5 Ways to Countdown to Christmas

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It’s the first day of December…time to let the countdown to Christmas officially begin!  You know how I love a good countdown.  I’ve crafted plenty of fun ways to count the days until holidays and events besides Christmas.  Really, those are all based off the concept of the original countdown known as Advent. Christian tradition calls the four weeks leading up to Christmas Advent.  Traditions vary quite a bit from culture to culture—in some, every day is marked as one less before Christmas, others measure the time a week at a time.  Any way you do it, though, the concept is still the same: you are using something to help you count or mark the days leading up to Christmas.  Today I’m sharing 5 ways to count and celebrate each of the 25 days before Christmas.

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Valentine’s Day Kiss Countdown

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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! We love counting down to events in our house.   Last year I made this Valentines Day Countdown, which was my very first Hershey Kiss Board and my most popular.   Well I just pulled it out and loaded it up with kisses.   I thought I would {…Read More…}





Countdown to Halloween {Hershey Kiss Board}

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I have so enjoyed making all of my Hershey Kiss boards this year (I have two more yet to make!).  I love seeing a few of you take my tutorial and make one with your own spin on it.  Here is my Halloween take on my Hershey Kiss Board.  My kids love counting down to {…Read More…}





Kiss Me, I’m Irish Board

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My family always made a big deal out of St. Patrick’s.   My dad is of Irish decent, however, he is not full-blooded. With as big of a deal as he made out of St. Patty’s you would have thought he had lived his whole life in Ireland.   We had corned beef and cabbage {…Read More…}





5 Ways to Countdown an Event

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Welcome to “5 Ways Saturdays.”   Today topic is crafting a countdown calendar. I have had countdowns on the brain.   After seeing how my kids have adored their Dollar Store Advent Calendar and the Countdown to Kisses I have been looking for more ways to countdown numerous upcoming events and holidays. Lindsey from Mom {…Read More…}





Valentines Day Countdown

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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! We love counting down to events in our house.  I made this Hershey Kiss Countdown for my kids to grab a kiss for the two weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day.  I mean why just enjoy chocolate on Valentine’s Day?  It is way better to celebrate longer don’t {…Read More…}





Dollar Store Advent Calendar

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Do you love the tradition of the advent calendar?   Here is a creative idea for an advent calendar using Dollar Tree pails and a large board.  What kid doesn’t love the anticipation of something special each day to countdown to Christmas? Materials: 9 bags of Tin Pails (found at Dollar Tree in the wedding {…Read More…}