Forty Eight Cards
The count is the point of a bulk set. A class of twenty gets two each, a family of four has cards left for the week between holidays, and a party still has spares when a card gets scratched to shreds. Patterns vary across the pack, so children compare what they got instead of ending up with twenty copies of the same reindeer.
Ten Wooden Styluses
Ten styluses is enough for a group to work in shifts without waiting long, and the wood is easier on small hands than a metal point. There is nothing to sharpen and nothing that stains a shirt if it is dropped. Scratching leaves a fine black dust, so a tray or a sheet of paper under the work saves sweeping the table afterward.
Straight Onto The Tree
Each card has a cord to match, which is what turns the activity into decoration. Finished pieces go straight onto the tree, along a bannister, or on a ribbon across a window, and a room ends the afternoon looking more decorated than it started. Grandparents tend to keep the ones with a name scratched into the corner and hang them again the following December.
Non Toxic And Sturdy
Materials are non toxic, and the cards hold up to pressure from a child who bears down hard, tracing and sketching without splitting along the scratch lines. That durability matters most in a classroom, where a set gets handled by thirty pairs of hands in an hour. Loose cards slip into stockings, goodie bags or an envelope to a grandchild without any extra packaging.
