Okay, so just in case you are asking, YES... i do know that it is March, and YES i do know that Christmas is in December.... But i say- Why not celebrate Christmas ALL Year!! You've heard of Christmas in July?? Why not Christmas in March???
So here is my advent calendar made from a muffin tin-- i cant take all the credit, i stole a similar idea from my friends house, she had a valentines themed one(which was super cute, and also another good idea). So here is my finished project!!
So, first you need a muffin tin with 12 cups(just in case you didn't know), and you will also need flat magnets, they sell them at Walmart or any craft store. The magnets are a little bit thicker than a piece of paper and they come in packs of two or in a roll and they are sticky on one side.
*Just a side note-- i bought a muffin tin that had a little bit of a thicker edge at the top and the bottom, this gives you more room to put a little piece of paper that says "12 days of Christmas."
First-- you need to cut the circles out of the magnet, so that they fit OVER the muffin cup. You need to have the circle a little bigger than the actual cup so that it can stick to tin. It is okay if some of the circles overlap, btw- you will need 12 circles cut out of the magnetic stuff. Here is a suggestion, if you have a compass to make the circle use it, if not i personally found a cup from my kitchen that fit over holes, plus left a little edge... and then i traced it on the magnet paper.
Second-- after i cut all 12 out, then i used some scrap paper that i had left over from scrapbooking, and i peeled off one side of the magnet, and then stuck the paper to it, and cut around the magnet so that way they were both the same size. Then i embellished with more paper and ribbon-- and i stamped the numbers on them. Just don't make the circles too heavy, because other wise they wont stick when the tray is standing up-- I just set mine on an easel to stand it up straight.
Third- I used my cricket to cut the 12 days of Christmas thing, but you could use stamps or wonderful penmanship(if you were blessed with that, i wasn't!!) I used two pieces of paper embellished them and then put a long strip of the magnet strip that i had left over from the circles, i placed the strip on the back of the 12 days of Christmas tag.
Viola!!! Easy!! And it only cost about $10!!!
