DIY: Holding Hands Calendar

Hello!

Do you know those "Tomorrow I'm going to do this and that!"-thoughts before you're going to sleep? And at the end of the next day, you realize that you didn't do anything? Well, I have these quite a lot. It's really annoying. Fortunately I found out about the following idea.

DO IT YOURSELF: Holding Hands Calendar

I'm told this idea is childish, but if it works, I don't care. The point from the calendar we're going to make is: Everyday, you write down what you are going to do. If you complete everything, you draw a stickman on that day of the calendar. Make sure it's hand can reach the other day! If you completed what you wanted to do everyday, you should have a long chain of stickman holding each others' hand. You don't want the stickman to be lonely without a friend to hold hands with right? So you better finish your stuff everyday! (You can also do this with a giant X on everyday, it's really annoying when there's a day without the stickman or X on it, because it will break the chain!)

Step 1

Find some stuff to work with! 

- Paper

- A Glue Stick

- Ribbons

- Stickers

- Markers, Pencils, Ballpoints

- Scissors

Step 2

Make a timetable. I used Word to make one, but ofcourse you can also make on by hand. It's just that I prefer something with proper lines. Don't forget to print it out!

Step 3

Cut off the edges and glue it on another paper with a nice color.

I used pink, because the color of my room is pink.

Step 4

This step is the most fun! Decorating!

Write down the days of the month (I made this one for this month only. So it goes from November 12 till November 30). Write down your appointments and the things you really want to do. After that's done, you can decorate it however you want. For example, I wrote the days of the week in Japanese, for practise.

Now you've finished your own 'Holding Hands'-calendar. It's super easy and fun to do!

I also added a little thing to this idea. After finishing your tasks from a certain day, you can reward yourself with sweets or your favorite cookie. For me, it works, hopefully it will also work for everybody with planning-problems. 

Special Step

Ofcourse you can also put the sweets in a random cup or bowl. 

But I thought it would be cute to fold one by myself!

Chibi Sachiko-chan

Konnichipon! *

I'm Chibi Sachiko-chan! Nice to meet you!

I'm here to support everyone and to teach you a little bit of Japanese. Please always try your best with everything you do. Be strong and be proud! Give it your all and don't forget to smile. It's okay to make mistakes sometimes, you're just human after all. 

Like I said: Every week, I'll teach you a Japanese word. This week I'll start with a really easy one. As I love cute things, I decided that this week the word will be: 

Kawaii

Cute

   

I tried my very best with the animation but I still have to learn a lot!

I'm pretty sure everyone knows when to use this word, but for those who don't, here are some examples:

When you're looking in the mirror while you're wearing a new cute skirt, you can say 'Kawaii!'

When a really cute dog is playing with a really cute cat, you can say 'Kawaii!'

Please look forward to next week's new word!

また来週！**

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*Konnichipon is Chibi Sachiko-chan's way of saying hello. In Japan, people say 'Konnichiwa!' when they're saying hi to each other. Instead of the 'wa', Chibi Sachiko-chan uses 'pon' to make it more cute.

**It says 'until next week!' in Japanese.