DIY Printable Calendars – A Minimalist and Easy Way to Stay Organized
In our busy world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by everything we need to keep track of. Enter the DIY printable calendars – these calendars are easy to download and print.
For those who love the tactile experience of a hard copy planner, (I’m one of them), a DIY printable calendar brings simplicity, flexibility, and efficiency to organization.
The clipboard, pocket, planner, and binder printable calendars are a minimalistic way to stay organized without clutter.
With clean black lines complimented by simple text, these calendars are designed to look nice and crisp on any paper.
I’ve been designing these calendars for over 20 years, and they just work! They’re not fancy, but they are so practical, easy to print, and versatile!
I have several different styles and sizes of printable calendars to choose from.
You can print these calendars out as many times as you want and they make GREAT GIFTS!
All of my printable calendars come with a “next year” yearly calendar on the back page. Which comes in handy for scheduling out for the upcoming year!
Downloading and Printing the Printable Calendars
Once you place your order, an email will be sent with a PDF file and instructions for printing.
In this video tutorial, I go over FOUR different printable calendars, and an EDITABLE WEEKLY PLANNER, and show you how to bind the planner calendar.
See the video at the end of the post
Printable Calendars Options
- Clipboard Calendar
- Planner Calendar
- Full-Size Binder Calendar
- Mini Pocket Calendar
- Weekly (editable) Planner
Clipboard Calendar
This is one of my favorite and most popular calendars!
It measures 8 1/2 x 11 and has plenty of room to write on. Print, place in a clipboard, or hang on your fridge or wall. Now the whole family can see what’s going on!
I use this calendar to plan my menu and hang it on the fridge where everyone can see it.
These big magnetic clips are awesome and are perfect for this printable calendar. I use them in my sewing room and my office.
Planner Calendar
This is a calendar I can’t do without. I plan EVERYTHING on this calendar!!!
The standard planner fits inside a classic 9 X 6 planner. The finished calendar measures 8.5 x 5.5 inches. (It works well in ring binders and disc planners and is great in a Traveler’s Notebook.)
The planner calendar is also available in a SLIM size that will fit in Traveler’s and Midori’s Notebooks that measure 8.25 x 4.75.
You can find the tutorial here if you want to make your own traveler’s NOTEBOOK.
Planner Calendar Binding Ideas
Check out the video at the end of the post for some great binding ideas.
Full-Size Big Binder Calendar
For those who need a little more space to write, this BIG BINDER calendar is for YOU!
This calendar is printed on both sides of the paper.
The 8½ by 11 sheets open up for a BIG month-at-glance view. It’s easy to print out and very cost-effective.
I use this big calendar for my business planning and it makes a great family calendar.
Mini Pocket Calendar
This calendar is a fun option if you want something more compact. I love having one in my purse.
This calendar measures 6.75 inches (16.51) cm x 4.5 inches (11.43) cm.
It works well with B6 slim Traveler’s Notebooks, Midori, Fauxdori, and junk journals or can be used alone.
It’s printed on letter-size sheets of paper and simply cut down to size.
Easy instructions are included for downloading, printing, and assembling the calendar.
Weekly Editable Planner
This compact printable WEEKLY pocket planner is a simple and inexpensive way to stay organized.
The planner is designed so that you can see the whole week in one glance.
Hourly time slots are printed for you to schedule out each day.
The editable text fields allow you to easily type in optional quotes, notes, or reminders AND to type in the current month and year.
You can also handwrite this info if you desire. This makes it a perpetual planner that you can print out for years to come.
Print out 3 months of weekly pages at a time.
Clean black lines and classic text won’t use all your colored ink.
Easily download and print your pages with detailed instructions.
Print on 8 1/2 x 11 inches or A4 size paper.
These pages will fit in Franklin Covey’s compact planners.
The finished pages measure 6.7 x 4.25 inches.
Printable Calendar Binding Ideas
In this blog post and video tutorial, I show how to bind the calendars using a sewing machine. I show you how to add a cute colorful paper binding and how to bind the booklet/calendar with a strip of UPCYCLED SWEATER.
Yep, an upcycled wool sweater strip.
This adds so much charm and character to these calendars.
So there you have it, five different printable calendars and ways to help plan your DAY, MONTH, and YEAR in a simple way.
Please reach out if you have any questions or have any great ideas to share in the comments below.
Happy Planning!
