20 DIY Advent Calendars for Adults

Hang this lovely DIY chalkboard advent calendar in your home that you can customize with different activities to make, do or give.

DIY Chalkboard Advent Calendar from The Merry Thought

Instead of the typical advent calendar countdown the days until Christmas by making huge number ornaments that say how many days there are until Christmas with this original DIY idea.

DIY Tree Ornament Advent Calendar from Tater Tots and Jello

Decorate 24 paper mache star boxes and string them together to create your own star garland advent calendar that you can hang in your home. Each of the small boxes can be filled with small prizes, so that each day leading up to Christmas your child gets a new gift.

DIY Star Garland Advent Calendar from A Beautiful Mess

Use mini tree stickers to decorate white paper bags for each of the days on the advent calendar. The completed bags can then be filled with a prize and hung on the wall.

DIY Minimal Advent Calendar from Homey Oh My

For an inexpensive DIY project, use paper bags to create a beautiful advent calendar for your family to enjoy opening this holiday season.

DIY Paper Bag Advent Calendar from Tell Love and Party

Craft simple paper trees out of rolled paper and label each with a number to help your family count down to Christmas.

DIY Paper Trees Advent Calendar from A Bubbly Life

Using a Silhouette machine cut a variety of mini houses out of paper to create an advent village to display around your home leading up to Christmas.

DIY Paper Advent Village from Delia Creates

Paint a Christmas tree on plywood and from the painted tree hang metal clips to hang sheets of paper for each day with instructions on what to do along with a photo.

DIY Christmas Tree Advent Calendar from Sarah Hearts

Hang mini chalkboard boxes that are each numbered and filled with a toy on a small tabletop Christmas tree to craft your own advent tree.

DIY Chalkboard Advent Tree from Oh Happy Day

Bring in the smell of pine trees into your home by hanging a pine branch, and tie small packaged gifts from the branch for your child to unwrap each day until Christmas morning.

DIY Hanging Advent Calendar from The Merry Thought

While typically advent calendars are aimed for children, this advent calendar is perfect for adults who want to make the most of the holiday season. For the 24 days until Christmas there is an activity card of something fun to do that is Christmas themed.

DIY Advent Calendar For Adults from Stephanie White Travels

Get your child excited for Christmas by having them open up a small box filled with a surprise for the 24 days before Christmas. 

DIY Paper Trees Advent Countdown from A Subtle Revelry

Grab a multi-pack of take out boxes and fill each box with candy or small toy and number each box to create a modern advent calendar this Christmas.

DIY Take Out Boxes Advent Calendar from Studio DIY

Create a fun candy bonbon advent wreath using crepe paper that will add a burst of color to your holiday decor.

DIY Candy Advent Calendar Wreath from Oh Happy Day

Use toilet paper rolls to act as small boxes that can be filled with a prize and decorated with a ribbon and a number. Attach the toilet paper rolls in sequential order onto a board, and the wrapped advent calendar is an affordable way to decorate your home for Christmas.

DIY Wrapped Gifts Advent Calendar from North Story

This weekend craft 24 mini birch plywood trees that can be used to form an advent calendar forest to decorate your home this holiday season.

DIY Wooden Trees Advent Calendar from The Merry Thought

Showcase your favorite memories from the year by assembling your own Instagram advent frame so that each day leading up till Christmas you reveal a new photo. Following Christmas, you will be able to continue using the Instagram frame to easily display new photos by clipping the photos to the strings running horizontally across the frame.

DIY Instagram Advent Frame from Thinking Closet

Decorate your home for Christmas by learning how to make these minimal advent tree boxes out of card stock in shades of green and gold to display on your coffee table.

DIY Tree Boxes Advent Calendar from Tell Love and Party

This DIY punch box advent calendar is a fun twist on the traditional advent calendar. Each day leading up till Christmas invite your child to punch through one of the 24 circles to gain access to the small toy or candy inside that section of the box.

DIY Punch Box Advent Calendar from Studio DIY