You can countdown to Christmas with a new mini DIY craft project a day, whether it’s sewing, making your own Xmas decorations or bead pictures. This leads me to the current year 2023 and I couldn’t resist coming up with another design – I get all excited about designing a new pattern and then realise the incredible amount of work needed to make it into the Advent Calendar Project!

This fabulous crochet Advent calendar by Wool Couture is available as a kit, containing all the Cheeky Chunky Wool Couture yarn you need to make it, as well as the pattern, dowels and optional crochet hook. of the cost of this kit will go to WellChild but you can choose to increase your donation at the checkout. Every year will always be a new design, because it's fun for you to have a new surprise and fun for us to see your reactions as it's revealed.It’s not strictly a project a day, but this BIC stationary advent calendar is a must for dedicated crafters. The calendar comes with 24 skeins of DMC Tapestry Wool in a beautifully curated colour palette, a collection of five all-new patterns in a premium printed booklet, and all the supplies you need to complete your projects. Your calendar will arrive in a reusable gift box containing 24 individually wrapped 20g skeins waiting to be opened.

The reviews we get on our advent calendars make us tear up with joy that we've nailed it in previous years. We’re sorry but, because this is a limited edition kit with a charitable donation our 10% off welcome code for newsletter subscribers is not valid for this product. As a niche item, craft advents often cost more than your average advent, but there are plenty of budget options available too. You’ll start off with a crochet hook so you can get making straight away, then you can enjoy making all sorts of individual parts of your garland, from the crochet citrus slices to pretty pom poms (with the included pom pom maker).There is the option to purchase a 12- or 25-day calendar, and you can even split the costs with instalments too. There are 24 surprises, including pencils, pens, stickers, erasers and more – it lends itself perfectly to making your own Christmas cards! This cute festive scene featuring Santa Claus himself is a great one for kids aged 5 plus, but there are another four to choose from including Harry Potter and Star Wars.

This craft Advent calendar from haberdashery and sewing company Hemline gives you 24 days of sewing and craft gifts in a nicely presented calendar box. Please contact us for commercial use of our calendars, suggestions for improvement, mistakes found in the calendars and any other concerns. If you choose to increase your donation we’ll give everything minus payment processing fees to WellChild – we can’t avoid the payment processing fees, unfortunately). There are three fibre/yarn weight options to choose from, and they come in 24 individually wrapped packages nestled inside a luxury box. If you fancy a mini-skein calendar with some truly luxury fibres, then check out the 'Frosted Berries' 2023 yarn Advent calendar from Yarn Unique.This lucky dip sock yarn advent calendar from YarnUnique comes as 12- or 24-day options, packaged in numbered parcels. We know it can be done in about an hour each day and some days will have less stitching than others. No need – the motifs are small and designed to only take 5-10 mins of your time a day so perfect for those who love stitching but are really busy during the Christmas preparations. This is for bargello embroidery, a popular technique that creates awesome patterns using straight stitches.

Instead of empty calories, your cross stitch advent calendar provides you with me-time, wonder, surprise, joy, support, friendship, a gorgeous Christmas decoration, hand-eye co-ordination and the feel-good factor of knowing you’ve given someone a better Christmas. This pretty craft advent calendar from Sara Davies' company Crafters Companion, opens up to reveal 24 doors for the Christmas countdown. Just a heads up though, we'll be sharing a picture of the finished design on our social media on Christmas Day. They're also great for kids as it gives them a festive activity to do each day, helping to build the excitement for the big day. Much as it would be lovely to sit and do craft projects on Christmas Eve we know that's not practical for most of us so we wouldn't do that to you.Inside each mystery pressie you’ll find some fab yarn and accessories, plus a link and QR code to a brand new pattern you can make with them! Those with overflowing stashes can still join in the fun with haberdashery and accessory calendars, packed with tools and treats for yarn crafters. What started as a hobby a decade ago led to Matt developing a passion (and then a career) with crochet.