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The New Year is here and what better way to roll into the year than with your own personalised calendar? These two DIY projects are simple:
Desk Calendar
You Will Need:
1.Manilla paper
2. Marker pen
3. Pair of scissors
4. A small painted wooden box
5. Three hooks
Method
1. Cut out 12 rectangular shaped pieces from the manila, label the 12 months of the year. This you can do in any language to add a personal touch.
2. Cut out 10 pieces in a similar shape and label them the numbers from 0 to 9.
3. Screw your three hooks into the box with the hook facing down.
4. Hang your labelled paper onto the hooks with the last months going in first in a progressive order
5. This calendar has to be ordered every morning, which can be an interesting daily ritual.
Printable clipboard calendar
These are more personalised calendars. You can include photographs of your recent experiences, your family, of friends or of your children, Instagram photos and pets.
If you went up country over Christmas and took pictures of your mom, print them out and send the calendar to her as a gift.
The calendar pages are printable online and work perfectly on an A4 size page. You can print on normal paper or glossy paper.
You will need:
1. A clipboard
2. A printer or access to a paid printer at your local cyber café.
3. Printing paper
4. Photographs
5. Paper glue
6. A razorblade
7. Internet
Method
1. Go online and search for websites that have printable calendars such as www.timeanddate.com and www.calendarlabs.com
2. Select a calendar layout and font that works for your taste.
3. Print the 12 calendar months on 12 pages.
4. On each page, select a photograph that you prefer for each particular month.
5. Trace the photograph at the top of each page. You can lay them horizontally, diagonally or vertically. Be creative do not restrict yourself.
6. Cut out the box you have traced about a few millimeters on the inside. The box you cut out should be smaller than the actual photograph.
7. Using adhesive, attach the picture from the underside of the page. This will make it look like the photograph is framed. Another shortcut is to ditch the razorblade and attach the photograph directly on the topside of the printed page.
8. Clip the 12 pages onto your clipboard in progressive order.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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