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 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 :/
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!
How do u open then to put treats in or take treats out of them
Where can I get the template?
you have to buy it for $3. the link is step 1 of the instructions
Una manualidad hermosa gracias.
Una manualidad hermosa gracias
The PDF template does not include the top notches that the black topper connects to.
These are amazing!
Can you please repost the templates?