Kindness Calendar Quilt

Why

You plan vacations. You schedule school work. Why not set a date for doing good deeds? Fill your colorful calendar quilt with acts of kindness!

Steps

1. How can you help your family, neighborhood, or other people? With Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencils, list some ideas. For example, you could send a card to a shut-in or organize a bike recycling program. Here’s a fun way to make sure your good deeds happen!

2. Trim a folded recycled file folder with Crayola Total Tools™ Ultimate Cutter™. On the front of the folder, fill in imaginative quilt patches with bright Crayola Changeables Marker colors. On top of these colors, create quilt patterns with the Changeables wand. Watch your designs appear on each patch!

3. Cut around all but one edge of each quilt patch to make flaps with Crayola Total Tools™ Ultimate Cutter™. Fold open the quilt patches. Slide bright paper inside the file folder. Write a good deed inside each space. Hold the good deeds page in place with paper clips. When you finish all of these good deeds, make a new page!

Safety Guidelines

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.

Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.

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Supplies

crayola supplies
  • Erasable Colored Pencils
  • Color Changeables™ Markers
  • Total Tools™ Ultimate Cutter™
  • Construction Paper
household supplies
  • paper clips
  • recycled file folders

Where & When

"We’re so busy, we do need to schedule in those acts of charity or they just slip through the cracks."
D’Rita R., mother of 7- and 11-year-olds.


Interesting Info

There are about 40 calendars in use around the world. Some are based on the movements of the sun or the moon. Some have cycles that are not astronomical but are arbitrary, such as a week. All represent systems for organizing time.