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DIY Halloween Countdown Calendar

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Do your kids always want to know how many days until Halloween? Grab your Cricut and your Xyron Creative Station and make this DIY Halloween Countdown Calendar to decorate for Halloween! Scroll down to get the Free Printable Halloween Calendar numbers!

Free Printable Numbers to Make a DIY Halloween Countdown Calendar with Cricut & Xyron by Pineapple Paper Co.

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and you can definitely tell by how many of my top posts are Halloween-themed! From a Hocus Pocus Halloween party, a poison spider cocktail, to ALL of my favorite Halloween SVG cut files, there’s something for every Halloween fan on my blog!

Free Printable Numbers to Make a DIY Halloween Countdown Calendar with Cricut & Xyron by Pineapple Paper Co.

I came up with the idea for a Halloween Countdown and I love how it turned out! The printable calendar numbers are MAGNETIC, so my kids can easily change them everyday. If your kids love holiday advent calendars like mine do, making an easy Halloween advent calendar of sorts will be a big hit!

I’ve got a brief video of how I made the calendar, and the whole tutorial is below!

What You Need to Make a Countdown to Halloween Calendar

Free Printable Numbers to Make a DIY Halloween Countdown Calendar with Cricut & Xyron by Pineapple Paper Co.

Supplies/sizes can vary here, but here’s all of the supplies you’ll need to make this Halloween calendar!

How to Make a Countdown Until Halloween Calendar Sign

The first step to this project is to cut the “days until Halloween” design out of vinyl using your electronic cutting machine. I designed it in Cricut Design Space – here’s the link to my canvas: (if you are a Silhouette Cameo user, let me know and I’ll get the design to you!)

Cricut Design Space “Days Until Halloween” design

Open the file, and size it to fit your sign. Cut design from adhesive vinyl.

*Pro Tip: I like to put a white shape the size of my finished project behind the design I’m working on so I get the sizing right!

Weed away extra vinyl and use transfer tape to move your design from the backing sheet to your project. Use a scraper over the design several times to make sure the adhesive vinyl is stuck to the metal before removing the transfer paper.

Now it’s time for the calendar numbers. Download the FREE Printable Halloween Countdown numbers at the end of the post and print them all out.

Using the paper trimmer, cut out all of the numbers (and jack o’ lanterns, if you would like to use those).

Free Printable Numbers to Make a DIY Halloween Countdown Calendar with Cricut & Xyron by Pineapple Paper Co.

Load the laminate/magnetic cartridge into the Creative Station. The printable calendar numbers were designed to JUST fit lengthwise (they are 5″ tall) into the Creative Station Lite to reduce product waste, which is an added bonus! Use the handle to roll each of the numbers through the machine. Slice off after each number, and trim the edges with your paper trimmer.

Free Printable Numbers to Make a DIY Halloween Countdown Calendar with Cricut & Xyron by Pineapple Paper Co.

You can use the sign as is to countdown to Halloween, or you can add a small paper banner for decoration if you would like!

Free Printable Numbers to Make a DIY Halloween Countdown Calendar with Cricut & Xyron by Pineapple Paper Co.

Download Printable Halloween Countdown Calendar Numbers

Upon entering your information in the gray pop-up box below, a “Download” button will appear. Click the button and the Printable Halloween Calendar Numbers (.zip file) will download instantly. You will NOT be sent an email with the file. Free Halloween printable calendar number files available for download are for PERSONAL USE ONLY.

Free Printable Numbers to Make a DIY Halloween Countdown Calendar with Cricut & Xyron by Pineapple Paper Co.

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  1. Rachel Briggs says:

    Could you email me the svg for this cute project? The download button didn’t work. Thanks so much! I love your projects!

  2. I love this! Do you prefer the 5″ Xyron to the 9″? I’m trying to figure out which one to order and am over analyzing it, of course.

    Thanks for the tutorial!

    Sara

    1. Pineapple Paper Co. says:

      I have both! But I find I use the 5″ the most – the majority of my projects are small enough!

      1. Thank you!