As part of the preparations one of the Committee members compiled a book with the lyrics from 40-45 Christmas carols or hymns. We decided to print it in booklet form, small enough (about as big as a small stack of 3 x 5 cards) that it could easily go into a purse or pocket. So it kind of serves as a favor to the adults. The kids get candy canes from Santa.
(click on pictures to enlarge pictures)After going to so much work putting the booklet together I thought it would be a shame if we couldn't share the result with others. Click on one of the two links here depending on whether you want the Microsoft Word document or the PDF document .
The pdf file is ready to print duplex (two-sided) with the flip edge the 11 inch edge. The Word document must be printed 4 pages to a side, 2 sides to a sheet. In other words 8 pages per sheet of paper. The only way I could figure out how to do that was to print 2 to a page to Adobe Acrobat, then print 2 to a page from Acrobat. If you can't print to an Acrobat file you're probably in for some cutting and pasting. Depending on which printer you have, this might be simple or it might be very difficult. It looks pretty in color and not bad in black & white.
Once you have the six pages printed, assemble them as follows:1. Arrange the packet with the front page (Santa and the title) in the upper right hand corner.
2. Trim 3/4 inch off the left and right sides. This leaves a set of paper 7 x 11 inch.
3. Turn the pages 90 degrees either direction.
4. Cut the packet in half leaving two 5.5 X 7 inch stacks of paper
5. Place the stack with Santa showing on top of the other stack without turning either stack.
6. Fold the stack in half downwatd
7. Staple two staples on the folded spine with the ends of the staple inside and on the fold.
8. Enjoy
Let me know if you enjoy things like this.
You provide a cool service with your blog, Arnold - thanks! Recipes, book reviews, service ideas, etc. So why not something like this that others can use?
ReplyDeleteYou can use it to solicit stuff you're looking for, too. For example, our YW presidency made up a similar booklet with 20 songs, and I still have the Word doc. On the other hand, what your committee created is a lot prettier & more organized.
Thanks so much for this! We'll probably use it for our YW caroling activity on the 17th.
ReplyDeleteAwesome. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteJust found this. Printing for our Christmas carol party on Thursday. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI found this via Google. Thank you for sharing all your hard work. This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI too found this via Google and am SO GLAD that I get to take advantage of your efforts! Thanks you so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove this! Thanks so much. My caroling get together will go much better now.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. So helpful! I Pinned it on Pinterest! http://www.pinterest.com/pin/312507661618370035/
ReplyDeleteMy husband printed off a bunch of these a few years ago and we have loved them! I am hoping to print more of them but the links no longer work. Is that something you can fix or maybe you can email me the Microsoft Word version of them? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLindsey - I'm in the same boat. I would love to make more copies. Did you get a link?
DeleteI was wondering if you could email me the link for this. Jess11477@yahoo.com. tha k you so much
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