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DIY Advent

Advent calendars are not something my family ever did. I'm not sure why; it just wasn't our tradition (admittedly we didn't have any others, either.) I started an annual tradition with my family by purchasing a little Christmas tree music box with mini ornaments you took out of tiny drawers at the base and used them to decorate the tree. I think I got it from Avon. Children loved it.

I've been hearing other crocheters online talk about buying advent yarn or yarn kit calendars since about June, which perplexed me. Then I did a search this week to get an idea of what they cost, and holy cow, are they expensive. Many are hundreds of dollars, or the cheap kind (like this one at Wal-Mart) that aren't surprising at all and don't appear to be worth the low price.

The costs and the lack of value involved in these things make me wonder if I can make a DIY advent calendar for a crocheter myself. This will be just for fun, of course, but it could make a neat gift for a friend of mine who also crochets (and maybe one of yours.)

I'll do some research and post more about this if the idea works out.

Image credit: Advent calendar image by congerdesign from Pixabay

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