This week Alex and I made a "countdown ring" craft. The rings count down the days until Sunday which is not only Easter, but also Alex's 10th birthday!
For this craft, as you will see in the picture below, Alex and I used any arts and craft supplies we had including: construction paper, markers, crayons, scissors, glue, stickers, and a stapler. Once we had our craft box out, we cut out strips of paper about 3in wide, 8in long. These will serve as the rings. We each decorated a few rings. He chose to color on his, I decided to glue on paper cut outs. Both of our decorations followed the themes of Easter and birthdays. Some examples of these decorations are Easter eggs and birthday balloons. Once all of our rings were decorated (we only had five since Sunday was five days away at the time) we linked the paper rings together and stapled them into ring shape.
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This is a great idea for any exciting upcoming holiday or events. Alex and I do this every year for Christmas and he loves it. Normally, we make a chain on December 1st so it's much longer and takes more time. I definitely suggest it to you guys because the one thing Alex looks forward to every morning is pulling a link off the chain, it reminds him of his special day and gets him very excited!
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