Are your kids counting down the days to summer camp? Or your next vacation? Or their return to the classroom? Make counting down fun with a paper chain. This is a simple craft most people know how to do and an easy one for your kids to participate in.
Supplies:
- Construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pen
Directions:
- Cut construction paper into slices about a half-inch in width. You’ll need 100 or less depending on how many days you need to countdown.
- Take one piece of paper and glue one side to the other to form a circle. Take another piece and put it inside the circle and glue one side to the other side to form a chain.
- Continue to do this until you form your whole chain.
- To make this even more exciting you could write activities to do each day on the slips of paper like go the library, take a nature walk, fly a kite, have a movie night, make s'mores, etc.
- Hang it up and take one chain off each day to remind you how close you are getting to that first day of school or the super vacation.
