Level: Moderately easy Time involved: Two to three hours Materials:
Large sturdy piece of white felt approximately 12 x 18 inches (Craft stores sell this size felt that is stiff like cardboard but flexible.) Yardstick Pencil Black fine-tipped marker Sticker letters Scissors Bag of felt numbers Bag of felt letters Glue gun Hole punch Yarn Assorted colors of felt squares
This can be an ongoing project, and you can add new symbols as desired from year to year. You might want to get together with your family and brainstorm about the symbols you want to create. For example, you could make a symbol of a book and place that on the date you’d like to have a family story hour. Or, you could place a present on the date or dates you wish to exchange presents. Keep your symbols in a special box until you’re ready to place them on the calendar. You might want to purchase some two-sided sticky tape to keep them tightly secured to the calendar, while allowing them to be reused each year. To save time, you could also make this calendar out of a blank paper calendar form and cut pictures, letters, and numbers out of magazines to mark the special events.
