Origami Snowman Advent Calendar

This was a fun Christmas project I made for two of the children in our family.

It's a fourteen day snowman advent calendar made of paper and yarn. It's very simple and adorable.

Each bag has a couple of pieces of candy and an inexpensive stocking stuffer type toy. I used things like stickers, small handheld games, puzzles & christmas stencils. I braided the yard into a rope. I punched a hole in each snowman and tied him to the braid with ribbon.

I started at the bottom with day 14 and day one at the very top was a little biger than the rest with a little better surprise. The boys had fun with it

I didn't actually print each snowman. I printed one to use for a template. I made my own eyes, hats, noses and ties with craft paper. The mouths and buttons were drawn on with marker.

It was fun.

This idea came from Kiddley.com.

Origami Snowman Advent Calendar

Paper Piecing......I love these little paper characters

Paper piecing is one of my favorite papercrafts. I love scrapbook embelishments made this way. I'm getting ready to start on a new scrapbook so I have been playing with making a few unique page decorations for my layouts.

Here are a few of my latest creations.

This Tweety is for my step- daughter, Jessica. She is working on her first SB and is a huge Tweety fan.

I can't remember where I found the pattern for this totally cute little bear.

This little bee is one of my favorites. I found this pattern offered on the internet. I'll find it again and add the link. I think he's adorable.

This is a 5 x 7 birthday card I made for a family member who is a drummer with a rock band. This was originally a picture from a children's coloring book. I scanned and printed the picture. I then cut out the individual pieces. Those pieces became my pattern. He has alot of pieces. He took a whole evening to put together, but I thought the end result was worth it. Gerry seemed to really like him.

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