An Advent calendar using an old baking sheet and Nikki Sivils Gingerbread Land (with a tutorial!) :)

 Hi everyone :)

I wanted to share an Advent Calendar I made for my kids that I made from an old baking sheet and Nikki Sivils Gingerbread Land collection! :) I have wanted to make an advent calendar for them FOREVER now... and this year I finally found the time! :)

Here is what my calendar looks like :)

I started off with an old baking (cookie) sheet :)

Had Hubby and my Son Adam drill two holes for me :)

I then cut out 48 2x2 inch squares :)

I then sewed them into pockets! :)

Then I covered and decorated the baking (cookie sheet) :)

I bought some magnets :)

I decorated the fronts of each square and added a date for each one (up to Christmas Eve) :)

I then glued the magnets to the back of the 'pockets' :)

And look! My Son Adam even helped me :) He doesn't look thrilled... but I promise... it was his idea to help :)

And here is my finished project and some close ups :)

I have seen several versions of baking sheet Advent calendars before...and I have always wanted to try it ... so I made this one :) The pink squares will be for Brookie and the green ones for Adam :)

I made the trees using my Cricut and then used Nikki's alphas to put "Adam & Brooke" :):):)

Thanks so much for stopping by -- we appreciate it :)

~~Julie :)