Marking time is hard for children (and often for us adults, as well).
I don’t mean telling time, which has its own difficulties. But waiting, marking time until the Big Day or Important Event arrives.
Whether you’re counting down the days to Christmas, or the hours until New Year’s Day, or waiting for a birthday or visit to Grandma — it’s never easy to sit idly during the interim.
Holiday Countdown
Here’s a fun little craft that can make the waiting easier, or at least make it easier to keep track of how much longer until the time is right.
It’s a spinning time-piece for kids to decorate and put together (with a bit of adult help wielding a craft knife).
Holiday Countdown is a 28-page printable file includes illustrated instructions, along with countdown timers for birthday, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve celebrations, plus blank timers you can adapt to any occasion.
Mandala Version, with Video Instructions
The ever-creative Manja designed a mandala-coloring version of the countdown timer for New Year’s Eve. Read all about it (and find the download links) on her Hattifant blog.
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