On the seventh day of Christmas...

my true love gave to me, seven swans a swimming,

six geese a laying,

FIVE GO-OLD RINGS...

four calling birds,

three French hens,

two turtle doves,

and a partridge in a pear tree

(The swans are based on the ducks/geese in 'Make Your Own Zoo'. One egg carton is enough for about four swans, which is pretty good.
 But the challenge is getting harder now.. )

On the sixth day of Christmas...

my true love gave to me, six geese a laying,

FIVE GO-OLD RINGS...

four calling birds,

three French hens,

two turtle doves,

and a partridge in a pear tree

(Instructions for the geese and nests can be found in 'Make Your Own Farm Animals'. Though to be fair, they're ducks in the book... think they pass as geese? All the projects are easy enough to adapt, which is handy!

On the fifth day of Christmas...

my true love gave to me,

FIVE GO-OLD RINGS..

four calling birds,

three French hens,

two turtle doves,

and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas...

..my true love gave to me, four calling birds,

three French hens,

two turtle doves,

and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the third day of Christmas...

... my true love gave to me, three French hens,

two turtle doves,

and a partridge in a pear tree

(instructions for the hens are also in Make Your Own Farm Animals)

On the second day of Christmas...

...my true love gave to me, two turtle doves 

 and a partridge in a pear tree.

Instructions for the little doves and the dovecote can be found in Make Your Own Farm Animals.

On the first day of Christmas.....

...my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree

(attempting to make all 12 days out of the recycling....though could be setting myself up for a fall, as have no idea how I'm going to do 'maids a milking' or 'lords a leaping'..

The partridge in a pear tree is based on the Bird In The Tree project.