NEED: INSTRUCTIONS TO ASSEMBLE ADVENT TREE: HOW TO

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Exacto Knife/Box Cutter
Scissors
Glue
Print outs of 2 pages
INSTRUCTIONS TO ASSEMBLE
ADVENT TREE:
1. Cut 3 sides of all red burlap
numbered box along pink
dotted lines with exacto or
box cutter. Left, right and
bottom - 3 sides only.
Leave top in tact.
2. Apply glue to glue
area on 2nd page.
3. Line up both sheets’ edges
with the tree page on top
and press together.
4. Allow sheets to dry.
5. With the tree page
stacked on top of the
text page, follow the
edge of the tree
with the scissors
and cut through
both pages to
tree shape.
HOW TO USE
ADVENT TREE:
• For each day lift the numbered box
that matches the current date.
• Follow the instructions
Below the tab.
GLUE AREA
APPLY GLUE IN
GRAY AREA ONLY
Start each day
with a
six-second kiss.
Hit the dollar
store for a gift
that reminds you
of your love.
Build a
gingerbread
house with
graham crackers
and frosting.
Slow dance to the
twinkle of your
Christmas lights.
Make a Christmas
tree out of Rice
Krispies ®.
Attend a local
tree lighting or
city Christmas
parade.
Mele Kalikimaka!
Make a snowman
out of pineapple
rings.
Snuggle on the
couch with a
Christmas movie.
Buy an ornament
that reminds you
of a fun memory.
Make a Christmas
wish list that’s not
based on
spending.
Place a love note
on your spouse’s
pillow.
Take a Saturday
selfie in your
Christmas PJs.
See who can lick
the stripes off a
candy cane
faster.
Picnic beside the
Christmas tree.
Recreate Santa’s
beard out of bath
bubbles.
Make a paper
chain of your best
memories
together.
Sing a cheesy
Christmas song to
each other.
Be a helpful
Christmas elf and
knock something
off your spouse’s
to-do list.
Put the kids and
pets to bed early,
then have some
fireplace fun!
Celebrate Christ’s
birth at your local
place of worship.
Monday Fun Day:
Order pizza and
play board games.
Put your PJs on
for a late-night
donut run.
Invent a new use
for fruitcakes.
Photobomb a
nativity scene.
Read the
Christmas story
and thank God for
the gift of His Son
and your spouse.