Origami Advent Calendars

You can make some really wonderful advent calendars with origami - which you can fill with all sorts of things to make the run up to Christmas even more exciting and special for your children. Either make these origami advent calendars as a surprise for the kids, or enlist their help in the making and then fill them secretly, so that opening up each day is a surprise! Older children could also make an origami Advent Calendar for younger siblings, putting a drawing or message inside each pocket.

Ideas for filling your home-made advent calendars

We have used either squares cut from Christmas wrapping paper (a great way to use up last year's gift wrap scraps), or bought origami paper, in these projects.