I saw this super cute idea over at ikat bag to make paper cone trees for an advent calendar.I had been thinking of making an advent calendar and there are so many fun ideas out there it was hard to decide what to make. I thought this one was really fun.
I found a bunch of green scrapbook paper with different patterns. I traced a big bowl for a circle and then cut the circle in 3 (not an easy thing to figure out and of course when I looked back at the post she used 1/4 circle - much easier) Once I figured it out I traced on the other circles and cut out a few at a time.
I got Lilo to write the numbers 1 to 25 on the triangles since she is loving practicing writing.
Then I gathered a bunch of fun things to decorate with, after a trip to a dollar store I had: jewels, holiday sequins, glittery mini pompoms, glitter glue, stickers, star sequins and big star jewels for the tops of some trees.
While Isla was napping, Lilo and I decorated. Isla did colour one of them when she woke up.
After they were dry I rolled and glued or taped them. This was also a pain. The original made a tab seam allowance to fold over. I tried snipping the tip and folding but anyway I tried it was hard to get them to stay together. So at the end I just used tape on the outside - you can't see it when they are up on the mantel.
So everyday I will put a treat under the tree. So far I've put chocolates, lolly pops and yesterday holiday erasers. I'm also thinking that some days will be activities like, write Santa a letter, make cookies, buy a Christmas tree - so I've decided to not put things under until the day of. Also I don't really trust Lilo not to peak and I don't trust the cats not to jump up and knock them all down.
And yes, we have a tv in our fireplace.
Vone, thanks for inviting me to come see - I really, really like how your trees turned out! I love the shades of green you used -much better than the ones I used! I wish I had a mantel for mine. Ours are glued on a big piece of cardboard so the girls do have some trouble pulling them off to peek underneath. I drew out a calendar of Dec, and planned on it what to put under each tree before actually filling the trees: this way I knew beforehand what activity (if we had any) might work on a particular day. For instance, I put crafts on days like Saturday or days when E doesn't have school. And I can also refer back to the calendar if I forget what's under a tree on a particular day. It is a GREAT idea to fill each tree the day before - smart! Vone - 1, Cats - 0.
ReplyDeleteVone, they're so cute!! You did an awesome job. Love 'em!! What a fun idea for an advent calendar (LiEr rocks).
ReplyDeleteLiEr - funny that you would say you like my paper better. I was wishing I had brighter paper like you :)
ReplyDeleteMy problem with putting something under the day of is that I haven't planned anything out. So I seem to be grabbing something from their forgotten Halloween bag and sticking it underneath.
This is a great idea, I will be stealing it in a few years. L.
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