Introduction: CABLE CARS ADVENT CALENDAR
who says Christmas, who says Advent, who says Advent, says calendar !
Supplies
- red canson
-fasteners
- christmas motif tape
- labels
- small iron wire
- cotton
- cutter
- glue
- rigid paper
- shoebox
- scotch
- newspaper
- chocolates
- cable
Step 1: Cable Cars
Let’s start by drawing a pattern taking it from the Internet or drawing it.
I chose to draw it. It has to be cut.
Step 2:
Make holes to create windows.
Step 3:
Using red canson copy the pattern 25 times for the 25 days of Advent. You have to cut them. Glue each cable cars.
Step 4:
Decorate them with Christmas motif tape. Then print with each of Advent day; stick them.
Step 5:
With small iron wire, form hooks ( explanation on the photo above for the cable cars to be on the cable).
Step 6:
all the cabins are finished !
Step 7: The Snow Carpet
For the decor, make a snow carpet with cotton. Stick the cotton on flexible paper ( newspaper ).
Step 8: Poles
Once all the cabins are made, make the poles. Form a roll with stiff paper. Draw a strait line and make 2 holes to let the iron wire pass.
Step 9:
In a shoebox plant the pole by making a hole. It was to be quite rigid to support all the cable cars on the cable.
Step 10:
Cover the piece of furniture and the shoebox and all other furniture you want to havewith the snow mat.
Step 11:
Repeat the step 8 in another place in the box.
Step 12:
Having a bed post; I taped the cable post to the bed post.
Step 13:
Put the cable around and between the posts to hangs the cabins.
Step 14:
Put the cabins on the cable and garnish chocolates the cabins .
Step 15:
Decorate the background with fields, chocolates santa claus…
Step 16:
It’s finished, merry Christmas !