...and one more unique advent calendar...and this one is for myself...i just thought, after making quite a few for my family...i deserve one myself, too.
i always liked those clear plastic balls and never knew what to do with them...then i came across this beautiful advent calendar two years ago..and kept the link to get back to this gorgeous idea one day.
...and finally the day has come.
first i could not make up my mind how to hang this beauty and at the end i chose a round dry airer...gave it a little metall finish by spray painting it and it does not only save some space...it also looks really pretty.
...now just have to organise of a few sweet treats for myself...yummy...!!!
this is what you need
- fourty-eight clear plastic balls halves
- coloured paper napkins
- matching paper or gift tags
- circle stencil
- twenty-four metal clamps
- twenty-four eyelets
- eyelet tool
- scissors
- nylon thread or ornament hooks
- pen
this is what you have to do
- place the stencil onto you paper
- choose the right size of the circles
- draw twenty-four circles onto the paper
- use small scissors
- cut out your circle
- set your twenty-four circles aside
- punch a hole in the upper part of the circle
- keep you eylet ready
- position it inside the hole
- place the paper onto the eylet tool
- squeeze the tool together
- and here we go...an eylet inside the paper
- twenty-four paper circles with eylets
- number the paper circles
- get your paper napkins ready
- unfold your napkin
- cut it into halves
- if you are using smaller balls, cut it into quarters
- separate all layers from your napkin...i used three ply napkins and smaller balls, so i only needed two napkins
- keep two half plastic balls ready
- place one layer of the napkin inside one half
- place your little gift inside the paper
- close the ball by adding the second half ball
- repeat with the remaining twenty-three balls
- attach the clamps to the peg airer
- insert the ornament hooks
- attach the numbered paper circles and plastic balls
- vary the lengths by choosing hooks in different sizes or attaching one hook onto another
- if you wish you can add some decoration
I got inspired by raumdinge, where you can find a template for the numbers.
