One of the most popular “makes” from Mr Shaha’s Marvellous Machines is the Balancing Bird, and for Christmas, Emily Robertson, the book’s wonderful illustrator, has produced this “Balancing Santa” template as part of a Christmas card we’ll be sending to our friends and family. Emily has kindly made it available for a free download here, but please let us know if you use it.

The design is meant to be printed on A4 card, but if that isn’t an option, you can print it onto paper and stick it onto scrap card, like from a cereal box.