Make Your Own Countdown Calendar and Notepad

You can admit it. You are counting the days until summer break, aren’t you? If you aren’t, I’m sure your kids are. Yesterday, my girl and I realized that there were exactly 28 days left until the end of the school year for her. Talk to me in August, and I’m sure we will be counting down the days until school starts back up again.

Here is a crafty way to make your own countdown calendar, by making your own countdown notepad.

What?!

Yes, I said “make your own notepad”. This may not sound revolutionary to you, but once I found out that this would work, I know I will use this crafty trick again and again!

Here is how you can make your own countdown notepad:

Make Your Own Countdown Notepad DIY

First, cut out numbered rectangles of the same size with a paper cutter.

I’ve provided you with a colorful printable with numbers up to 64 depending on how many days you may be counting down to.

 

Grab your free printable here:

Countdown calendar printable for homemade paper pad

 

Next, you will need 2 binder clips, a spongebrush, and DecoArt Decoupage Glue.

Once you have sorted your numbered rectangles from least to greatest number, and stacked them neatly together making sure the top edge is straight, clip them together with 2 binder clips on either side.

Apply 2 coats of DecoArt Decoupage Glue on the top edge, letting each coat dry completely.

You have now made your own notepad!

 

Turn it into a cool countdown calendar by taping the last page of your homemade notepad onto the top of a 4″ x 6″ frame. I used washi tape both for decoration and ease of use. Once you have counted down to the last number, the washi tape can easily be peeled off to attach another countdown calendar.

countdown calender DIY

In the free printable above, I also included a 4″ x 6″ printable to go under the frame with a blank spot to fill in with what you may be counting down. Use a dry erase marker on the top of the glass of your frame, and fill in the blank. The best part is that you can reuse this over and over and customize what you are counting down to.

Countdown to Summer Calendar DIY @clubchicacircle

For us, we have begun the countdown to summer! Hooray!

For every day that passes, simply pull off the top numbered sheet.

countdown-calendar-DIY-animation

Voilá! Do you have a big event you are counting down to? Make your own crafty countdown calendar. = )

Happy crafting!

 

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Pauline Molinari

I'm the crafty maven, and I'm on a mission to spread craftiness. With a fine arts degree, over 15 years experience in children's publishing, and a savvy, stylish, sassy tween daughter, I come armed with perspective and passion to inspire tween girls and their mothers to be crafty together. 

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  11 comments for “Make Your Own Countdown Calendar and Notepad

  1. May 16, 2013 at 3:56 am

    Love this idea! Mine are SOOOO ready for summer!

    • May 16, 2013 at 5:31 am

      Thanks for the great comment. I think my girl has been counting down since Spring break. = )
      Have a good one!

  2. May 24, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    I love this idea. I am a preschool teacher and this calendar would be fantastic for my kids and their count down to summer break.
    Thanks!
    Annie Stockton
    Topeka, Kansas

    • May 27, 2013 at 12:07 pm

      sounds great! Thanks for the comment, Annie.

  3. June 19, 2013 at 8:12 am

    This craft doesn’t take as long as you think. The longest time is actually cutting out all of the countdown squares and putting them in a stack. The glue dries relatively quickly – within 30 minutes. You could most likely get 2 coats of decoupage glue on in 30 minutes.

  4. Tara
    May 2, 2014 at 10:51 am

    I love this countdown calendar and thank you for providing the printables!! You did the hard part! 😉 I just downloaded the calendar numbers and they are all appearing on my screen as overlapping. What did I do wrong?? Can’t wait to get started on this!!

    • May 2, 2014 at 11:26 am

      Hi Tara,
      You will need to open the download in Adobe Reader (its a free software). I created a multi-page pdf document. If you open it on your screen or through a preview program it will show all the pages layered on top of each other. Let me know if that helps.

  5. Martine Fleury
    July 31, 2014 at 3:11 pm

    I love this idea. The only issue is I need the countdown to start at 90 days. How am I able to continue with the numbering with the same design layout that you have or something similar? I don’t have no idea how you were able to print it out the way it is displayed.

    • September 6, 2014 at 2:14 pm

      Thanks Martine.
      I did only make the numbers go up to 64. You can try and make your own additional pages by using my initial template as a guide and creating additional numbers in another wordpressing program.
      I will let you know if I update the printable with more numbers.

  6. Beth
    August 31, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    I love the free printable…I was just wondering if there is a way for me to make more numbers. I know this is silly, but my daughter just started kindergarten and we want to count down the whole 180 days.

    • September 6, 2014 at 2:14 pm

      Hi Beth,
      I did only make the numbers go up to 64. You can try and make your own additional pages by using my initial template as a guide and creating additional numbers in another wordpressing program.
      I will let you know if I update the printable with more numbers.

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