But presents aside, it's often the smaller festive favourites, like advent calendars ... So instead he made them himself using toilet rolls and wrapping paper and filled them with tasty chocolate ...

Foodies can get Christmas to go this year by making this too-clever Advent calendar from Studio DIY. Treat-filled takeout ... and dollar-store scrapbook paper, toilet paper tubes were artfully ...

I wanted to make my daughter an advent calendar this year ... I started by gluiing green tissue paper around one end of the toilet rolls that made up the tree. Then I glued brightly coloured ...

Advent begins Nov. 27. Have some fun with your loved ones with a do-it-yourself Advent Calendar while you ... ones to open up each day. Cut paper towel rolls to desired size, then press the ...

Advent calendars ... paper, glue them together to form a shape of a tree and fill with anything you desire. Or you can follow the same technique and recycle all your empty toilet rolls to create ...

But one way to take the sting out of the seasonal expense is to find ways to cut costs with DIY alternatives ... own advent calendars using something we all have in our homes: toilet roll.