Easy-to-make advent calendar. Countdown to Christmas!

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  • Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
  • An advent calendar can be a very tedious and challenging woodworking project. Making 24 doors is not something that I have the patience for. Here's one you can make in a day. You can even get the family involved if you want: get them to paint ornaments!
    If you'd like to give this a try, here's a cutting template you can download and print out. Just hold the pages up to a window, line them up and tape them together. bit.ly/1xz4YE4
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  • @SteveRamsey
    @SteveRamsey  13 років тому

    @zobook Spray adhesive. If you spray it on the paper and let it set for a couple minutes before attaching it to the wood, it'll come off like a post-it note.

  • @SteveRamsey
    @SteveRamsey  13 років тому

    @jwmicsr I use Elmer's Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. Should be available in most hardware stores/ home centers.

  • @TheShooterJim
    @TheShooterJim 13 років тому

    Great! I was trying to figure out a cool thing to send to my nephews who just moved away from us - now I can make two of these and they will have them fora lifetime - Thanks Steve!!!

  • @Buzzsawman
    @Buzzsawman 13 років тому

    great idea Steve!! Unfortunately for me, I don't have anyone who would be willing to decorate my ornamental pieces so it would take me till Christmas to make one...maybe next year. Thanks for the inspiration...you are keeping me busy and that is what I need.

  • @NormMonkey
    @NormMonkey 12 років тому

    Brilliant! Fantastic! I am so making this advent calendar for my daughter when she's old enough to love it. A lot of the charm lies in customizing the ornaments to suit each kid's (or each family's, or whatever) favourite themes.

  • @merccc1
    @merccc1 13 років тому

    wish you made videos more often than just each friday XD one my fav people to watch vids of so fun.

  • @boatworkstoday
    @boatworkstoday 13 років тому

    Very creative! I like it. Don't blame you for not wanting to make the doors; pain in the A** :-) Good alternative

  • @projekt6_official
    @projekt6_official 13 років тому

    Great idea Steve! Nice tip with the bottle cap.

  • @matteldridge2750
    @matteldridge2750 11 років тому +1

    Thanks for the plans, I made one this weekend for my kids and they loved it. Doesn't look as good as yours but hey it was my first woodworking project.

  • @NJEsperantist
    @NJEsperantist 13 років тому

    Extremely clever project Steve. I love it.

  • @ACollins1998
    @ACollins1998 13 років тому

    Great video steve i promising myself im going to make that thanks for making and easy but great advent calender

  • @pmckinlay653
    @pmckinlay653 11 років тому

    I saw that trick with the beer bottle cap, and actually said "That's bloody btilliant". I swear, half of all woodworking is just knowing the next "dumb trick"... brilliant!

  • @henryskinner1092
    @henryskinner1092 Рік тому

    I still watch this video because I want to make one. I haven't had the tools to make it but as of tomorrow 11-2!+9-22, I will have them. Then Katy Bar the Door. 😁🙃🙂😉

  • @SteveRamsey
    @SteveRamsey  13 років тому

    @neverancha Me encanta Venezuela! Gracias hombre.

  • @arkledun
    @arkledun 13 років тому

    Great project. Thanks

  • @DIY-DaddyO
    @DIY-DaddyO 13 років тому

    Nice Calender and vid, Good idea for a product to sell, but with what I've got on already, maybe next year.

  • @SkunkTreeCarvings
    @SkunkTreeCarvings 13 років тому

    this is a great idea...! thanks for sharing....

  • @neverancha
    @neverancha 13 років тому

    Muy buena la idea gracias por compartirla desde venezuela...

  • @smfield
    @smfield 13 років тому +2

    I can't get away from those Angry Birds! They're everywhere! My bank, the video store, the cellphone shop, prints on my toilet tissue, everywhere! I think this means they "Jumped the Shark".

  • @Kingdom0324
    @Kingdom0324 13 років тому

    what a great idea!

  • @woodyjon1
    @woodyjon1 13 років тому

    great idea thank i'll start my own

  • @SteveRamsey
    @SteveRamsey  13 років тому

    @jorgeargemiro Jaja ... bueno ... ¡adelante! Hacer un poco y los venden!

  • @haroldt101
    @haroldt101 12 років тому

    Make that in about a day??? Heck Steve with my skills, if I start the day after Christmas, I might have it done by Dec 1st of the following year!
    Very neat stuff - you or creative and apparently so is your wife and son.

  • @07758519
    @07758519 13 років тому

    Gracias amigo eres genial!!!!

  • @jorgeargemiro
    @jorgeargemiro 13 років тому

    gran idea y gracias a usted voy a tener una navidad buena porque fabricare para vender

  • @linnyspin1
    @linnyspin1 12 років тому

    OMG I really Love this You are awesome!

