Santa's Beard Countdown Craft
Have fun counting down to Christmas with this free Santa’s beard countdown calendar! This adorable cotton ball craft is such a cute way for kids to keep track of how many days are left until Christmas.
Servings: 1 countdown calendar
Ingredients
- free Santa's beard countdown template
- 1 sheet paper
- 1 pair scissors
- 1 piece cardboard
- 1 glue stick
- 24 cotton balls
- 1 bottle liquid glue
Instructions
- Use scissors to cut a piece of cardboard down to 8 x 11 inches. Print the template on US Letter paper or cardstock, then glue the template to the cardboard using a glue stick.
- Once the template has been glued to its cardboard backing, have your children use liquid glue to add one cotton ball to Santa’s beard, on the circle that corresponds to the date, every day of December. When Santa's beard is full, it's Christmas Eve and Santa will soon be visiting!
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Notes
1. Making this template reusable: Instead of glueing the cotton balls to the template with glue, use a thermal laminator to laminate it and add the cotton balls with adhesive tape so that they can be peeled off.
2. Printing the template on A4 paper: Adjust the "Scale to Print" setting on your printer to ensure that the printable area doesn't get cut off, then cut off the excess white borders on the top and bottom and glue the template to a piece of cardboard of equivalent size.