Calendar Globe 2019

Calendars'r'Us here at The Papercraft Post this week. Today I have a 3D Calendar Globe for you - 2019, of course. Each month is identified by its own appropriate icon. I have also given you a co-ordinating gift bag and tag - so you can flat-pack it and send it as a gift kit. Assembling the globe is a fun, easy-to-solve, puzzle. 

Here is your free print-and-cut 2019 Calendar Globe:


CalendarGlobe19JanJune.svg

CalendarGlobe19JulyDec.svg

CalendarGlobeGiftBag.pdf

The globe is a platonic solid - a dodecahedron. It has twelve five-sided faces. You assemble the globe by joining its halves along its centre zig-zag points. (First you must assemble each half unit by creasing the folds, joining one end to the other to form a ring, then folding down the top.) I use double-sided tape to join the tabs.

Tip: when you join the halves of the globe, make sure that the colours balance out. If you start by joining April to September, you won't get like colours aligned.

Have fun making and sending your calendar globes. 

Lacy Motif 2019 Calendar

Today I have a pretty 2019 calendar for you, suitable for gift-giving. You can print the calendar up as three full-size pages, or, you can cut each page into four months and assemble a pocket calendar. There's an envelope and gift tag for for the pocket calendar.

Each month is represented by a lacy motif.

Here are your free printables:

JanApril19.pdf

MayAug19.pdf

SeptDec19.pdf

Envelope&Tag.pdf

The pocket calendars make super stocking fillers. A quick-make gift that will be appreciated.

Happy crafting!

Pleated Stars

These nifty pleated stars are easily folded from a shaped strip of paper. Simply print the template on the wrong side of your paper, then crease and fold. The stars can be used as holiday decorations or as card- or giftwrap embellishments.

Here are your free star designs:

PleatedStars.pdf

PleatedStars.svg

So - you print the pattern on the flip side of your paper. Score the fold lines with a fine-point embossing tool held against a small metal ruler. Cut the star strip out. Crease mountain or valley folds as indicated. The folds meet at the star centre. The last segment overlaps (you can glue this, if desired). On the back, glue the seal over the star centre to secure it in place. Easy.

Of course, you can reduce or enlarge the patterns to suit your craft-y purpose.
For an ornament, punch a hole in a star point and add a hanging loop.

Have a starry craft session! *