Hershey Kiss Advent Calendar

I made Hershey Kiss Advent Calendar’s for the kids back in 2012, for the first time, and they’ve become a tradition! I can’t wait to get started on them for this year.  My kids love Hershey Kisses, so what better way to make an inexpensive advent calendar.

I have this fun Countdown Christmas Tree printable in my free Countdown to Christmas printable.

Simply print out the tree from the printable pack. You can either print it on cardstock and use it that way, or cut it out and affix it to construction paper. I’ve personally found that cardstock ON construction paper works well.

To make the calendar you’ll need

• The tree countdown page from the Countdown to Christmas Printable
• Cardstock
• Construction paper or 12×12 scrapbook paper
• 24 or 25 Hershey kisses in Holiday colors
• 1 Gold Dollar (per calendar)
• photo mounting squares from my scrapbook stash (you can use two sided tape, but I didn’t have any)
• Christmas stickers or Die Cuts to decorate (optional)
• metallic pipe cleaners to use as a hanger (optional)
• My mini glue gun and three glue sticks

If you’re just using cardstock, you can start affixing the Hershey Kisses right away. If you’re putting the countdown tree on something, you’ll want to do that first. Some years I’ve used cardboard (that I cut from a cereal box) to use as a backer, too. It just depends on where I’m putting them as to how I do it. If you think it’s not sturdy enough once printed, try adding a sturdier backer.

Apply a photo mounting square to the back of each Hershey Kiss and put them on the calendars. You can either place the Gold Dollar in the #1 circle, or on the star. I’ve done it both ways. My kids prefer to get the Gold Dollar AND another kiss on Christmas. LOL

A super cheap Advent Calendar, and so much fun!

I’ll add more photos as soon as I get the new one’s made. The old photos are so cringy.