DIY Project: Falling Stars Advent Calendar

Having an advent calendar is always a great way to get you into the holiday spirit. It counts down to Christmas day and inadvertently reminds you how many shopping days are left.

By making an advent calendar with festive star-shaped and silver-accented paper pouches, you can enjoy a daily holiday-inspired taste of the deliciously rich treats and shiny trinkets that this season is all about. You can enclose all kinds of candy and sweets in it and not only! Create yours today and it will plump up your winter coat and increase the household holiday cheer in no time :)

Materials

brown postal or wrapping paper (or recycled grocery bags)
silver thread
sewing machine or needle and thread
scissors or X-Acto knife
silver paint marker
excelsior or shredded paper
small treats and trinkets
pine bough
twine

Instructions

1. Fold a large section of the brown paper in half.

2. Using your treat as a size guide, cut a star shape, either by eye or using a template, from the two layers of brown paper. Make sure it is big enough to enclose the treat with some breathing room. Cut as many double-layered stars as you’d like to attach to your pine bough.

3. Thread the sewing machine with the silver thread. Decide which point you would like to be at the top. With that point facing the top, write a number on the star with the silver paint marker.

4. Position your sewing machine needle at the top point of the star. Pull about 12 inches of extra thread to start.

5. Using a wide zigzag stitch, sew along the edges of the paper star, letting one side of the zigzag travel off the paper so that the needle does not puncture the cut edge of the paper.