Which size do I want?
There are going to be 24 pictures in total, so most people will want to choose the small size. If you have a large classroom or plan to run the finished train along a long corridor, by all means print the larger size.
Standing up displays
- Each picture includes a small rectangle which you can cut out, roll into a circle, and stick with tape to the back of the completed picture, near the bottom edge. The engine or carriage should now stand up.
Back view of 1st December engine
- Standing up displays look great along a window sill, high shelf or bookshelves. You could also make the top of a piece of furniture such as a chest of drawers or sideboard into a display area.
1st December engine standing on shelf outside study
Wall displays
- You could use a small amount of sticky tack to attach each day's completed colouring page to your wall, perhaps running them in a line just above a dado rail or skirting board, or at child height.
- Display your train around a doorway! Start towards the bottom of the doorway on the left side, and add the carriages each day until the whole doorway is surrounded.
- Fill up a noticeboard or large cork board! Start at the top left and then fill up the board in rows.
Hanging displays
- Use clothes pegs to clip each day's colouring to a length of wide ribbon suspended across the room, or staple a loop of ribbon to the centre back and then tie to the suspended ribbon.
Other ideas
You could stick the colouring pages onto card and bind them up into a picture book, or use a scrapbook with colourful pages and get the kids to write underneath each picture when it is glued in. This would make a lovely keepsake to look back on in later years.
Laminate the completed pieces and use them as a number sorting activity throughout the Christmas period. Each day the activity will get one number harder!