Create Your Own Educational Magnet Calendar
By: Joscie Cutchens

Aloha all! It’s Bossy Joscie checking in. I was out shopping at the education store the other day and was considering getting an educational calendar to help teach my 5 year old the calendar. When I looked at it, I thought; why not just make it myself? So that’s what I did.

I started with Miss Mint’s Epox-o-Dots Numbers and Miss Mint’s Epox-o-Stickers p365 Dates. In Photoshop, I opened a new document sized at 8.5”x11” 300 dpi and arranged one of each month, day and number 1-31.

I printed this on a sheet of matte photo paper, trimmed roughly on my paper trimmer and finished up with my scissors.

I took some plain 12×12 chipboard and trimmed it into .75” x 12” strips. I adhered the month and day strips to these pieces of chipboard and trimmed them again on the paper trimmer.

I used my Paper Gator to round the corners off these pieces. You could also use a Corner chomper, a round it all or a rough nail file or a scissors to do the same job.

 

For the numbers, I dug into my stash and found these round chipboard pieces. I counted out 31, lay them on a piece of paper towel in a plastic container that was once the home to some croissants from Sam’s Club…

I misted these with Turquoise Glimmer Mist and set them aside to dry

When they were sufficiently dry, I adhered the numbers in the center of the circles.

I wanted these items to have a glossy surface, so I used Glossy Effects on the top in a thin layer. You could also use mod podge or versamark (or this embossing ink) and clear embossing powder.

I glued the super strong magnets to the back of the chipboard using e6000. It was old-ish and kind of thick. I would probably use different glue in a future project.

To create my calendar base, I picked up a medium sized white board from my local store.

I measured the width of the board and divided by 8 so I could have one column for each day of the week and one extra for the other months. I made a small mark and then used my thin Japanese masking tape to mark the columns. I made a small space at the top for the month and then measured the rest of the height and divided by 5. Then I placed more Japanese Masking tape to mark the weeks.

I hope you like my calendar! Please do let me know if you have any questions, and as always, if you are inspired to make something, please share that so I can enjoy your creation.

Love Love,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy.