Daddy's advent calendar

Why not make a special advent calendar for daddy too! Or for that special beer lover in your life.

Here is what we came up with. I used an apple bushel box but you can use any large box that will fit either 25 beers or a mixture of beer and canning jars. I knew my husband wouldn't consume a beer a day so we mixed it up with some fun little goodies inside of the canning jars. That's right more canning jars!

I printed off more numbers from the ones I purchased here. I cut the numbers out and tapped them to the tops of the bottles. For the canning jars I wanted to hide what was inside, so I just taped a little piece of white card stock to the lid of the jar. SUPER EASY! I had a strand of those LED lights that run off batteries, so I strung those in through all of the bottles of beer and canning jars. Lastly, I added the tinsel.

Of course we put in lots of beer, but we also added...

some work gloves,

carpenter pencils,

and a screwdriver. We also have some of daddy's favorite candy in a few of the jars. The kids loved helping me pick out the loot at Walmart this morning. Although they were both a little upset when I said no hammers.

Here it sits in the barn (already chilled thanks to the New Hampshire weather) waiting for when Daddy comes home. I'm thinking next year I just may make one up for myself, but with a new fat quarter for each day, whatcha think, FABULOUS idea right?

I'm so excited for the festivities to begin!