At Makerist, we love the countdown to Christmas: finding the perfect tree, putting up the decorations, turning on the lights, preparing thoughtful gifts for friends and family – what’s not to love! We can’t wait until December first rolls around so we can blare festive music, don Christmassy jumpers and open up the Advent Calendar! But, instead of buying a boring chocolate calendar this year, why not make your own reusable Advent Calendar? A homemade calendar is unique and saves you buying a new paper calendar every year. And you can still fill it with chocolate!
We have put together a large list of advent calendar DIYs from free tutorials to crochet, knitting and sewing patterns!
Sewing Advent Calendars
Create lasting memories and new family traditions with this beautiful Christmas Advent Calendar by Maisie Moo. Designed with pockets so you can choose what each day holds, a small present, maybe some candy or perfect for your Christmas countdown or advent activity notes or cards.
Although this is not an advent calendar it was too cute to not include! Learn to sew your own special Christmas Advent mini doll ‘Holly’ and her friends ‘Milo‘ and ‘Ginger’ including 24 items of clothing & accessories plus a gorgeous festive carry case house to store them all with this PDF pattern & tutorial.
Free Sewing DIY Advent Calendars
We, the beginner sewists at Makerist, challenged ourselves to make this fun and easy fabric Advent Calendar. It’s a straightforward project and doesn’t even require very much material so we wanted to share it with you! Read our free instructions on the blog.
Instead of buying a boring chocolate calendar this year, why not make your own reusable Fabric roll advent calendar? A homemade calendar is unique and saves you buying a new paper calendar every year. And you can still fill it with chocolate!
Advent Calendar: Knitting And Crochet patterns
This beautiful advent crest is based on 3 crochet around crest´s and is so cute. The little boots are perfect for small presents and you can crochet them in different colours and place them around the crest.
We love this knitting pattern for a Santa bootie advent calendar! This Knitting pattern includes six pages of detailed instructions along with photos of the entire knitting process!
So, which calendar will you be crafting, sewing or crocheting this year? Show us your results on Instagram using our hashtag #makeristcom so we can see it! Check out our Christmas inspiration boards on Pinterest to find some ideas for other easy festive DIYs.
If you want to be in with the chance of winning amazing DIY prizes throughout the month of December, make sure to check out the Makerist Advent Calendar. Every 48 hours, a new door will open and reveal an exciting new prize for you to win! Subscribe to the Advent Calendar Newsletter to get exclusive offers and be the first one to know about all of the exciting gifts!