Monday, 28 November 2011

Toilet Roll Advent Calendar

I made an advent calendar this year for my kids. The first one I've ever made. Normally i buy the cheap £2 ones from the supermarket, you know them ones with the little chocolates behind the windows. But I've been inspired by all the handmade advent calendar I've seen. The one I've made is based on two calendars I featured on my post Christmas Countdown : Top 10 Advent Calendars.  My calendar is a mix between number 4 and number 7.


Please ignore my horrible blue walls. Hopefully will be decorating next year.

All you need is 24 toilet rolls and Christmas paper. just trim to size and glue on.


 Then I stapled the bottoms together. Noticed I used green staples to make it a bit more christmasy, even though i couldn't staple them straight


 Then decorate them however you like and place a number 1-24 on each. Then i tied a bit of red ribbon on my wall and attached the toilet rolls with mini pegs. I arranged them in random order.


My next job is to fill them

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34 comments:

  1. Jennifer @Miss Maggie's Place28 November 2011 at 12:34

    This is so cute. I love the paper that you used.

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  2. Carol28 November 2011 at 12:51

    This is so cute!! Also, I've never seen green staples before - they're cute too!

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  3. Unknown28 November 2011 at 13:55

    I shall come back and have a look ~ back to work now. Entered your linky party but image I had was too large and can only crop on my pc at home.

    Cheerio

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  4. Carrie28 November 2011 at 19:52

    Pinned this - too stinkin cute! Your newest GFC groupie!

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  5. Kelley @ TheGrantLife.com28 November 2011 at 19:55

    Ohhh! Love this! What a great idea :)

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  6. Tammy29 November 2011 at 03:12

    I must say, I saw your blog post title and thought, "what on earth is this going to be?" This is sooo cute! And I love your crooked green staples!! Thanks so much for sharing this :)

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  7. Stephanie from GardenTherapy.ca29 November 2011 at 07:04

    adorable! This is so smart and cute.

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  8. Youaretalkingtoomuch.com29 November 2011 at 12:22

    Smart, thrifty and cute! Right up my alley! My readers would love you! I would love it if you would share this at our "Meet Me Monday" party still going on. I found you through Hopes party and am so glad to have found you! Love, Me
    http://youaretalkingtoomuch.blogspot.com/2011/11/meet-me-monday-13.html

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  9. TheSewingLoft29 November 2011 at 12:51

    I love this. The perfect way to reclaim a few things from the recycling bin! Great job!!
    ~Heather

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  10. Sandy Ang29 November 2011 at 22:30

    what a clever idea !

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  11. The Monko1 December 2011 at 21:32

    Oh my goodness this is genius

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  12. Karyn1 December 2011 at 21:32

    What a darling idea! I would love to have you link up to my blog!
    http://cookingwithkaryn.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-makes-you-say-mmmmm-4-and-bread.html

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  13. Unknown2 December 2011 at 02:02

    These are so cute! I am obsessed with toilet paper roll projects-- I probably have 3-4 posted and am hoping to have other ones up soon haha! I have one right now that I linked up to the Wicked Awesome Wednesday party @ Handy Man, Crafty Woman as well! Hope you'll check it out: http://bonniegetchell.blogspot.com/2011/11/christmas-candle-redo.html

    -Bonnie @ Revolutionaries
    http://bonniegetchell.blogspot.com

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  14. Kerryanne @ Shabby Art Boutique2 December 2011 at 04:02

    what a great handmade idea.

    I'd love for you to share this project on Inspiration Friday at Simply Christmas http://shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/2011/12/inspiration-friday.html

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  15. Sassy Sites!2 December 2011 at 05:30

    OH MY GOODNESS!!! What a cute idea!! They look like specialty boxes that I would pay good money for! I can't believe they are toilet paper rolls! Too cute! Thanks for linking up to Sassy Sites today!

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  16. Kelley @ TheGrantLife.com2 December 2011 at 13:04

    I love this so much that I featured it this week at my link party :) Check it out and be sure to link up while youre there!

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  17. Anonymous2 December 2011 at 14:46

    Neat idea!

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  18. Unknown2 December 2011 at 17:23

    I got mine done JUST in the nick of time too.

    Thank-you so much for joining our Pin'Inspiration party. Would love for you to hop over and grab a button.

    Happy follower.

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  19. Melanie @ bear rabbit bear2 December 2011 at 18:28

    Very cute and frugal! Nice idea! Thanks so much for linking up to Things I’ve Done Thursday!!

    Melanie
    Sew Rugged @ bear rabbit bear
    bearrabbitbear.blogspot.com

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  20. Mm2 December 2011 at 19:21

    These are cute I somehow missed them on the financial link up last week. I was just thinking You could also use a roll from wrapping paper and cut it into smaller rolls if you did not have 24 of these saved. I go through a ton of T.P. with 8 kids but just thought of that.LOL

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  21. April4 December 2011 at 04:10

    Cute idea-and frugal too (and green!) I'd love to have you come link up at my Handmade Christmas linky party!

    http://cupofdelight.blogspot.com/2011/12/link-party-delightfully-handmade.html

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  22. Special 'K'5 December 2011 at 05:18

    That is amazing. And yes so green. Have loved looking around. Thanks for sharing. I will follow on the way out hope you will find the time to visit my place and do the same. Cheers SpecialK XoXo

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  23. Beth (www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com)5 December 2011 at 14:08

    This is so cute, clever & ORIGINAL! LOVE it! I shared it with my facebook readers here -
    https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Living-Life-Intentionally/261252997248957Thanks for linking up to TGIF! See you next week,
    Beth =-)

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  24. MiaB5 December 2011 at 18:06

    This is just too adorable. I love this idea :)

    ~MiaB
    www.mamamiasheart2heart.com

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  25. Janice (learning4kids)6 December 2011 at 05:38

    This is so cute! Love it!!

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  26. Betsy @ Romance on a Dime7 December 2011 at 04:36

    Love this!!! Very cute idea!

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  27. Christie8 December 2011 at 05:32

    Cutest and most economic thing EVER! I love it! christie at threepixielane

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  28. MilkChic8 December 2011 at 12:20

    This is gorgeous!! Thanks for adding it to my Xmas linky :)

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  29. Unknown11 December 2011 at 22:32

    How stinkin fun!! I am DEFINITELY going to do this next year! Pinning it so I won't forget.

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  30. Anonymous15 December 2011 at 17:28

    You've been featured for Functional Friday!

    Thanks for stopping by to link up!

    ~Angela

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  32. Angell11 July 2012 at 17:05

    I featured this today on my blog
    http://passionateandcreativehomemaking.blogspot.com/2012/07/day-11-christmas-in-july.html

    I have a featured button!!

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  33. Katie29 November 2012 at 14:38

    Oh I love this! So smart! Thanks for sharing

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  34. Unknown3 October 2013 at 22:06

    These are so super cute - I have just pinned them to my Christmas 2013 board, Alice @ Mums Make Lists

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