Advent calendar hunt

[scrapper2401]

started to make mine today-what has everyone done with the spare matches??

[ScrappyDandyDoo]

I have been thinking about this all week You could get little novelty chocs - M&S ussually do little santas etc in string bags that are quite flat.
I also thought about jewellry, keyrings, crafty bits?

Could you not get somebody else to fill it for you then it would be suprises?
Those little mini chocolate bars?

Julie xx

[ScrappyDandyDoo]

started to make mine today-what has everyone done with the spare matches??

I have a carrier bag full I used 2 today - one for my sign, and the other to hold my snowman together.

I thought about having a teeny bonfire outside

[creationblooms]

started to make mine today-what has everyone done with the spare matches??

I'm going to put mine in a decorated tissue box and sticking the side of one of the spare match boxes on the top so you can light them. I'm gonna give it to my parents for the open fire downstairs.

[ScrappyDandyDoo]

Thanks for the lovely comments everyone

[Bluemoonjules]

I have been thinking about this all week You could get little novelty chocs - M&S ussually do little santas etc in string bags that are quite flat.
I also thought about jewellry, keyrings, crafty bits?

Could you not get somebody else to fill it for you then it would be suprises?
Those little mini chocolate bars?

The little chocs would be good. I also have some small decorations (they were wine glass thingys, but I've put thread through to hang them). I will get someone else to fill it up for me so I don't know what I am going to get when.

Anyway, I managed to take a reasonable couple of pics of mine now....here

[purklepoi]

ooo these are all lovely, mine is in my blog.

I have made 2 one for my son and one for OH. I filled them with Cadbury Dairy Milk special variety chocs. I got 2 boxes for I think £4 in Asda.

There are 25 chocs in each box, so I used 48 and ate the other 2 LOL

They are perfect size to fit in the drawers.

[Bluemoonjules]

ooo these are all lovely, mine is in my blog.

I have made 2 one for my son and one for OH. I filled them with Cadbury Dairy Milk special variety chocs. I got 2 boxes for I think £4 in Asda.

There are 25 chocs in each box, so I used 48 and ate the other 2 LOL

They are perfect size to fit in the drawers.

I think though I may see what the Hotel Chocolat shop has to offer.....off to look at your blog now - oooh that's lurvely!!!!!

[ScrappyDandyDoo]

@ Jules!!!

I decided to give mine to my friends daughter and will let her fill it herself

PP yours is lush

[Bluemoonjules]

Thank you! I love your snowman, BTW - very cute!

[ScrappyDandyDoo]

thanks - he's kind of doodlebug inspired really as is my whole project

[ali-son]

Thank you all for posting your pictures of your advent calenders-you have inspired me to make them for ds1 & ds2 and also to use up some of my mountain of stash

thank you loads xxxx

[Beautifullily]

Here's mine, inspired by Natbag.

I've decided to just put the chocs in the relevant drawer the night before DDs open it, otherwise I can just imagine finding DD2 behind the sofa scoffing the lot!!!

[creationblooms]

The little chocs would be good. I also have some small decorations (they were wine glass thingys, but I've put thread through to hang them). I will get someone else to fill it up for me so I don't know what I am going to get when.

Anyway, I managed to take a reasonable couple of pics of mine now....here

That's lovely, really like the colours!

[ScrappyDandyDoo]

I was just thinking before and for an adult version I think I'm going to add in little perfume samples I was given at work and skincare testers

be nice to have a bit of variety

I'm sure if you ask in a department store they would let you have some

Julie xx