Draw the connections between the things to spy, to find the hidden 6 letter word

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hints
hint 1
Is there a connection between the I spy text and the amount of letters the hidden word has?
hint 2
there’s six letters and six things to find
hint 3
There are different amounts of the things to find
hint 4
why might the sweaters have letters on them
hint 5
a pen or drawing app might be useful to solve this
hint 6 (major pointer)
Trace from sweater to sweater in the order of the letters, what does that look like and what might you be able to do with the other objects in the rhyme
explanation
Each item in the rhyme will draw out a letter
In order of the rhyme:
- draw from bird to bird, following the years on the birds in ascending order
- draw from sheep to sheep, following the amount of red squares on the scarves of the sheep
- since there are only two trees, draw a line between them
- draw from snowman to snowman in the order of the amount of buttons
- draw from gingerbread man to gingerbread man in the amount of buttons
- draw from sweater to sweater in the order of the letters