Directed Drawing Calendar 2027 & 2028: A Christmas Parent Gift Craft

Description

This directed-drawing calendar gives children a gift to make: a calendar for 2027 and 2028, drawn by the child and given at Christmas. The set has 26 step-by-step directed drawings — a boy or girl self-portrait plus two themed drawings for each month — with six guided steps on each drawing page, so children who are still learning to draw can follow along one step at a time.

The calendar is built for two school years of making. There are 12-month calendar pages for 2027 and 12 for 2028, with dates and holidays marked, plus 12 write-in months with blank dates. The months are split as 2027 (with 2028 dates and 2028 self-portrait pages) and 2028 (with 2029 dates and 2029 self-portrait pages), so the same set can be used again the following year.

Drawing practice is part of the gift. Thirteen trace-and-draw sheets put all 26 drawings in dashed tracing form, two per page, for children who need a steadier hand before they draw freehand. The teacher pages include teacher notes, a planning page, a contents page and a finished color example, so the project can be set up once and run for a month.

The gift pages finish the project: three decorated calendar covers, a family note printed two per page, and six gift tags. The work splits naturally by age — fine-motor practice for kindergarten and 1st grade, art work for 2nd and 3rd grade — and the same set also works for Mother's Day and Father's Day gifts, directed-drawing art centers, early finishers and indoor recess.

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What's included

Directed drawings

• 26 step-by-step directed drawings — boy/girl self-portraits plus 2 themed drawings for each month
• 6 guided steps per drawing page
• 13 trace-and-draw sheets (all 26 drawings in dashed tracing form, 2 per page)
• A finished color example for the teacher

Calendar pages

• 12-month calendar pages for 2027 and 12 for 2028, with dates and holidays
• 12 write-in (blank-date) months
• Months split as 2027 (with 2028 dates and 2028 self-portrait pages) and 2028 (with 2029 dates and 2029 self-portrait pages)

Gift and teacher pages

• 3 decorated calendar covers, a family note (2 per page), and 6 gift tags
• Teacher notes, a planning page and a contents page
• Color and black-and-white versions, US Letter size

Ways to use it

• A Christmas parent gift made in December
• Mother's Day and Father's Day gifts
• Directed-drawing art centers
• Fine-motor practice for K–1 and art work for 2nd–3rd
• Early finishers and indoor recess
• Homeschool calendar craft projects

Why it works

A calendar is a gift with a job: it hangs on a wall and gets used all year, which makes the drawing work feel worth the effort. Step-by-step drawings and tracing sheets keep the project within reach for the youngest children, while the two-year span means the same set can be made again the next December.

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