Coffee Bag Advent Calendar

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‘A lovely activity to make in groups, each child could each make one advent bag. If you have a sewing machine you can sew on the numbers and the sides of the bags’

Materials: six fresh coffee bags, 12 safety pins, 3 metal coat hangers, glue.

Equipment: ballpoint pen, stapler, craft scissors, templates for large numbers and small numbers, and a template for the bag.

Level of skill   

Time to make: 60

1. Rinse out coffee bag, cut open and lay out flat. Fold in half. Make templates for the numbers and for the bags that go with them. See Templates.

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2. Lay the bottom of the template on the fold of the coffee bag.

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3. Draw and then cut round the template.

4. Repeat six times to make twelve bags.

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5. Use the left over scraps of coffee bags to cut out the numbers. Use the large number templates to cut numbers from 1-12 and the smaller to cut 13-24.

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6. Open out the advent bags.  Stick the larger numbers facing upwards and the smaller numbers upside down. The sequence of the numbers is 1-13/ 2-14/ 3-15/ 4-16-/5-17/ 6-18/ 7-19/ 8-20/ 9-21/ 10-22/ 11-23/ 12-24.

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7. Staple the sides of the bags together.

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8. Use the safety pin to attach the bags to the hangers.

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