Craft this hanging Christmas countdown to bring the holiday spirit into your home this year. Kids will love having a small gift to open each day to remind them how close the holidays are. Enjoy free printables to make crafting this piece of décor easy. Be sure to download the Free Printable here! You can watch the tutorial on how to make the DIY Holiday Advent Embroidery Hoop Decor here!
Cut three 2.5” x 12” strips of fabric from a DIY Small Natural Canvas Drawstring Bag.
To make the large hoop, download, print and cut out the printable holiday sayings from a sheet of printable iron on paper. Follow the manufacturers instructions on how to use your particular brand of iron on, and iron the saying onto one fabric strip. Stretch the strip of fabric in the top half of a Large Embroidery Hoop centering the iron on design. Download the Free Printable here!
Wrap small gifts with Kraft Paper.
Find the numbers from the Alphabet & Number Sponges. Place a small amount of red acrylic paint onto a disposable paper plate and pounce the sponges in the paint. Once the sponge is covered, stamp the numbers onto each gift, numbering the gifts one through however many gifts you have. Allow time for the paint to dry. Don't want to wait for the paint to dry? Just write the numbers on the packages instead.
Tie Red Baker’s Twine around each of the gifts leaving a long tail. Tie the tail to the bottom of the embroidery hoop. Glue Christmas Wool Felt Pom-poms around the embroidery hoop. Use a hot glue gun to adhere Green Frosted Sisal Trees to the inside bottom of the embroidery hoop.
To make the medium-sized hoop, stretch one strip of fabric into the top half of a Medium Embroidery Hoop.
Find the letters to spell out ‘NOEL’ from the Alphabet & Number Sponges. Place a small amount of red acrylic paint onto a disposable paper plate and pounce the sponges in the paint. Once the sponge is covered, stamp the letters onto the fabric strip. Allow time for the paint to dry.
Glue Christmas Wool Felt Pom-poms around the embroidery hoop. Tie Jute Twine Tassels to lengths of Natural Jute Twine and tie the twine to the bottom of the embroidery hoop. Use a hot glue gun to adhere Green Frosted Sisal Trees to the inside bottom of the embroidery hoop.
To make the small hoop, stretch one strip of fabric into the top half of a Small Embroidery Hoop. Glue a length of 1 ½” Red Single Faced Satin Ribbon to the top of the hoop. You can use this ribbon to hang the hoop onto your door or add a bow to the top of the ribbon if you are hanging it on a wall. Use a hot glue gun to adhere Green Frosted Sisal Trees to the inside bottom of the embroidery hoop. Find the Alphabet Tiles to spell out ‘JOY’ and glue them to the fabric strip.
To use the hanging Holiday Countdown, open one gift per day, using the painted numbers on the gifts to keep track of the days left until the holiday.