I’ve been a little quiet on the blog front this week as I’ve been spending quite some time putting together this tutorial and printable template. It’s by far and away the most advantageous template I’ve created so far! It allows you to customise, print and create your own advent calendar!

Structurally it’s just as strong as most store bought calendars; but it allows you to customise it to your hearts content and to fill it with whatever little presents you desire. I cobbled the image on the front of mine together using some vector art (the image is not part of the template).

All you need to create this project are:

• A set of my templates
• 3 sheets of 220 gsm (or as close as possible) card stock of your choice
• Double sided tape or a strong quick drying adhesive glue
• A cutting mat
• A ruler
• An x-acto knife or scalpel
• Some time and patience!

 
You can edit the PDF files by importing them into your choice of software (Photoshop, Illustrator etc), or you can print them out and decorate them by hand. They’d look fabulous decorated in watercolours, pencil, acrylic, decoupage  scrapbooking… the sky and your imagination are the only limits!

It’s as simple as printing out the templates on A3 card stock (I used 220gsm card I purchased from the stationery department of Manor) or have your local copy store do it for you. Follow the tutorial below to end up with a completely personalised advent calendar for yourself or for a loved one.
 

 
I’m trying something new with this project. Normally I put the templates up for free. But this time I’ve put this template up for you to buy on Gumroad.

I have now created a bigcartel site. All my paid templates are available there. This is as I am in the process of also including physical product on the store, something that Gumroad does not support. Unfortunately Big Cartel don’t allow me to let people pay the amount they wish, so I have taken the average amount paid and rounded it down.

How it works: Upon providing your payment details and email address, a zip file containing the PDF files will be automatically emailed to you.

Thank you for supporting next to nicx! I really hope you have as much fun putting together this advent calendar as I have had creating it.

The templates and all associated photographs and materials are copyright to © next to nicx and to Nicola Pravato. Please use the templates for personal use only.