Repurposed Altoids tin Advent calendar

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Finally! A use for all those Altoids tins you've been saving.

All of the lids on the tins open to the side or down, making it easy for little hands to open them and reveal the treats inside.

Finally! A use for all those Altoids tins you've been saving.

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I saved Altoids tins for several years, hoping I'd eventually come up with a good project for them. Finally, inspiration struck and I transformed the tins into a funky Advent calendar that can be used year after year.

I started by laying out the tins in a rough tree shape on a piece of brown Kraft paper and then tracing around them to make a pattern. I did use some non-Altoids tins, as you can probably tell from the photo.

I transferred the pattern to a piece of MDF and cut out the tree with a jigsaw. You could use a piece of scrap plywood, but I didn't have one that was large enough. Then I painted the tree with a bold lime green paint.

Next I spray painted all of the tins silver. Once dry, I used a two-part epoxy to attach the tins to the tree. Finally, I added some vinyl stick-on numbers that I found in my craft stash. 

Voila! Just add candy or small gifts and you'll have a fun way to count down the days until Christmas. 

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