DIY Advent calendar: 24 paper cups full of surprises & fun!

You have everything you need? Then get started!

Take all three sheets of adhesive foil and draw circles and Christmas shapes on the backs.

Cut out the various shapes using scissors.

To decorate the plain cups, peel off the backing paper from the foil elements

Position the decorative elements onto the outside of the cup and press them down firmly.

You want to completely cover the outside of the cup? Take an extra cup, cut it open at the adhesive seam, remove the base and use the body of the cup as a template for cutting out the adhesive foil.

Next, accurately place a napkin into the center of each cup so that you have an even overhang above the rim of the cup to tie up the napkins.

Now you can fill the cups with surprises of your choice.

Draw outlines of the cardboard box sides on the back of the Glitter silver adhesive foil, cut out the foil pieces and press them firmly down onto the outside of the cardboard box using a smoothing blade.

Now draw 24 circles onto the cardboard box.

Cut out the circles.

Label the cut-out circles with the numbers 1 to 24.

Then punch a hole into each circle above the number.

Finally, thread the cardboard circle onto a piece of string and use it to tie the napkin closed with some overhang above the string.