Advent Christmas Story - Tree Decoration Books

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Christmas Tree Advent Story BooksWhile decorating our Christmas tree, my wife told me of a decoration she remembered from childhood. A series of mini books that would hang on the tree, each one telling a small part of a Christmas story. As the month of December went on, each night, she would get to read one more part of the story. Now that we have a son of our own, I wanted to recreate this magic with 3D printed boxes, each one numbered for Advent, and containing a part of a famous Christmas story. The books can be hung on the tree and are held closed with a small magnet, the hinge of the book is "Print in Place". Each book is numbered 1 to 24 and contains a small paper booklet telling a small part of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The book can be printed in an open position with the cover against the build plate. For this reason, the numbers and decorative corners are printed separately and glued on after. I'm working on a version that can be printed in a closed position, but that work is ongoing. Printing a book takes approximately 2 hours at a layer height of 0.2 mm, and the numbers and corner filigrees take about 15 minutes and 6 minutes respectively. Printing the numbers and corners separately also allows the use of different coloured filament. To finish the book, you'll need a short length of pretty ribbon to hang the book, and a pair of small magnets 3 mm x 2 mm that push fit into the print. Magnets Amazon ASIN - B003BKPIN0A Christmas Carol - By Charles DickensThe story I used in my books is an abridged version of A Christmas Carol. The Paper books can be printed out from the Word template included in the files. Here is a link to a Google Docs version, for those that don't have access to Microsoft Word - A Christmas CarolTo make the paper books, cut along the horizontal lines - Each Row is a book. Then fold along the vertical lines. If you wish, you can cut out the cover and glue the whole thing together with prit-stick, or glue it directly into the 3D printed book. I tried to staple the paper books together but it was kind of ugly, a clever crafter may sew the pages together. You can also use the provided template to create your own Christmas story to be told bit by bit over Advent!This is still a "Work in Progress" and I would love to see others take this idea and remix it, perhaps with new designs to have a range of different looking books to adorn my tree.Merry Christmas!