This hands-on Christmas-themed craft has been designed to accompany a whole class reading of the picture book Pete the Cat Saves Christmas by Eric Litwin. Your students will love making their very own Christmas minibuses.

Using the included templates, a tissue box and easy-to-find craft items, each student will create a minibus just like the one Pete drives in the story! This resource includes:

1. Detailed instructions with a finished example
2. Tyre template
3. Front window template (with pictures or blank)
4. Back window template (with pictures or blank)
5. Side window template (with pictures or blank).

In addition to the templates above, to complete the craft, students will also require access to tissue boxes, craft glue, red paint (or red wrapping paper), paintbrushes, green pipe cleaners, colourful beads, white or yellow pom poms and pop sticks.

Top Teacher Tips:

1. Start collecting empty tissue boxes early!
2. No paint? Use red wrapping paper instead!
3. To personalise the minibuses, add a photo of your students’ faces to the front window.
4. Provide additional craft items to make the minibuses more festive, such as sequins, star stickers or gems.
5. Use fishing line or tinsel to hang your students’ minibuses from the ceiling.

To create an eye-catching display of students’ completed minibuses, print our Pete the Cat Saves Christmas Banner!

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