  • @Bobbysmitreshop
    @Bobbysmitreshop 13 років тому

    Hey I love this vid!! Hey this is unrelated but sometime do a vid of wyatt playing the guitar

  • @07758519
    @07758519 13 років тому

    Stevinmarin thanks, you're great. there are people with great ability to create, thanks for sharing this video. If you come to visit Machu Picchu Peru. regards

  • @Larenzoid
    @Larenzoid 13 років тому

    Good job, Steve. I could make that! ;-)
    I think I'll try to paint the nubs that stick out of the tree, maybe silver...or gold...or both.
    I'd never heard of an Advent Calendar until Marc Spagnuolo made one last year. I guess it's just not something that was a tradition with my family.
    I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
    Larry

  • @MaDeuce80
    @MaDeuce80 13 років тому

    I'm thinking LEDs for Christmas lights, thanks nice job

  • @CrazyassGaming
    @CrazyassGaming 13 років тому

    beer bottle cap ! genius idea

  • @Intelligent_investor
    @Intelligent_investor 8 років тому

    Its the final countdown!!

  • @smfield
    @smfield 13 років тому +1

    Only spray glue one side! If you spray glue both the paper and MDF the template will be impossible to remove!

  • @SteveRamsey
    @SteveRamsey  13 років тому

    @decom1885 Thanks. Basically, always ask yourself this: "How can I do this simpler?" It may take some time, but it's human nature to overcomplicate things.

  • @TheRustaman
    @TheRustaman 13 років тому

    Amazing work. Exactly the reason I subscribed. So inspiring! :-)

  • @oskioskioski
    @oskioskioski 13 років тому

    It would make more sense if it went from 1 to 24, instead, counting the days. That's how all advent calendars are here, at least! :)

  • @SteveRamsey
    @SteveRamsey  13 років тому

    @xFLAMETIZZYx Aw, c'mon...you still have 6 days before the 1st. You can get this done tomorrow.

  • @Nepo35
    @Nepo35 13 років тому

    Cool!

  • @nervmichnich
    @nervmichnich 12 років тому +1

    woah.. that video got me confused in the beginning. I was like "dafuq? Why did he make number one the star? I would have done 24".. however.. it took me a while to realize, that you seem to count from 24 to 1. We do the exact opposite over here in germany :)

  • @PartlyPenguin
    @PartlyPenguin 13 років тому

    That would be cool if you added a drawer to keep all of the ornaments in...

  • @lazygenius123
    @lazygenius123 10 років тому

    I don't get Hershey but it's a nice idea which doesn't spoil kids with plastic crap. :-)

  • @zobook
    @zobook 13 років тому

    what kind of glue do you use to stick your template? it sits firmly but still comes off real easy

  • @SteveRamsey
    @SteveRamsey  13 років тому

    @entmage Ha...actually, in profile it's supposed to be PacMan.

  • @juliefersotio3731
    @juliefersotio3731 8 років тому

    Cool

  • @jjstudioxo7810
    @jjstudioxo7810 8 років тому

    I always get a Lego Star Wars advent calender

  • @papadonto8
    @papadonto8 13 років тому

    Steve, as I lack a few of the tools that you have, would it be possible for you to cut out the major cuts for me and I can pay you for the parts done. Also the routering? I think this would be an awesome advent for our home. I can of course do the cutting for the dowels and assembly. If you would be so kind and again I would be glad to pay you for parts labor and shipping. Thans you, Don

  • @janvoslos
    @janvoslos 12 років тому

    i had an advent calender and to reveal the date you had to eat a little piece of chocolate :P

  • @bogsdolics
    @bogsdolics 13 років тому

    Hi i don't drink beer would a cider bottle top do ?great idea! if I was over criticle I would say as this is the 29th o nov here in sunny [ he lied] Scottish land its a tad late to make me thinks .but hey another great project ,could the back of the tree be dimpled to keep your balls in place when storing, ho ho ho ,
    Graeme

  • @jwmicsr
    @jwmicsr 13 років тому

    @stevinmarin
    What brand is Zobook spray adhesive, Or is there another name for it, Thanks

  • @firebreatherkb
    @firebreatherkb 12 років тому

    where do you get the wooden balls from..cant seem to find them online

  • @Btswainmate
    @Btswainmate 12 років тому

    What size MDF did you use for the base?

  • @TheNathanCater
    @TheNathanCater 13 років тому

    3rd and not caring!!!

  • @RoyalCaoCao
    @RoyalCaoCao 10 років тому +12

    Anyone came from 2014's vid?

  • @NJEsperantist
    @NJEsperantist 12 років тому

    @muh1h1 That's Norm Abram.

  • @dimahassanieh7498
    @dimahassanieh7498 8 років тому

    How do you make it

  • @snowrose124
    @snowrose124 8 років тому

    Noglista.
    Angrybirds pig + bird.

  • @nickmcgowan16
    @nickmcgowan16 13 років тому

    second and not caring x

  • @XxAILASxX
    @XxAILASxX 13 років тому

    did anyone see the deadmau5 ornament?

  • @dajokaman759
    @dajokaman759 13 років тому

    @YoWooDDecks if your rich enough

  • @xFLAMETIZZYx
    @xFLAMETIZZYx 13 років тому

    Bit earlier in the month please

  • @TienNguyen-ix7nr
    @TienNguyen-ix7nr 12 років тому

    Why can't you just make the Christmas tree just green?