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12 Days of Christmas muffin tin advent calendar

12/8/2012

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I finally figured out something to give for Christmas.  I saw the idea on Pinterest.  It looked like the original idea came from an article in Parent's magazine that had 11 different craft ideas.http://www.parents.com/fun/arts-crafts/kid/holiday-crafts-for-kids/  I didn't feel like scrolling through the other craft ideas and ads to find the original picture.  I tried to link it for you.  

I happened to have a new muffin tin left over from a wedding reception I did not attend, (I know, I am bad)  I kept meaning to deliver the gift, but now the gift receipt expired.  Maybe I will get them something else.  I have a year, right? 

It is only a 12 hole muffin tin.  But I decided to make it work!

I made a 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar! 

Supplies: 
muffin tin
magnetic sheets
patterned paper (I used gift wrap, too.)
number stickers or sharpies
glue stick
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Muffin Tin


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Magnetic Canvas Sheets. Great versatile product! I think they are $3 apiece. I can't remember now; I used a craft store coupon.
Magnetic 'canvas' sheets leftover from a different project. 

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Covered air vent makes air go to the rooms I need it most and saves electricity.
Different project: I covered an air vent with a magnetic sheet in a room that gets too hot.  Just closing the vent made a loud noise as a little bit of air passed through it.  Adding the magnet sheet worked perfectly to block the air.  Now more heat goes to other parts of the house.

I found the magnetic canvas sheets at a craft store. It is like a sheet of paper with a large magnet glued on it.  I was able to easily cut it to fit over the air vent.  It stuck there (lightly) without any glue or tape.





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Cup, mason jar lid and vitamin jar lid to trace circles
Trace Circles
I used a cup to trace 12 circles on the magnetic sheet. I cut the circles out and they fit nicely over the muffin spaces.

I used a small mason jar lid to trace 12 circles on patterned paper. I cut the circles out and glued them on the circle magnets with a glue stick.

I used a vitamin jar lid to trace 12 circles out of green and red construction paper. I cut the circles out. I put number stickers on the circles. I glued the numbered circles on the patterned paper.  (I ran out of number stickers and drew the number 20 with a silver sharpie.  I drew the number 2 in '21' with a black sharpie.  I can't really tell and I am not a perfectionist, luckily!)
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I cut out star shapes and wrote "12 Days of Christmas"  to explain my weird 12 day advent calendar.  A calendar that starts on day 14 is weird.  Should I have counted from 12 backwards?   I don't want to over think it.  It's done.  It's pretty cute.  I think the kids will enjoy it.

I found little trinkets for the little boy and girl who will love to open the numbers for a little gift each day!  Candy would work, too, but I think their Mom doesn't let them have candy everyday.  Stickers would work.  Or magnetic pictures in the bottom of the muffin spaces.

I don't feel like drilling two holes into the thick metal so I can thread a large ribbon through the holes to hang it on the wall.  This will have to be a table calendar.  :-) 

The teacher in me will point out to the kids that the black numbers are odd numbers and the white numbers are even.  I would use chocolate chips or something to show that even numbers have buddy-pairs and odd numbers have a leftover.   I would mix the numbers up and have them practice putting the numbers back n order. 

Overall it was a fun project and I am pleased with how it turned out!
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