The Countdown Begins Tomorrow

Today we made our Countdown Calendar for Christmas. The girls were excited to hang it. We took down the picture that hangs over our piano and hung it up there. I used tinsel ribbon and library pockets that have been in my collection for a while and I used blue, white and green winter themed papers for the backgrounds. I printed out the numbers using various fonts and then outlined everything with a black Pentel pen. I like the way that it turned out. Some of the pockets have one large square for the background and others are pieced from the trimmings from these sheets.

Supplies:

• Library Pockets
• Various Pattern Papers
• Numbers 1-25 printed or handwritten on 1' circles
• Adhesive tabs
• Black waterproof pen
• Tinsel Ribbon (or any other thin ribbon of your choice)
• Clothspins

Step 1:
Cut pattern paper to fit leaving a border of the pocket showing.

Step 2:
Adhere the pattern paper to the library pockets.

Step 3:
Adhere the numbers to the center of the pattern paper.

Step 4:
Adhere scraps of pattern paper to the top of the clothes pins.

Step 5:
Hang the ribbon up and clip the pockets up and enjoy.