Surprise calendar

Time needed: 1 hour | Age: 4 or over | Difficulty: 

• 25 toilet roll cores
• Roll of fancy paper
• Sheets of coloured Kraft paper
• Adhesive stars
• Glue
• Black felt tip
• Scissors
• Piece of card
• Modelling knife

• Glue 24 toilet roll cores to a piece of Kraft paper end-on using liquid glue.
• Leave to dry for 30 minutes then trim the surplus paper around each core with a modelling knife.
• Décorer chaque rouleau avec un chiffre ou un nombre, jusqu’à 24 sur l’avant.
• Cover each core with Kraft paper.
• To build the house, glue 4 cores side-by-side horizontally, then repeat the operation three times. Don't forget to glue a floor between each storey.
• Once this structure is complete, cut two strips of patterned paper and glue them to either side of the assembly to make the walls.
• Cut a strip of card roughly 30cm wide and cover it with a sheet of the same paper. Bend it in the middle to form a roof.
• Cut the end of the last toilet roll core on a slant and cover it with the same patterned paper. Glue it to the roof to make a chimney pot.
• Glue the roof of the house onto the calendar assembly.
• Add a finishing touch to your calendar with small adhesive stars.

All that remains is to fill your surprise calendar with goodies!