Campbell 25 Days Until Christmas

 For a fun December activity that my husband and I could do together, I put together 

a "25 Days Until Christmas" countdown. You can see one of our 

fun activities found inside day 10 here.  

The countdown board was very easy to put together. It took about an hour to decorate, hang and fill with lots of goodies! 

Since it was so easy, and has brought laughter and exciting outings to the days leading up to Christmas, I decided to share with you 

how to make your own 25 days until Christmas countdown board!

Supplies (that I used):
a6 envelopes 
chipboard pieces
string
hot glue gun
martha stewart craft glue (bought mine at hobby lobby) 
sharpie
scissors
ruler
doilies 
assorted colored ink pads (I used brown, green & red)
note cards
cork board

push pins

Optional: 

size of envelopes

heavy books

step one- Take the a6 envelopes and glue the back flap shut with your martha stewart craft glue, put envelope under a heavy book so the envelope does not wrinkle. 

step two- Once the glue has dried, ink pad the outer edges of the front side of each envelope

step three- Turn over each envelope and use the point of the flap as the half-way mark. Draw a line up and down, this will be the line you use to cut the envelopes in half. 

step four- Decorate! Here is where you get to be creative and add some string, chipboard, glitter, doilies, ribbon, whatever you choose! 

step five- Lay out all the envelopes the way you will be hanging them on the cork board. Since I had doilies on a few envelopes, when I placed them next to each other they took up more room than if they were separated. 

step six- Number each envelope on your chipboard pieces.

step seven- Use push pins and hang each envelope on your cork board.

step eight- Create messages on your note cards to fill each envelope. I have listed a few of our messages below:

hang christmas decorations 

pick up a $1 movie at red box

make cookies together

make hot chocolate and drive around looking at christmas lights

watch christmas vacation

christmas shopping

pick one chore we each need to do and switch

Jackson play his guitar and sing christmas songs together by the tree

step nine- Enjoy!