Advent Calendar Pockets — Printable Numbered Envelopes & Pockets 1–24
Four numbered advent calendar nets — fold-up pockets, mini envelopes, roll-up cones, and flat scalloped tags — numbered 1 to 24 with a small Dec label. Pick a style, size, and numeral font; the PDF downloads every page of the set at once with fold lines, glue tabs, and punch holes marked.
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What are advent calendar pockets? Advent calendar pockets are printable numbered containers for December 1–24 — fold-up pockets, mini envelopes, roll-up cones, and flat tags — with fold lines, glue tabs, and punch holes so you can fill and hang your own countdown.
How to make advent calendar pockets: Choose a style, size, and numeral font, preview any page, download the multi-page PDF, print on 160–200 gsm cardstock, cut the outlines, fold on the dashed lines, glue the hatched tabs, fill, and peg to a string or glue to a board.
Twenty-four small containers, printed the week after Thanksgiving
A DIY advent calendar is really just 24 numbered containers and something to put in them. This page prints the containers. The pocket is the roomiest flat option — a front with the number, a back that folds up behind it, and two side tabs that glue inside — and holds a folded note, a tea bag, a chocolate coin, or a small Lego bag. The mini envelope is for paper-only contents: activity slips, jokes, a page from our coloring or games sections folded small, a clue for a treasure hunt. The cone is the classic German Adventskalender-Tüte: rolled from a sector, it holds more than it looks (a handful of wrapped sweets or a clementine at Standard size) and hangs from its rim tab. The flat tags are for people who already own 24 kraft bags and only need the numbers — all 24 fit on one sheet.
Hanging vs. mounting. The traditional display is a length of twine across a wall or mantel with each piece held by a mini clothespin; pockets have optional punch holes in the top corners if you prefer to thread them, and cones hang from the rim-tab hole. The other route is a poster board: glue the back of each pocket to a 20 × 30 in board in a tree or house arrangement so the calendar is one object you store flat. Envelopes glue down by their back flap; tags tie onto bags. Print on 160–200 gsm cardstock for pockets and cones (copy paper sags once filled), 120 gsm for envelopes so the pointed flap folds crisply. Dark line colours print well on kraft cardstock, which gives the whole calendar a rustic look with no extra decoration.
Print and assemble in the week after Thanksgiving so the calendar is filled by November 30. Each style is numbered 1–24 across several pages — the Preview page control shows any page, and the Download button saves the whole run as one multi-page PDF so nothing is missed. Choose Serif numerals for a traditional look, Rounded for a modern Scandinavian calendar, or the italic script style for a softer, hand-lettered feel. Because every piece is made from cardstock and glue, a finished set is reusable year to year: empty it on Christmas Eve, press the pockets flat, and refill next November.
Nothing here is locked to Christmas except the small "Dec" label. Use pockets 1–7 as a birthday-week countdown, 1–10 for the last ten school days, or 1–12 for the twelve days of Christmas gifting. Plan the fillers in the Christmas Planner, use the kids' Christmas Wish List and Letter to Santa as two of the slips, and box the larger surprises in our gift box templates.