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WHAT YOU NEED

• 1 - 20 by 30 inch sheet of poster board or foam core
• 1 pack of alphabet stencils (available at craft stores)
• Tape measure or long ruler
• Safety scissors
• 4 packs of white Velcro® self-adhesive stickers
• Caps from NESTLÉ JUICY JUICE 64 oz. plastic bottles
• Colored permanent markers
• Craft foam sheets in assorted colors
• Craft foam self-adhesive shapes

HOW TO DO IT

• Print out the calendar diagram.
• Use the diagram as a guide for laying out the calendar onto the poster board.
• Trim the outside of the calendar with 1 1/2 inch strips of colored craft foam.
• Cut out 12 - 17 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch pieces of craft foam, one for each month of the year, and apply Velcro®to the backs of each.
• Have your child write out each month across the length of craft foam using alphabet stencils and decorate around the edges using craft foam shapes or colored markers.
• Suggest that each month have a theme. For example, autumn leaves for September, or snowflakes for December.
• Cut one oval out of red craft foam (or any color that you choose) and use it as a template to cut out 30 more, one for each day of the month. (31 total)
• Use a black permanent marker to write the numbers 1 through 31 on the front of each oval.
• Apply one Velcro® self adhesive sticker to the center of each day on the calendar and one to the center back of each oval.
• Decide what activities are ongoing and are important to keep track of. For example: soccer practice, dance lessons, Sunday school, special birthdays.
• Decorate the inside of NESTLÉ JUICY JUICE caps with pictures representative of each of these activities or important occasions. Use magazines, photos or newpapers as a resource.
• Apply a Velcro® dot to the back of each one of the decorated caps. Apply them to the day of the week that they will occur instead of the red oval number.

TIPS

• Remember this rhyme:

30 days has September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have 31,
Except February with 28
(or in a leap year 29)!

• Keep a container or bag near the calendar for the extra day shapes and activity caps not currently being used.

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