Christmas Advent Calendar

I saw this idea at our local craft store 2 years ago and every time I saw it I really wanted to make it!! It wasn't until I found the magnet board at a really great price did I get the motivation :)

Thanks to my great friends, we planned a night and got together to make our own.

I got the unfinished framed magnet board from Roberts (when we had one near us) for 50% off.

If you can't find a pre-made board, you can make your own with a picture frame & metal sheeting.

I painted the frame white and Mod Podged scrapbook paper to it. Be careful how you line up the paper if you have a pattern. If you look close, you can see mine is not so matching :)

I found enough chipboard letters in my collection to spell "Merry Christmas".

As you can see, I didn't even use all the same type of letters.

 I sent my chipboard letters through my Xyron (right side down),

attached scrapbook paper over my letters & trimmed the paper.

I used glue dots to attach ribbon to the metal board.

The same local craft store, Porters, had all the plastic circles, so they were easy to find.
I think they were around $.20 a piece.

Just attach a magnet to the back with a glue dot.

And add paper to the front.

I used 2 size circles on the front, with one just barely big enough for the sticker numbers.

I'm an edge inker if you couldn't tell.

I added different quotes or scriptures for every day in December.

Each night we take a number down and read the quote or scripture inside.

At Roberts I also found these metal embellishments at 50% off & I added one to each corner.

This is the final project & it was so fun to make!

Thanks to Porters for the idea and to my friends for being my partners in crafting crime :)

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