It’s Christmas Advent Calendar time! Because I’m a huge procrastinator, all of the Lego Advent calendars were sold out. I made a trip to the mall and then called 7 stores… yes… all sold out! Who knew I should have bought them back in April? With the start of December upon us, I was forced to make my own.
With some pieces of scrapbook paper, I was very happy with my non-Lego version, plus I saved $50! These calendars are SUPER easy to make (oh and I mentioned cheap right?) and it’s not too late to make one yourself! They were so easy that I even made one for each kid. Take that procrastination!
Actually, they are even more easy for you, because I designed them for you!
All you need to do is think of what little treats your kids will get each day. The free printable design is customizable, so you can either keep what I have typed, or re-type your own treats. As you can see below, my daughter is really into money, candy and crafts:-) So unless your kids are obsessed with quarters, you’ll probably want type your own. ha!
I printed the little treats on the back of scrapbook paper and the circles on sticker paper.
You can choose from three banners. Santa… (My daughter wanted Tinkerbell, but too bad, so sad, she got Santa.)
A nativity scene… (I found this pretty graphic over at The Graphics Fairy)
And for the Star Wars fans out there, this one’s for you:-) Yes, I know your son loves me about right now! (Graphic found via Starwars.com)
Download the Calendar with Instructions. Enjoy!
> Free Printable Advent Calendar
(Right click the link above to download to your desktop. Mac users, hold down your control key.)
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Aline Azevedo says
Hi, I´m Aline From Brazil and I made it likely yours. My daughter is 16 years old and I had to adapt the advent calendar to her, but she loved it!
Thank you for sharing this free printable.
Sandra Watts says
This is great. I saved! It just took some time to load.
Ashley Crosson says
I can;t get the download to work either. it says it cannot be opened. even after I saved it to my desktop. Thanks!
Shelli says
I don’t understand how to put it together exactly? Can you explain it in more detail? I don’t understand how you stick the papers on the calendar? It looks like they are stuck on with the numbers but not sure. I was wondering if you could help me a bit more as I would like to do this did my kids this year. Can you use Christmas scrapbook paper instead of printing the prints? Thanks for your help and super cute things.
Katharine Ball Ricks says
I can't seem to get it opened and would like it. Can you email it? [email protected]. Thanks.
Ann Richardson says
I would like to make these Advent Calendars for my "grown" "kids", but it will not print. I reinstalled a new version of Adobe….HELP!
thanks!! ann
Amy Locurto says
So sorry you are having problems Ann. So you are able to download the file and open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader, but it won’t print? I just tested it on my computer and it worked for me. Maybe try restarting your computer since you just installed a new version of Acrobat. I’m not sure why it won’t print for you, but prints for others. – Amy
ann says
I did download a new version of Adobe, but the calendar won’t download for me. Restarted the computer…no luck.
Amy Locurto says
Ah, so it’s not downloading to your desktop? I thought you downloaded the PDF file, opened it and then it would not print. The file is several pages, so it might take a while to download depending on how fast your internet is. You can right click the link to download to a specific folder on your computer. It should say “save link as…” (Hold down your control key if using a Mac.)
If this still does not work for you, I’m very sorry. Digital files are tricky because each computer and software people use are different. I wish I could be of more help:-)
ann says
Got it to download!! I right clicked and hit “saved target as” and saved it to my desktop, then opened it up. Very cute!!
Amy Locurto says
YAY! So happy you got it to work. Enjoy!