The kitchen sink is a riot of holiday activity with Department 56’s 12 Days of Dickens’ Village series displayed on the window niche shelves. To add to the 12 Days theme, “Ten Lords Leap” and “Nine Ladies Dance” in the handcut paper garlands that hang above the sink area. These were made from Martha Stewart templates. The shelf decorations were made out of scrapbooking paper. We cut several sizes of trees and used a hole punch to make holes in the shelf papers.

A Partridge in a Pear Tree	Two Turtle Doves
Three French Hens	Four Calling Birds and Five Gold Rings
Six Geese-a-Laying and Seven Swans-a-Swimming	Eight Maids-a-Milking and Nine Ladies Dancing

Ten Lords a Leaping, Eleven Pipers Piping	Twelve Drummers Drumming

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