Create a Summer Calendar

With four weeks of school left, we created a simple summer calendar to mark all the major, and minor, events of the season.

I started with a free 2010 calendar I had gotten in January and still had lying around. I cut out June, July and August and trimmed the edges.

Then we used a glue stick to attach the pages to a $0.59 piece of neon green poster board.

Using Sharpies, the kids added the names of the months and drew some pictures.

I have a nail on our dining room door where I hang seasonal decorations. Rather than tape the calendar to a wall, I punched a hole in the center at the top and hung it on the nail.

It's a little out of reach for the kids to write on it while it's on the door (which is good because I don't want stray Sharpie marks on the door). But it's in a perfect spot for us to look at while we're eating dinner at the dining room table as we discuss our summer fun plans.