At any rate, I loved that countdown. I wanted my own son to be able to make happy memories counting the days til Christmas also. Of course, he doesn't have to race any siblings downstairs. I searched the internet (ie, pinterest) and found some cute ones made completely out of felt. I decided this one would be my inspiration:
But I am a horrible artist, so I needed a little more help. So I searched the internet (the really big one this time, with lots of websites) and found this website that had nativity templates for free printing. (I found a different site that had better templates, but she said no one could sell any calendars made from her templates. Possessive much?! That's okay. Turned out I didn't need her templates anyway.) So after cutting out the templates from paper, we arranged the pieces on black and green felt:
Behold my glitter numbers: :-)