How to Make a DIY Weed Advent Calendar
To make a DIY weed advent calendar, pick 12 or 24 days, get numbered containers that fit your biggest item, and put one labelled cannabis product in each window. Built from single items on our shelf, a 12-day calendar costs $125 and a 24-day one $250 at regular prices.
It’s a project for adults, and every window should say what’s inside and how strong it is.
12 days or 24 days
A 24-day calendar runs from December 1 to 24, the classic advent count. A 12-day version needs half the containers and costs less. It can run from December 13 to 24, or every second day from December 1.
Pick containers that fit
Before you buy containers, lay out everything you plan to put in them and size them to the biggest item. In the cost examples below, the infused pre-roll comes in a sealed tube, each 1 g of cured resin comes in a small jar, and the Gold Collective cart comes in a flat pouch.
- Numbered boxes: small card or kraft boxes, numbered and stacked in a tray or a bigger box. They hold jars and tubes, and a deep one keeps a cart standing upright.
- Envelopes: cheap, flat and easy to number. They suit flat packages, but a cart lies on its side in one, so give carts a box instead.
- A reusable calendar box: a wooden or card box with numbered drawers or doors, bought empty and refilled each year. Check the drawer depth against a jar and a pre-roll tube before you buy.
What to put in each day
Mix the formats so the same thing doesn’t land two days in a row, and save the bigger items, like a cart or an infused pre-roll, for weekends or the last window.
Strains don’t have to repeat either. On November 5 we had 21 strains of 1 g shatter, 25 of 1 g cured resin and 46 carts, so a 24-day box can hold a different strain in every window.
Each format needs different gear:
- Pre-rolls: a lighter. That goes for the infused ones in our pre-roll section too.
- Shatter and cured resin: a dab rig, e-rig or dab pen, or a bowl or joint with flower. Both come as 1 g singles in our shatter and cured resin sections.
- Carts: a 510-thread battery. All our carts are 1 g with standard 510 threads. Our 2 g disposables have a rechargeable battery built in.
We don’t sell 510 batteries, rigs or any other hardware, so build the calendar around gear you already have. Without a rig or a battery, pre-rolls and disposables still work.
We left edibles out on purpose. A box that looks like a children’s advent calendar is the wrong place for something that looks like candy.
What it costs: a 12-day and a 24-day example
Both examples use single items in stock on November 5, 2026, at regular prices. Every 1 g shatter and 1 g cured resin we carry is $10, so you can swap strains without changing the total.
| Item | Price | 12 days | 24 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 g shatter | $10 | 4 windows, $40 | 7 windows, $70 |
| 1 g cured resin | $10 | 3 windows, $30 | 7 windows, $70 |
| BallerClub AAA Indica Pre-Rolls, 3 x 1 g | $20 a pack | 1 pack, 3 windows, $20 | 2 packs, 6 windows, $40 |
| Don Pablo Blueberry Dreamin infused pre-roll, 1.5 g | $15 | 1 window, $15 | 2 windows, $30 |
| Gold Collective Sour Diesel cart, 1 g | $20 | 1 window, $20 | 2 windows, $40 |
| Total | 12 windows, $125 | 24 windows, $250 |
By weight, the 12-day box holds 12.5 g: 7 g of shatter and cured resin, 4.5 g of pre-rolls and a 1 g cart. The 24-day box holds 25 g, 14 g of it shatter and cured resin. Those are the numbers to set against a ready-made calendar’s contents list.
Containers are extra. Shipping is free on orders from $150, so the 24-day order ships free and the 12-day one pays the flat $23.
If most of your windows will be extracts, our Mix & Match packs hold 7, 14 or 28 one-gram jars of cured resin, or 7 or 14 slabs of shatter, and you pick the strain for each one. A 7-pack costs $60, against $70 for seven singles. One 7-pack covers the 12-day box’s seven extract windows ($115 in all), and one 7-pack of each brings the 24-day box down to $230.
One format in every window
If you’d rather keep to one format, these combinations fill every window from in-stock packs at regular prices.
| Format | 12 windows | 24 windows |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-rolls | 2 AAA indica 3-packs, 1 EZ Peazy infused 5-pack (5 x 0.7 g) and 1 Don Pablo infused pre-roll for $80 | 4 AAA indica 3-packs, 2 EZ Peazy infused 5-packs and 2 Don Pablo infused pre-rolls for $160 |
| Shatter | A Mix & Match 14 x 1 g pack for $110, with 2 slabs left over | A Mix & Match 14-pack, a 7-pack and 3 singles for $200 |
| Cured resin | A Mix & Match 14 x 1 g pack for $110, with 2 jars left over | A Mix & Match 28 x 1 g pack for $200, with 4 jars left over |
| Carts | 12 Gold Collective 1 g carts for $240 | 24 Gold Collective 1 g carts for $480 |
Label every window
Write the product, its strength and the gear it needs on every window. Use grams for flower, extracts and carts, and copy the THC figure from the package when it shows one.
- Day 3: Blue Dream shatter, 1 g. Rig or dab pen.
- Day 8: AAA indica pre-roll, 1 g. Lighter.
- Day 14: Don Pablo infused pre-roll, 1.5 g. Lighter.
- Day 24: Gold Collective Sour Diesel cart, 1 g. 510 battery.
Tape a full list inside the lid too, so you can check any day without opening its window.
Store it until December
A calendar built in mid-November waits about six weeks for its last window. Orders arrive vacuum sealed in a discreet mailer, so you can leave everything sealed until the day you assemble it.
- Keep each product in its own packaging, inside its window.
- Store the box somewhere cool, dark and dry, away from heaters and sunny windows. Heat softens shatter and cured resin.
- Stand carts upright, since a cart stored on its side can leak at the base.
- Keep pre-rolls in their tubes or packs so the flower doesn’t dry out. If a 3-pack covers three windows, give each of those pre-rolls its own airtight tube. Does weed expire? covers how flower ages.
Advent calendars look like the ones made for children, so keep this one labelled and locked away, out of sight and reach of kids and pets, as Health Canada advises.
Common questions
How much does it cost to make a weed advent calendar?
Our 12-day example costs $125 and our 24-day example costs $250, using single items at regular prices on November 5, 2026. Containers are extra, and orders from $150 ship free.
What do you put in a weed advent calendar?
One small product per window, mixed across formats: 1 g shatter or cured resin, pre-rolls, an infused pre-roll and a 1 g cart. Plan around the gear you have, and label each window with the product and its strength.
Where can I buy a weed advent calendar?
We don’t sell a ready-made calendar. Everything in the examples above is sold as single items or Mix & Match packs, so you can order the contents together and build the box at home.
Is there a vape advent calendar?
You can build one from the 1 g carts in our vape cart section. Twelve Gold Collective carts at $20 each come to $240, and we had 15 Gold Collective strains in stock on November 5, so each window can be different. Carts need a 510-thread battery, while our 2 g disposables ($35 each) have one built in.
How early can you make a weed advent calendar?
You can build it in November if every item stays sealed in its own packaging, the box is kept cool, dark and locked away, and carts stand upright.
Do you have to open a window every day?
No. The numbers only set the order, and a window you skip stays sealed in its packaging until you get to it.
