Each holiday season one of my favorite things to do is browse the web for all the adorable and creative advent countdowns out there. I find everything from cookie sheets, to shoe organizers, to paper chains, and more. One of the cutest ones I’ve seen out there is this take out box advent from Stampin Up. It is so adorable, and comes in a pre-cut kit which makes everything so easy to put together. What’s even better is you can leave it just the way it comes in the kit, or if you feel like adding your own personal touch you can embellish to your heart’s content. I’m actually working on one right now, and since the folks at Stampin’ Up are not only creative but oh so generous, I’ve got an extra kit to give away to one of you!
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Yeah I'll take this one!!! LOL…I have seens SOOOOO much Cuteness already for Christmas decor…I think the magnetic advents calendars are darling too….where you use a cookie sheet and make your own embellies…..darling!!!
Oh wow! Christmas songs coming from your website — I'm getting teary!! I love making Christmas special only because of my children — prior to motherhood I was all bah humbug. Your advent boxes remind me of the magic of the countdown.
I LOVE it! It would be perfect for the first xmas for the baby of one of my friends 🙂
What a gorgeous way to count down for the Advent season! I have been looking for a number of years for one that I like, and I think the boxes might be what I want! I like that the boxes can hold a variety of things from candy to papers telling us to do something fun and meaningful! Thanks for the giveaway!
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This is great!! What a fun way to prepare for Christmas
Cheers
Catie
I want to do this so bad this year. We got a cheap one with crappy chocolates from Target for Halloween to see if the idea would interest my daughter. She loved opening it everyday but hated the crappy chocolate, lol. This would be fun to put my own stuff in.
I want to do this so bad this year. We got a cheap one with crappy chocolates from Target for Halloween to see if the idea would interest my daughter. She loved opening it everyday but hated the crappy chocolate, lol. This would be fun to put my own stuff in.
I like this one, what a great idea!!
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I don't have one and I really like the red boxes, so I'll try to think it to my place! {zoom – zoom}
We don't have an advent calendar but I do think this the cutest one I have seen and would LOVE IT!
I've never done Stampin'Up but have a niece that does. I'm hoping that on Thanksgiving I get a little exposure. I want to find out what it is all about.
I really like the Chinese food take-out boxes. I've seen a lot of things done with them and I think now is the time to get some.
Thanks for sharing in more than one way.
My advent calendar is a little Christmas Tree with doors for each day that I bought at Target. It's cute, but you can only fit a couple of Hershey's Kisses in each door. I want to do more!
This is adorable! We have a little wooden tree with pegs on it and have numbered stars that we hang on it each day. The kids are teenageres now but still love to add a star each day.
Even though the kids are 22 and 26, they get a Chocolate advent calendar each year. These calendars have a small piece of chocolate for each day.
This is so adorable. I have never used an advent calendar with my kids but I have really wanted to. So cute!
Adorable! My mom has a fabric advent calendar that my aunt made for my sister and I when we were kids that you pin "ornaments" to – but I never saw one cute enough to replace it with in my own home until now!
My friend made one of the kaisercraft ones it's so stinking cute….
her blog is http://www.snapwhiz.blogspot.com
she is amazing…
I do love those take out boxes that is somethign I would do… The other stuff is way fancy for me.
This is s super cute Advent calendar!!!! I don't have one yet so of course, I would love to win!!!
OMG, those boxes are RAD! what a clever idea for Christmas countdown 🙂
These are so cute. I do have an Advent calendar, it is fabric and very cute, with a little mouse that counts down the days. It is the one thing that has lasted for years. It was a gift to me from my mother many years ago and came from Avon, believe it or not. The kids are grown and have moved away, but I still count down to the holidays.
oh i love the takeout boxes. it's genius!
we used to have a Playmobile advent calender, but the kids say they are too big for those this year! This would be perfect!
"Anticipation makes you wait!" What better way to count the days as they go by! Very cute!
We don't have an advent calendar, but this is so cute it makes me want one. I really love this kit. Thanks for sharing it.
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This is sooooo cute!!! We have a playmobil advent nativity scene where each day you open up another piece to the set. I would love a set like you are giving away as i would love to have a family activity each day in there.
I've never done an advent calander before, but I've wanted to & have been looking for the perfect one this year. This one looks awesome! I would LOVE it!
I really, really want to make an advent calendar this year and yours is gorgeous! I would have never thought to make it out of takeout boxes!
When we were children we used to make our advent calendar from two asheets of paper stuck together at the edges, Doors were 'cut' with a pin and duly decorated inside and out. We then sellotaped them on a door and had fu, As years went by we were given the shop bought chocolate ones. Now we have a son of our own we are encouraging handmade decoration again. Albeit he is only 4yo, he enjoys 'mucking in'. Our decorations and advent calendars are always different from anyone elses!!! :O)
Amicalement
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Please pick me…my daughters would love this.
My husband alwways got those little chocolate advent calendars as a kid. So, we always get one for our girls. But I really want something a little more clever. This idea is perfect. I would love to win!!
I really love this calendar. Why I would like to have it?
Only 11 days left and another three calendars to be done. Reason enough?
That would be a great help 😉
Greetings from Germany
Claudia
…i haven't started ours yet! oops!
honey
I love this advent calendar!! I just saw one that was a bunch of boxes attached to a canvas. It looked really nice and I like how each box's varying size give you the opportunity to put different sized gifts.
I would really love to win this advent calendar because my new husband and I are finally getting our own place this holiday season. It would be a great way to celebrate!
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Happy Holidays,
Laura McC
I've been wanting to make an advent calendar for our family, but haven't found one that I really like that would be big enough for our 5 kiddos. This one might actually work.
This is so cute! I think one of the cutest advent "calendars" I've seen was little houses cut out on a Cricut and each house was numbered and filled with treats and toys. Love this idea!
Those are super cute…the one that we had growing up was super simple, but it brings back great memories. Just a fabric hanging with a mouse that you move closer to the christmas scene :0)
We always read a christmas story every night from a collection in a binder. I have been looking for something cute to hang up to go with this – your's would be great for after story time.
These are adorable! We used an Advent mat with small felt characters of the Nativity. Sadly, it was partially eaten by our dog. Thanks for the chance to win!
Marie
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