Dare To Do It Yourself

Despite what the media is telling us about the economy doing better, the recession is still effecting everyone, me included. So when a co-worker and I decided to "Elf" people at work, I needed to weigh my options and come up with an affordable and do-able solution.

My solution is participating in the Newly Woodwards "Dare to Do It Yourself" Challenge

I have seen many versions of these "Christmas Countdown" blocks all over Etsy, and I had some wood blocks left over from a previous craft. I knew I could make them myself, and that these would be the perfect gift for co-worker with little kids.

These took about 1-2 hours to make (maybe longer cause I was engrossed in bad, bad, bad reality TV while crafting - Real Housewives on AnyCity is a total time suck for me).

What you will need:

4 square wood blocks (I used 2x2 inch blocks)

4 sheets of Christmas themed scrapbook paper

Vinyl lettering or stickers

Mod Podge

Ribbon

Acrylic Paint

Square craft punch

Corner rounder

Directions:

1. Sand your blocks down and then paint with your favorite coordinating Christmas color. (I used white)

2. While your paint is drying, Punch/cut out 14 squares in your various Christmas scrapbook paper and then use a corner rounder on each.


3. Mod Podge 6 squares each on 2 of the blocks and 1 square each on the remaining 2 blocks.

4. Add the following vinyl letters numbers or stickers to the following blocks:

Block 1: #'s 0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 (6 will also act as a 9 when counting down)

Block 2: #'s 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Block 3: Days til

Block 4: Santa!

5. Mod Podge the whole thing and let dry

6. Stack blocks and tie with a pretty ribbon.

And here is my final project:

Happy crafting!