Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Easy Christmas Countdown

Here's a quick and easy (and very cheap!) Christmas countdown:

I used the webbing (I really don't know what it's called) that is used for reupholstering furniture. You can find it at Hobby Lobby or at the fabric section in Wal-Mart. It comes on a roll and is sold by the yard (under $1.00 per yard).

I then hot-glued 25 strips of ribbon to the burlap strip. I found this ribbon at Hobby Lobby for half off (so that's 10 yards for $1.50. Wow!)



Then I tied the ribbon around the peppermints. I was trying to think of what else you could use instead of peppermint. You could use candy canes or lollipops, or even sticks of gum.


I attached 25 pieces of candy. On December 1st, we will begin counting down the days to Christmas by untying one piece of candy.





Hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season!!



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7 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing this cute idea!

    Happy Thanksgiving,
    ~Michelle :)
    (Treasure the Moment)

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  2. That is cute. I love that you used burlap too!

    XOOX
    Jen

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  3. That is so cute. I love that burlap stripped ribbon.

    cheri

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  4. cute! I would probably make mine with chocolate! :) I love the webbing.
    gail
    Happy Thanksgiving!

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  5. That is so cute! If you live in the US, you should enter the tutorial contest I'm hosting. It goes through the end of this month: http://seemommysew.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/the-great-tutorial-contest/

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  6. So cute! We always just use construction paper chains, but maybe we'll mix it up this year.

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