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Paper Chains Are a Fun Way to Start a Birthday Countdown
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5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1... Birthday! Credit: Big Day Chains
Big Day Chains puts a new spin on an old tradition with its 30-day countdown chains for birthdays, weddings and baby's arrival.
The Days 'til Birthday kit is a great way to help little ones manage the seemingly endless wait until their big day, and definitely provides more fun than crossing off days on the kitchen calendar. Each kit comes with 30 perforated paper links that feature colorful printed designs on one side, and outlined birthday shapes to color in on the other. It also includes non-toxic glue dots for easy, mess-free assembly.
Rebels that we are, we love the idea of letting the kids count up, not down, coloring and adding a link to the chain each day so it can be used as a birthday decoration when it's done.
Available at Big Day Chains for $14.95.
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7-28-2010 @ 3:34PM
mcmw8601 said...Another great idea...I took this chain and let my daughters add more links with construction paper to count down the days until their Dad came home from Afghanastan. It was a great way to keep them motivated and to help them from being so depressed while he was deployed with the Military. Thanks for coming up with such a neat idea!
P.S. We had to wrap it around our family room twice just to get enough rings up there for all the days he was gone, but atleast the kids could see we were making progress and that was the best thing. I also hung little ornaments for reminders of different holidays (like Christmas and Thanksgiving) and birthdays, etc...along the chain. It kept them interested every day when they got home from school and we would talk about it, that way they didnt keep their emotions bottled up inside, they were able to let them out and express them!!
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