~christmas countdowns~

Want a super easy gift idea for your

neighbors, friends or sibling with kids?

I made these Christmas countdowns 

for some folks I know and I want to share

them with you.

The center snow-flake is painted with

chalkboard paint. Each day you erase it

and put the new number of days on it. 

My little guy can't wait to write the new

number on each day. 

To make this you'll need:

-any size frame with glass

(I used 8X10)

-scrapbook paper

-ribbon

-chalkboard paint

-tape

-hot glue gun

-printer or stickers for words

-wood disc ornament thingy

(whatever shape you want)

-embellishments of your choice

To start off with I used my Word program

on my computer and printed up the

words "days til Christmas" on my paper.

Next, I fit the paper to the glass of the frame

and wrapped the double layered ribbon around

the glass and paper and taped it in place.

Like this:

Not very pretty from the back but no one will see that.

After you have that done put the whole thing back into the 

frame and attach the frame backing board.

 

From the front it will look something like this:

 Now the fun part:

go ahead and embellish this however you'd like.

I used fancy snowflakes I got at the dollar store.

Hot glue them directly to the glass and ribbon.

Once you're done embellishing you can put your

little chalkboard piece on.

I was initially going to make a hanging ribbon

with the chalk attached but instead decided

to use the ribbon as a pocket for the chalk.

Like this:

That's it.

I made 4 of them in a short amount of time.

  33 days and counting!

I'm not ready for Christmas yet and it's 

driving me insane.....

Once I get thru 2 kids birthdays and

Thanksgiving dinner (all in 12 days)

I can focus on Christmas.

I hope I don't go crazy within that time.

I'll keep you posted on that :)


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