Most regretted project!

I came up with the wild item of making seven advent calendars for my grand nieces and nephews. Wow did this ever turn into a huge project. Here are the steps, remember X7.

1. Paint each calendar (x7). The problem here is the paper mache sucked up the paint therefore causing each to be painted multiple times and requiring much more paint than I anticipated. Painting each included painting the inside of square and painting the outside and inside of each drawer itself (x7). That is painting 175 drawers.

2. Using my paper trimmer and cardstock, I cut 175 drawer fronts and then used a circle punch to cut out the half circle.  I then glued on the 175 drawer fronts.

3. I painted 175 drawer knobs and glue one onto each drawer.

4. Using my Cricut, I cut out these teeny tiny numbers (which I ran through my Xyron) to adhere to the drawers.

5. I then went to the internet and searched for 25 corny kid jokes, all pertaining to Christmas. Using Word,  I typed the questions out on one side and the answer on the other side.  I printed them out and cut them into strips with my paper cutter.  I placed a joke in each drawer.

6. I searched for the story behind the advent calendar, printed it out and adhered it to the back of the calendar.

7. Lastly I went shopping for all the goodies to put inside each drawer. (ok, that part was kinda fun)