Advent Calendar
Martha and Chaske Spencer craft a glittered magnetic Advent calendar.
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Advent Calendar
Martha and Chaske Spencer craft a glittered magnetic Advent calendar.
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The Martha Stewart Show, November 2009
This beautiful Advent calendar adds holiday sparkle to any refrigerator.
Tools and Materials
Number templates
Heavyweight white or neutral card stock
Glittering glue with fine-tip applicator
24-pack of glitter
Glittering glue with brush applicator
Scissors
Circle cutter
Red card stock
Double-sided tape
Twenty-five 3 1/2-inch clear-lidded spice tins
Bone folder
Advent Calendar How-To
1. Print the number templates on heavyweight white or neutral card stock.
2. With the fine-tipped glittering glue, trace each number and glitter with onyx glitter. Let dry completely.
3. Trace around the outside of each glittered number with the fine-tipped glittering glue, and "flood" the rest of the colored space with the brush applicator glittering glue. Glitter with color of background. Let dry.
4. Cut out each number circle with scissors.
5. Cut twenty-five 3 9/16-inch circles from red card stock with the circle cutter.
6. Apply double-sided tape to the back of each glittered circle and attach each to a red circle.
7. Insert each circle into the lid of a spice tin, with glittered side facing out through clear top. Press each circle in around the edge with a bone folder, securing it inside the tin's lid. Repeat for each number.
8. Arrange tins on your refrigerator in tree shape and fill with small gifts.
Resources
Clear-lidded spice tins are available at Ikea. All other tools and materials are available at shop.marthastewart.com or your local Michaels store.
To thegrantgirl: You'll have to add your own magnets to the bottom b/c I don't believe the Specialty Bottles tins come w/ magnets. But they have the best prices anywhere PLUS a huge assortment of sizes (in case you don't want to make one the same size as Martha did).
To thegrantgirl: You'll have to add your own magnets to the bottom b/c I don't believe the Specialty Bottles tins come w/ magnets. But they have the best prices anywhere PLUS a huge assortment of sizes (in case you don't want to make one the same size as Martha did).
Hi Caroleev123-
The same thing happened to me- check your printer settings- mine printed out at "scaled to fit" by accident which means about 94% instead of 100%. Make sure it is set to 'none' or 100% scale. Luckily I only got through about 1/4 of the glittering before I realized it- I feel your pain :) Good luck!
Help!!! The grundtals I bought at IKEA (which are the only ones they carry) must have changed sizes since they made this. There is a very noticable gap between the edge of the tin and the paper. How can I fix it. I have already glittered and everything. Is there a way to change the template size to make it a bit bigger? Any suggestions???
Martha said on one of her shows that you can buy those tins at Ikea for a pretty reason.able price. Btw I love this poject!!
How do you make the background/frame? My refrigerator isn't magnetic, so I need something to display them on.
I found the tins on e-bay, you can also Google GRUNDTAL Containers.
You can also find the tins (for $9.36 plus shipping) on papermart.com. Here's the link:
http://www.papermart.com/Product Pages/Product.aspx?GroupID=20967
I found it on the IKEA website. It's called a GRUNDTAL
Container. The link is http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80102919. You can't buy them online though. And unfortunately we don't have an IKEA in Nebraska. :(
CLEAR MAGNETIC TIN FOR ADVENT CALENDAR--IKEA ITEM NUMBER? CAN'T FIND
Hi Martha, can not find the clear top spice tins on Ikea, do you have there stock number, HAVE LOOKED EVERY WHERE. love your show!!
where can I find that nifty circle cutter? =)
Try specialtybottle.com I just ordered 25 of their clear top tins (model # TCT2) from them for $15 plus shipping. They are a bit smaller, but you if you dont mind making your own circle/number templates, then you will be set!
I can not find the clear lidded spice tins on Ikea website. How do I purchase the tins?