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reindeer Here it is November… what, the 26th already?

And you’ve got no Advent calendar to keep the little kiddies calm through the pre-Christmas countdown?

free printable Advent calendar Marilyn Scott-Waters, The Toymaker, can bail you out with her free printable Advent calendar.

Just grab the two PDF files from Marilyn’s Christmas web page, and fire up the ol’ colour printer.

You’re going to print out one copy of each page. On the page with the Christmas tree picture, cut out three sides of each of the numbered doors.

The second page is glued on behind, with tiny seasonal pictures to be revealed as each door is opened day by day through December.

Easy-peasy!

For a last-minute Advent calendar, you can’t beat a quick (free) print job.

And the Toymaker’s design has real old-fashioned charm — like all of her paper toys — but all the speed and convenience that a busy modern parent could hope for.
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