For little children waiting for the special day can seem like an eternity. It is always helpful to have something concrete that they can look at to give them a sense of time.
One item to make is the oh-so-popular Christmas chain. This is made with red and green strips of paper glued to make a chain. Glue together 24 rings then have the children remove one ring a day until they get to Christmas. I have also seen this done with special deeds written on each ring so when the ring is removed something special is done. For example, one ring might say, "Send a Christmas card to your best friend," something along those lines.
For the chain you will need:
red construction paper (9 x 12)
green construction paper (9 x 12)
glue
I used a paper cutter to cut the paper into 12 x 1 strips, you can also do 9 x 1--it depends on the size you are looking for. Each child gets 24 strips of paper. Glue gets put on one end, then glued in a circular shape. For all subsequent rings I had the children put the glue on the end first, put the strip inside the previous ring, then glue together in the circle.


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