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    Design Dazzle » Celebrations » Christmas

    Published: Nov 15, 2011 · Modified: Aug 17, 2020 by Toni Roberts · This post may contain affiliate links · 14 Comments

    Christmas Tinsel Block Calendar

    EASY DIY Christmas Tinsel Block Calendar featured on Designed Dazzle 
    Hi everyone! My name is Erin and I’m the DIY wannabe behind How to Nest for Less!


    I’m excited to be back guest blogging post with Toni at Design Dazzle for her Christmas Wonderful series! Hope you guys enjoy my latest project!I have a little 3 ½ year old miracle named Ellie. She’s in preschool and LOVES math and anything to do with numbers. I thought a Christmas Tinsel Block Calendar would encourage her math skills and be a fun little Christmas craft that she can keep in her bedroom. Let’s begin!
    First I gathered my supplies… two 5 inch Styrofoam blocks, 2 garlands of tinsel from Dollar Tree, sticker scrapbook paper and a stand up display box. OK, I have to admit… I didn’t purchase the display box. I saw it empty at the Dollar Tree and asked a worker if I could take it for free. It was the PERFECT size for what I wanted to accomplish. Thankfully he said YES! EASY DIY Christmas Tinsel Block Calendar featured on Designed Dazzle
    I started by measuring out the sticky scrapbook paper to cover the Styrofoam cubes. The paper was long enough at 8.5×11″ to cover two sides of the cube. It worked out to having each cube with 2 red, 2 green and 2 silver sides.
    The corners weren’t perfect, but no worries! That’s where the tinsel comes in!
    I used my handy dandy hot glue gun to attach the tinsel to each cube.
    For the numbers I used my new Silhouette Cameo to cut out vinyl lettering on glittery paper (the font I used is Politician). I did half in red, half in silver. After all the numbers were applied, I trimmed back the tinsel a bit so the numbers would really POP out!

    Next it’s time to prepare the stand up display box I got for FREE from the Dollar Store. Like I said before, it was the absolute perfect size to fit the two 5″ cubes! I added the phrase “Days Until Christmas” in silver glittery letters to the bottom of the box in a font called Pharmacy (also, if you don’t have a Silhouette Cameo or vinyl lettering, just use stickers!).
    And that’s it. Wanna see the final result? I’m SUPER happy, and so is my little lady!

    EASY DIY Christmas Tinsel Block Calendar featured on Designed Dazzle

    Thanks for letting me share a new project with you today as part of the Christmas Wonderful Series! I hope you guys enjoyed it and can’t wait to see what everyone else has planned.

    And Toni, thanks so much for inviting me to Design Dazzle for the day!

     
    Much ? to everyone, Erin
     Erin is a St. Louis based designer, wife, mother and author of the blog
    How to Nest for Less.

    50ft Silver Garland Tinsel


     12-Inch by 12-Inch Glitter Cardstock, Green

    12-Inch-by-12-Inch White Glitter Paper

    Red Glitter 12 x 12 Paper

     

     

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    1. Nichol says

      November 15, 2011 at 6:15 am

      What a wonderful idea. Such a pretty craft for the holidays!

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    2. theolivetree says

      November 15, 2011 at 6:42 am

      ahhhh! great idea!

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    3. DesignDazzle.blogspot.com says

      November 15, 2011 at 10:59 am

      Erin,
      Thank you for sharing this adorable craft. I love the fact you shared both fonts for the numbers and letters. I'm a font girl ; )
      Hugs,
      Toni

      Reply
    4. Vanessa says

      November 15, 2011 at 6:11 pm

      what neat way to use up 'leftover' boxes!

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