A Vacation Countdown For Your Home
My hubby and I are travel-oholics! Planning a vacation together as a couple is a major priority for us. Every year we plan our vacations up to a year in advance and then spend the rest of the year looking forward to the big day. Sometimes the planning, preparing and anticipating is just as fun as the vacation itself!
To help us countdown to our next big vacation, I worked with our newest Diva Designer, Courtney at All Things Bright and Beautiful to create a vacation countdown that I can use again and again for all our future trips! I was so pleased with her design and the final product! And the best part is – it was SUPER easy to make! If you want to make one for your family’s next vacation – here is what you do . . .
MATERIALS NEEDED FOR YOUR VACATION COUNTDOWN
- Vacation Countdown & Travel Fund Jar Printables (downloads are at the bottom of this post)
- 8.5 x 11 inch Frame (with the glass removed)
- Scissors
- Hole puncher
- Cork Roll
- 7/8″ Cup Hooks
- Corner Punch(optional)
- Jar (optional)Â
HOW TO MAKE YOUR VACATION COUNTDOWN:
Take your 8.5 x 11″ frame and remove the glass from the frame.
Take the picture insert or the backing to serve as a template and then cut the cork roll.
Lay your frame facing down & place each piece into the frame in the following order: Vacation Countdown Printable, Â cork roll, frame backing & secure these into the frame.
Now your frame should looking something like this.
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Take the 7/8″ cup hooks and decide exactly where you want them. Press them through the vacation countdown printable and into the cork piece twisting them until secure. Because my family starts counting down up to a year in advance I put 3 hooks on mine, but you could just do 2 if you wanted!
Take your numbers printables and cut them out. Use your hole puncher to punch a hole at the top of the tag.
I am never good at cutting straight, so I used my favorite tool: the corner rounder! It made each number card look unified and professional! It is a miracle worker!
There you have it! Your very own vacation countdown!
HOW TO MAKE YOUR TRAVEL FUND JAR
Now, at our house one of the reasons we start planning so much in advance is so that we can save our pennies for the big trip. Literally saving pennies! To motivate me to store away some of that much needed cash, I made this travel fund jar!
Just insert the world map printable into the jar (it should naturally wrap around the inside) and then use double sided tape to attach the  “Travel Funds” label around the outer portion of the jar.
Then – start adding the cash! Every penny counts, right? Your vacation fund jar is complete!
Wasn’t that all so easy? Now the hard part is waiting for the vacation to start!
For a full video tutorial on how to make your own vacation countdown and travel fund jar, check out this video from our recent Facebook Live:
To get these adorable printables that Courtney made download them below!
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Love this! Got all my supplies but having trouble finding just the right picture frame. I know this was posted quite awhile ago but do you happen to remember where you got your frame?
I am so glad you found this! I got this particular frame at Hobby Lobby. If you can’t find a frame that fits the printable perfectly, you could always trim it down a little to a smaller size. Good luck!
I love this countdown but would love to be able to change “vacation” to “retirement”. Any chance you have one for retirement?
Hello, Karen! Congrats on the approaching retirement! That is a huge accomplishment. It is definitely worth counting down to. Unfortunately, the designs are not customizable, although, retirement is the ULTIMATE vacation so the countdown might still work for you! We currently have ours on display counting down to my husband’s graduation aka vacation from school. Maybe you could do something like that as well?
Just finished my Vacation Countdown kit! I love the idea and we had just booked our travel for this coming Christmas so the timing was perfect. I added a laminated hanging tag for our destination so we can use this year after year! I made ours to hang on the end of our kitchen cabinet since we don’t have a lot of shelf space. Using clear command hooks I already had, made this project one that I didn’t have to buy a single thing for. Thank you for the awesome idea!!
Thank you for sharing!I love the idea of hanging it where your family can see it – I am sure it turned out amazing!
I was looking online for a travel countdown calendar and came across this website. I immediatley fell in love with your vacation countdown calendar and travel funds jar. My family had a wonderful time at our first family reunion this year, so I thought they would be fun gifts to give to each family for Christmas. I ended up making a total of 7 calendars and 7 jars. Everyone loved the idea and said they look forward to using them for future weekend getaways and vacations. Many thanks for the printables that made these so easy to put together!
What a wonderful gift idea! Thank you for sharing. We are thrilled that we were able to provide these for you!
Love your ideas and your printables! Thank you for sharing your creative talents.
Thank you for this one! it was totally helpful
Just made this for our upcoming anniversary vacation. (I was going to make something like a countdown chain.) This is so much cuter and we can use it again with our future trips. I got everything that I needed at Wal-Mart for less than $10 and it took me about 15 minutes to put together. My husband liked a lot more than I expected. I am excited to pull this out for all our trips. Thanks for the cute idea and pintables.
I am glad that you like it! I am loving mine!
I am IN LOVE With this!!! Wish I had it a little earlier! Sarina, you are amazing and so talented!
Sarina – I am SERIOUSLY in love with this DIY countdown! I want to make one JUST to have in my house! lol LOOOOOOVE how it turned out! You & Courtney make a fabulous team! XO
This is a fabulous idea!!!! Makes me want to plan a trip! xox
I absolutely love this! We have a trip coming up in august and I’m going to use this! Thanks!!!