DIY Project With My Kiddo

With Megan now learning to perfect her handwriting in Kindergarten, I have been searching for inventive ideas to help her.  I came up with a project we could do together.  A perpetual calendar seems like an antiquated idea in this age of technology, but I still find a wall calendar both charming and necessary to schedule my weekly activities.  I can never find a store-bought calendar that appeals to me.  Lighthouses and kittens don't really fit into my home decor.  I felt a home-made perpetual calendar would be both a fun project for Megan and a low-tech way to track the days forever and ever (i.e. post zombie apocalypse).

Gather your kids, supplies, and creativity and get started!

What you will need:  card stock paper, markers or crayons, magnetic tape, magnetic dry erase board, clear packing tape

1.  Have child write number (1-31) and months onto cardstock.  

2.  Cut numbers into squares and months into rectangles and have child color or decorate.

3.  "Laminate" numbers and months with packing tape, placing paper in between two pieces of tape.  Press firmly and trim edges.

4.  Cut magnetic tape into pieces and paste on back of laminated numbers and months.

5.  Position numbers and month onto magnetic dry erase board or calendar.  You now have a masterpiece created by your little one that can be used for many years to come.