Advent Treats

Make a simple calendar with tantalising opaque bags to fill with sweets or little gifts

You will need

• Gold star stickers

(£3.70 for 60, pipii.co.uk)

• 24 small glassine bags

(£2 for 10, pipii.co.uk)

• Scissors

• Number rubber stamps and black ink pad

• Mini toys/decorations/sweets

• Tape

• Red and white string

• Cork board (approx 45cm x 65cm)

• Brass drawing pins

• Red wooden pegs

(£4.50 for 25, pipii.co.uk)

To Make

❶ Stick a gold star sticker on the front of each bag – place some to run off the edge of the bag and trim excess. Stamp each bag with a number from one to 24 and then place a small treat inside. Use tape to secure the bag.

❷ Fix lines of string across the cork board with the drawing pins. Hang the bags on the strings in the shape of a tree using the pegs.

Glitter birds, £1.10 for two, pipii.co.uk; mini wooden decorations (in bags), £11.99 for 24, giselagraham.co.uk