow! Another adorable craft! How cute is this!!


    I would LOVE for you to join us (again) at Kids Get Crafty (every Wednesday on Red Ted Art) - current link up http://www.redtedart.com/2010/12/15/kids-get-crafty-christmas-baubles/

    Hope to see you there!

    Maggy

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  13. c is for cape townNovember 13, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    Oooo, I'm making a matchbox advent at the mo and then stumbled across this post via Becoming You (I hadn't gotten this far back in your archives yet :)
    And I'm so glad I did! I was going to put all the matchboxes in a big glass bowl but I love the fridge magnet idea!
    I've made a little divider for the inside of the boxes so each day's box holds two small chocs, one for each girl.
    Can't wait to REVEAL it to them :)

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