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Christmas Tree Advent Calendar

Stitch an easy Christmas project for the children using a combination of quilting and appliqué stitches. The children will love it! Each day, the child adds an ornament to the tree until the grand finale of placing the big star at the top of the tree on Christmas day. Inside, you'll find: 25 full-size templates for the ornaments on the Christmas Tree Advent Calendar; clear, easy, step-by-step instructions for creating the ornaments, the big Christmas tree, and the quilted wall hanging; and, an abundance of illustrations and photographs to make the project even easier. You can make the project without a sewing machine!

The Christmas Tree Advent Calendar is so much fun to make and even more fun to use. Anyone using it gets the fun of decorating his or her very own Christmas tree just exactly how he or she wants it decorated. The Christmas Tree Advent Calendar can also be a learning tool for children. Specifically: (1) without asking a parent or loved one, the child knows how many days remain until Christmas day just by counting the ornaments that still remain in the basket, and (2) the child can practice counting, by counting the number of ornaments that he or she has placed on the Christmas Tree Advent Calendar and by counting how many ornaments still remain in the basket.

How do you use the Christmas Tree Advent Calendar? Simply place the 25 ornaments in a small wicker basket or container. On the first day of December, the first ornament is placed on the Christmas Tree Advent Calendar and on each subsequent day, during the month of December, another ornament is added to the Christmas Tree Advent Calendar. If a child is going to decorate the tree, an adult should explain to the child that the big star is very special, and because it is so special, it must be saved for Christmas day.

On Christmas day, there can be a special celebration when the big star is finally placed at the tip of the Christmas Tree.