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It's Day 5 of the 12 Days of Holiday Ideas and today we're sharing Holiday Advent or Christmas Countdown Calendars ideas!
Countdown calendars are a fun way for all of us to count down the days leading up to Christmas! There are no kids in my family to get excited about the big day coming, so this year I'm re-purposing a chalkboard fabric tree that I made several years ago. It's perfect and quite easy to use in counting down to Christmas! It's a wonderful idea and can be used as a reminder for how many days are left until . . . and you might just get inspired to make your own! All you have to do is just write on the tree for each new day and for any ideas or info you want to highlight for the upcoming holidays!
Here's how I made the chalkboard fabric tree: I cut out the tree using a scrap piece of chalkboard fabric I had left over from a tablerunner I had made previously. First, I found a tree pattern I was happy with and enlarged it using Block Posters. Next, I cut out the enlarged pattern on poster board, and traced it on back of the chalkboard fabric.
Once the tree is cut out, it's just a matter of attaching small command strips on back of the fabric and placing it on the wall. How easy is that!
I also cut out a star and placed it above the tip of the tree . . .
and a base for the bottom of the tree! A whimsical stick-on santa decal was also added to brighten things up a bit!
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