Christmas Count-Down Calendar

Is it that time of year already? WOW! I cannot believe that Christmas is just around the corner!

My project this week is a fun one. Well, at least I think it is ;) The kiddos in this house LOVE it. It is a Christmas countdown calendar that I call, Reindeer Roundup.

I took some plastic magnetic containers like these:

Then I cut triangle cardstock shapes out using my Cricut machine and the George Cartridge. You could easily cut these by hand if you don't have a machine.

I attached the triangles to the fronts of the containers and then decorated them with some google eyes, ink for the cheeks, and circle for the nose, to look like Santa's Reindeer. I even added some twisted pipe cleaner for the antlers. This is what they look like now:

I had a metal sign that someone had given me. You can buy them at any craft store. So, I attached some circles with the Reindeer's names on them (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixon, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolf).

So, the metal sign looks like this:

My idea is to put the Reindeer on the countdown calendar and fill each of the magnetic Reindeer with something fun for the kids. It could be a scripture for the day, some small candies, a clue to a larger item, etc. Then each day (starting 9 days before Christmas) the kids can take one of the Reindeer off and see the prize inside. It will give them something to look forward to and help them count down the days until Christmas.

When they get to Rudolf, Christmas is here!!! :)

Here is what it looks like with the Reindeer all in place:

I was also thinking that if you don't have a metal sign like this one, you could even just make the Reindeer and put them on the refrigerator or a metal door inside your house.

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