When I say origami, its actually a fake! As nice as it would be to make these properly, I chose to use paper that was far to thick to bend nicely, and I wanted this to hold its shape through whatever battering it might get! For both these reasons I decided to glue the envelopes together rather than just fold them into position.
To make your own (maybe for next year?!):
1. Cut out 24 squares of paper of different colours and sizes. Mine were 7.5cm, 10cm, 12cm and 18cm - but if I were to do this again I wouldn't go smaller that 10cm. The 7.5cm ones are a little too small.
2. With each square in turn, fold along the diagonal, then take one of the points and fold it back on itself. Open this last fold out again.
3. Fold in the two side points to the line you've just made. Glue these into position.
4. Number the envelopes 1-24. I tried to keep this as random as possible.
5. Trim one of the two points, and punch a hole in the other.
6. Thread all the envelopes onto a ribbon - the thickness of the ribbon and the size of the hole meant mine held through friction (pure luck, let me assure you), you might find you need to tie knots to get yours to hold.
7. Fill with your advent treats of choice and hang somewhere in your home.
Hiding in too dark a corner to capture a
proper photo of - sorry!