Advent Calendar DIY Kit: The Night Before Christmas

Add 24 small presents to this DIY Advent Calendar for a truly memorable countdown to Christmas! Our friends at Sunshine and Ravioli have gathered here in this kit 24 whimsically printed kraft paper bags plus 24 beautiful stickers to seal the bags. Each sticker is numbered 1 through 24 (1 being December 1 and 24 being Christmas Eve, December 24). The 24 stickers reveal a daily reading and gorgeous illustration from the Clement C. Moore classic poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas."

Each bag measures 9" x 6".  In each bag, place a small present: perhaps a coin, or some stickers, or a chocolate, or a little book. You get the idea. You choose the small presents you'd like to give. Once your small present is in the bag, seal it with one of the stickers. You might present one little bag each day of Advent, or––our favorite idea––run a sturdy rope or garland up your staircase or around your corner cupboard or your bookcase, and secure each bag to the garland with a clothespin. The bags, with their lovely stickers, look beautiful this way at the start of December, and with each day on the approach to Christmas, there will be one less bag hanging on the garland.

N.B.: The kit includes only the printed bags and printed stickers. Some of the bags are printed with polka dots, some are printed with stripes. You provide the small presents yourself!