Countdown To Christmas Wood Advent Calendar

I’ve been playing around with my WORX MakerX wood/metal crafter since I got it. I made this cute Rustic Christmas Tree Sign last week and this week I put together the cutest countdown to Christmas wood advent calendar! Let me show you…

How To Make A Countdown To Christmas Wood Advent Calendar

Sign

I started with a wood board that was 20″ x 21″ I actually already had this piece left over from another project. I had stained it with a Kona/ Classic Gray combo but any stain color would work for this Advent calendar.

Numbers

To make the countdown to Christmas numbers I used 2.5 inch natural wood slices ( link ). First, I hand wrote out the numbers 1-25.

Next, I used my wood crafter tool to burn in the numbers on the slices.

You don’t need to burn your numbers to do this project- I think using a paint pen would look great too!

I have to say it’s pretty fun using the MakerX wood crafting tool!

The Finished Numbers

I gave the sides of the board a quick coat of white paint.

Adding The Hooks

For my board I started the first row of hooks 2 inches from the top.

I measured 4 inches between the rows of hooks. There are 5 rows both down and across

I am using 1 inch right angle hooks.

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Drilling pilot holes first made it easier to screw in the hooks.

I wore thin work gloves to save my fingers…the metal was killing my fingers!!

The finished sign has 25 hooks that are equidistant (OMG, I never thought I would get to use geometry terms in real life!!)

Adding The Ornaments

On the back side of the number ornaments I added wooden snowflakes.

The unfinished snowflakes come in a bag with lots of shapes.

I gave them a quick coat of white acrylic paint, then hot glued them on.

As I was gluing on the snowflakes I tried to vary the designs along the way.

The bag of wood slices came with cute red & white string for hanging the ornaments. I thought it would add a little pop of festive color to my sign.

Finished Wood Advent Calendar

I stapled a piece of nautical rope to the back of the sign to make a sturdy hanger. I use Monkey Hooks to hang just about everything in my house…I love those things!!

Now we are ready to start the Countdown To Christmas!! I think we all need something to look forward to this year!!!

You can check out more of my festive ideas for the holidays right HERE.