To make the first DIY Advent calendar, you'll need 12 or 24 small skeins of yarn, 6 or 12 pairs of solid color ankle socks (white also works), a festive skein of yarn, and a plain or holiday decorated bucket or basket to hold them in. For demonstration purposes I'm only going to making eight little gifts.
Put the yarn skein in one sock, tie the top with the yarn, and put in the bucket. Since they're all the same I wouldn't bother with number tags. The bonus here is the gift wrapping, which can be worn after all the skeins are opened. No gift wrapping waste!
For the second DIY Advent calendar you'll need 12 or 24 standing lunch or gift bags, the same number of small skeins, tags, and number stickers.
My little wicker suitcase turned out to be too small for my idea, so get a bigger one of these. :) Place your skein in a bag, fold down the top, hole punch it and tie on a tag with a number sticker. You can also fold the tops of the bags in the accordion style I showed you in the previous post.
The third DIY Advent calendar is more for crochet tools than yarn. You'll need a utensil holder, tissue paper, the festive skein of yarn, and tape. You can add number tags to these but I thought it looked nicer without them.
Wrap your crochet tool gifts in the tissue paper, tape it together and tie it with yarn like a little gift package.
The utensil holder can also serve as an tool organizer for your recipient.
Other ideas to use for gift holders: repurpose a jewelry organizer bag and number the compartments, use oversize Christmas stockings (you can buy these at the dollar store, or if you have time you could crochet them), a wreath (wire the gifts to it), a garland (wrap the skeins like big candies and string them together) or a muffin tin (tape a cut out of an old Christmas card over the muffin space to hide the gift.
Holders for the gifts: small numbered stackable cardboard gift boxes, muslin sacks, small handled gift bags, dragon eggs, or a small pouch.
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