Count down the days 'til Christmas with a calendar filled with sweet surprises.
| Prep Time: Under 1 hour | |
| What you need: | |
| Construction paper
Scissors 25 small treats 2-inch wide colored tape Puff paint Tape or glue Rickrack Pencil Colored yarn | |
| Seasons: Christmas | |
| Materials: paints, paper, ribbon, yarn | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. |  Gather 25 small treats, such as gumball-machine prizes,
wrapped candy and trinkets. Cut a 4 1/2-foot length of 2-inch
wide colored tape. Lay the tape sticky side up and place the
treats along the length of it, approximately 1 inch apart. |
| 2. |  Next, tape together several pieces of construction paper or
sections of a paper grocery bag to create a 6-foot long, 3-inch
wide strip. Place it atop the treat-covered tape and press
together the paper and tape around each treat . Trim off any
excess paper. |
| 3. |  Write the numbers 1 through 25 in puff paint on pieces of
colored construction paper and cut them out. For extra fun, shape
pieces into green trees, red Christmas balls and a yellow star.
Starting at the bottom, tape or glue the numbers to the paper
strip, one over each treat. Finally, glue rickrack along the
edges of the paper and tape the top of the calendar to a
pencil. |
| 4. | Tie a length of colored yarn to the ends of the pencil, and
the Advent calendar is ready to hang.
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