I had the honor of contributing this DIY Christmas bulb advent calendar to the holiday issue of Sister Mag magazine, a German publication from some of my favorite ladies. I’ve contributed before (here (my hair!!!!) and here) and this time I was in the company of a few other artists from around the world with an advent calendar idea.
This one is super easy to make, especially if you have a craft cutting machine, and I love hanging it in our office right now.
See below for the full tutorial! 
Materials: template, scissors, craft knife, glue, paper in various bright shades (size A4) and black, twine, ruler, numbered flags template, hole punch, template for bulbs
- Cut out the two templates (the black topper and the colored bottom)
- Score the lines indicated with the dotted lines with the craft knife.
- Bring the sides together and glue the tab to the inside.
- Cut a piece of twine 6″ long and string through the holes at the top and bring all the sides together and tie.
- Bend the top tabs outward.
- Glue the black paper together and glue to the top of the tabs.
- Cut the twine pieces off.
- Cut out the numbered flags and punch
- String the bulbs together, inserting a numbered flag before the bulb.
Hello, I just purchased the template and will be using my Cricut to cut out the shape, what size are you using?
They are sized at 100% right now so it should be good to go!
Hello
I bought the template for the lovely lightbulb advent calendar, and printed it. The problem is, the template I was sent, was without the top tabs? I’m making two advent calendars, one for my brother and one for my cousin, so I bought paper enough for 48 lightbulbs, and just cut Them ALL out, only to find out, that I can’t finish it now due to the missing top tabs. I have nothing to attach to the Black top part 🙁 i just wasted time and money on this project due to a faulty template, and i don’t have enough paper to start over, which is pretty sad :/