Vintage crate advent calendar

Patience wanted me to make this for her last year but I never got to it.  We have never done and advent calendar but I think its perfect to start this year because both of them will actually understand the concept of it.

Supplies:
Vintage soda crate, usually found at antique shops or you can search on ebay or etsy.  Just make sure the slats are still in place.
2in square boxes
string or ribbon
tags or stickers (I made my own)

I couldn't find small white tags so I bought a 1in circle punch and I had some bristol paper at home but cardstock would work.

I also had this little paper hole punch, again, you can buy tags but I knew I had most of the stuff to create them myself.  You could also stamp the numbers on the box or use little stickers.



I added some candies and other gifts to the boxes, making sure I had 2 of each for both girls.  Some ideas for small gifts are:

• jewelry
• little blocks of oven bake clay (for the girls to make clay necklace pendants)
• keychains (I found crystal initial ones at Five Below)
• lipgloss
• cute erasers
• surprise bags (shopkins, trolls, littlest pet shop, etc.)
• activity tickets

I tied them up with some yarn I had but you can use christmas ribbon, bakers twine, washi tape, etc.  

Then you just put them in your crate and you can set it on a shelf or hang it up.