Today’s contributor is Emma from Crafting{E}! All posts written by Emma for Make It and Love It, can be found HERE.
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Hello everyone!! It’s Emma from Crafting{E}!
I am so EXCITED to share this project with you today! I’ll admit… I’m kind of proud of myself for coming up with this idea out of the blue. Introducing: the Back To School Advent Calendar. It’s kind of super adorable ;)
I am one of those people who likes to celebrate EVERYTHING… like, not even kidding (I celebrate my half birthday every year). I really like to make things feel special and fun, even if they aren’t necessarily special and fun (ahem… school.)
It might seem silly that I celebrate all these little things, but I’ve found that it gives me something to look forward to during the not-so-fun times. This back-to-school advent calendar is one of my attempts to make something feel fun that (at least for me) is not fun.
For those of you who don’t know, I am going to be a junior in high school this year. I am REALLY not looking forward to it, but it’s things like this that help me to get a tiny bit excited. I made these advent calendars for my younger sisters and they LOVE them!
These “composition books” are actually patterned paper bags from the craft store. Cute, right? Inside each of these bags is a fun *cheap* little item. Most of the things I put in were school supplies. The awesome part is that school supplies are super cheap right now, so this won’t cost very much. The total project cost $8 and I even have extra supplies left over!
For those of you who are curious here’s what I put in mine: sticky notes, pencils, patterned pencils, highlighters, random colorful necklaces that cost a couple bucks, dry erase markers, and pencil top erasers. The items really don’t have to cost much, but it’s so fun to get a little something everyday, don’t you think?
I’m seriously kind of in love with this project. Why don’t we make advents for every event in the year?
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Thanks for reading everyone! MAKE SURE to check out my personal blog for more projects like this!
-Emma
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Hey Emma,
LOVE this idea and I’m going to steal it for our back to school party! PS I totally make your amazing pretzel bites like once a month on Sunday nights for a snack while we play games with our family!
That is such an adorable idea! Well done! And how sweet of you to do that for your sisters! I’ll bet they love it! Also, I love the idea of the commenter above to use the bags to hold a teacher gift!
Hi Alisha,
Thank you for you’re sweet comment! Isn’t that a great idea to use the bags a teacher gift?
Emma
Such a darling idea! I think I’m going to create little “notebooks” for teacher gift cards. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Karie,
Thanks for your comment. That is a great way to use the “notebooks”! I’m sure they will be adorable!
Emma