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New Products
Stuck for Festive ideas? Then look no further
than The Consortium’s new one-stop shop for Winter Festivities.
As the nights draw in and the festive
season approaches, why not look to
trusted supplier The Consortium to
The Consortium’s TOP 5
help plan your school’s activities
around different special days and
Festive Products for Schools
festivals.
This winter, The Consortium has
1. Pack of 60 Make your own Festive Cards. Two
a new Festive Ideas brochure for
different designs, crackers and baubles, in a range
schools providing a one-stop shop
of colours to allow children to make their own
for all the essentials to help
cards (£14.95)
teachers celebrate festivals like
2. Make your own crowns. A 30 pack containing
Christmas, Hanukkah and Chinese
pre-cut crown bands that are easy to decorate
New Year. As the UK’s largest
(£12.05)
independent supplier of education
3. Six easy shake shimmering glitter tubs. Glitter in
resources, The Consortium offers
six different colours, designed to use over glued
well-sourced and reasonably priced
shapes and larger areas. (£17.55)
products that are reliably and securely
4. Metallic winter bordette rolls. Pre-cut rolls of
delivered free of charge the next
paper that allow schools to add a professional
working day.
border when displaying work (£15.99)
Arts, crafts and creativity are excellent
5. Festive shaped sequins. Different sparkles
ways of exploring different themes and
including snowflakes, moons and stars which can
traditions. Class kits for Hannukkah, the
be stuck on used to give a special touch to craft
Jewish festival of lights, include colouring
activities and displays (from £3.49 for a 100g tub)
and decorating activities to help explore and
understand the different traditions and stories.
The Festive Ideas catalogue also has festive
Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the
tableware for Christmas celebrations. With the
halls being decked with children’s artwork or
environment in mind The Consortium has sourced an
traditional handmade decorations. The Consortium’s range
eco-friendly cracker that is made from raffia palm
of coloured card, borders, paints, glues and decoration
leaf and recycled board and contains a natural,
kits, including metallic holly trees, leaves and foil
recycled or wooden gift. Only 99p each it makes a
shapes opens the door for a truly crafty
good extra for any schools planning that all
Christmas.
important end of term Christmas lunch!
uwww.theconsortium.co.uk
uorders@theconsortium.co.uk
u0845 330 7780
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