My friends and I have been busily crafting lately. We have made some super cute Christmas crafts and I had to share. They were so easy...that is if your aren't trying to make 25 in one night.
We made Christmas countdowns out of wood blocks. Add some scrapbook paper and modgepodge and you have a super cute little decoration. My kids obviously can't count yet so ours is usually a few days behind but I'm sure it will be well loved over the years.

After we spent the morning making our countdown blocks we headed on over to an awesome craft show. It was full of so much eye candy. I love places like that! We came across the cutest advent calendars for the kiddos and decided we needed to make them too. I loved the concept of this and thought I would get it posted early in case anyone out there in blogland decided they need one too.
It's super simple.

Get a muffin tin(I used a 12 count one) measure the holes and cut christmas paper to fit.
Add numbers 1-12 to each square. I would recommend using stickers for this step...we didn't.
Find some sheet magnets. We got ours from the big W in the office aisle. Measure and cut your magnets the same as your paper squares.
I modge podged the paper to the magnet then modge podged the entire front of the paper square with the number.
Add treats to the inside of your muffin tins and place magnet square over the openings.
You can add a bow and hang it or place it on a plate easel.
Uhh....SO cute! My friend found some online that were embelished a lot more than mine but since I'm not that crafty mine is a little on the plain side. But I'm still loving it!
The same friend found an idea to put a piece of paper with an activity for the day in some or all of the cups along with a treat. I have sat down and made a list and so far have 10 ideas. They are all cheap or free and I think it'll really help my little munchkins get into the fun Christmas spirit.