Christmas Countdown w/ Sour Cream Containers

I made this Christmas countdown for my little friend Tanner, who's six years old.  He can take off one container each night before he goes to bed and find a treat inside. I used scraps of leftover Christmas papers and my Fiskars edge crimper to make the sour cream containers.  Each container uses a piece of paper that is 4 x 6".  Here is a little tutorial to help you see how they're made.

Place a piece of double-sided on the 4" edge and bring opposite edge around to form a tube.

Add a piece of double sided tape to inside just large enough to stick it together when flattened.  Then place the edge into the crimper and crimp edge.  Place treat into the container and then add a piece of tape so that the other edge can be flattened and crimped.

I used digital stamps from The Cutting Cafe's Christmas Daily 2 set for each day's label and punched them out with a circle punch.  I punched a hole in each number and container then tied them together with red cord.

I used a jingle bell garland and tied each container to it.  I purchased two garlands from the Dollar Tree store and attached two together so that there was a jingle bell between each container.  This required a little cutting and tying  back together for the correct amount of bells.  This also allowed me to have a loop at each end for attaching the garland to a fireplace.  For photo purposes I just hung it from my Christmas stocking hangers on the mantle. 

Using this premade garland made this project so easy to complete. The funny thing is, I just wanted some jingle bells to attach to each container. When I arrived home with what I thought were individual jingle bells, it turned out to be a garland. So I used it to my advantage by just attaching the containers to it. Easy peasy! This project took me about two hours from start to finish. I used pieces of candy, stickers, erasers and some of those little capsules that you can put it water and when they dissolve you have a small sponge shape.