12 Days of Christmas Bulletin Board Calendar
- 18x14-inch bulletin board
- Acrylic paints and paintbrush
- Patterned paper
- Crafts glue (optional)
- Double-sided tape
- Twelve 2-1/4x3-1/2-inch red coin envelopes
- Numbered stamps (0 through 9)
- Black ink pad
- 1-1/4-inch-diameter white sticker labels
- 1-1/4-inch-diameter metal-rim tags
- Hot-glue glue and hotmelt adhesive
- Slips of white paper
1. Paint the frame of the bulletin board; let dry. Adhere patterned paper to the front of the board using crafts glue or double-sided tape.
2. Cut off the flaps of the red coin envelopes to create open tops. Space the envelopes evenly on the bulletin board and attach with double-sided tape.
3. Stamp each number 1 through 12 onto a sticker label. Attach the labels to the metal-rim tags; hot-glue the metal-rim tags onto the envelops.
4. Write or print activities for each of the 12 days on slips of white paper.
5. Insert slips into envelopes.
It is easy to confuse the 12 Days OF Christmas as being BEFORE Christmas. The 12 days of Christmas STARTS with December 25 and goes through Jan 5, the eve of Epiphany which falls on Jan 6. Unfortunately, the marketing world has given the mistaken idea that Christmas ENDS on December 25, but that is when Christmas truly starts. Anything before December 25 is part of the Advent or preparation season.
11/2/2010 05:14:02 PM Report AbuseNice project. Growing up I remember the santa on skis was always my favorite decoration. I would play with it for hours!
10/15/2010 12:12:05 PM Report Abuse