| All you need is... | | | | Each door on the front of the calendar needs |
| | | | cutting. You need to be very careful, and cut |
| Felt tip pens, paints or pencils, PVA glue, | | | | 3 sides of each square. The doors could open |
| thin card or stiff paper, magazines and | | | | to the left or to the right, or upwards or |
| catalogues and two print outs from the | | | | downwards, whatever way you choose. |
| Santa's Postbag website, the link is below. | | | | |
| You need a calendar front and a calendar | | | | To cut the doors is a bit tricky and younger |
| back. | | | | children may need an adults help. |
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| Take the 'back' print out, it is covered in | | | | Put a ball of plasticine or Blu-Tack on the |
| 25 squares. Each square corresponds with a | | | | table, and place your picture on top of it |
| door on the front print out. Cut out pictures | | | | where you want to make the hole, at a corner |
| from the magazines and catalogues and stick | | | | of a square would be good. Push a pencil |
| them onto the squares. Don't worry if the | | | | through the paper and into the Blu-Tack or |
| pictures hang out of the boxes a little, it | | | | plasticine. This will give you a hole to get |
| wont bee seen later. Leave this to one side | | | | the scissors into to cut the door. Cut around |
| to dry. | | | | all 25 doors. |
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| There is a choice of two print outs for the | | | | Stick the calendar front to the back (The |
| calendar front. There is a Santa calendar and | | | | sheet with the magazine pictures stuck to it) |
| a Rudolf one. Print one out and colour or | | | | Making sure that you can see the pictures |
| paint the picture on the front of the | | | | when the doors are opened. |
| calendar. If you choose to paint it, you will | | | | |
| need to let it dry out before you continue. | | | | Leave the calendar somewhere to dry. |
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| The front of the calendar needs to be stuck | | | | On the first of December you an open the |
| to thin card or stiff paper. Sugar paper | | | | first door of the advent calendar, the door |
| would be ideal. Cover the whole of the sheet | | | | with number one on it. Open one door every |
| in a thin layer of PVA glue, and stick on to | | | | day. The morning that you open door number 25 |
| the card or paper. Allow to dry. | | | | will be Christmas Day, when we celebrate the |
| | | | birth of Jesus Christ. |