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DIY: 3D 2015 Calendar

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(UPDATE! The 3d 2016 calendar is here now! See link at the end!)

I am posting a little earlier than usual this week, because I am excited to share 2 things! First, a fun DIY 2015 calendar you can hold in your hands instead of flipping the pages – a 3D dodecahedron calendar made of just 2 pieces of paper!

This would be so fun to use as Christmas tree ornaments as well, and let your guests help themselves to a mini desk calendar for the new year!

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At the end of the tutorial, I will share a giveaway of one of my favorite paper craft tools – a Silhouette Portrait cutting machine!

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To make this calendar, all you need are 2 piece of card stock, I really like this Neenah card stockfor a lot of the paper crafts you see on this site,  and print out the free template-

Download patterns at the  end of article.

Cut around the outlines, and score around each pentagon shape. Gently fold along each scoreline.

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Start with the first half of the year, glue each tab to the back side of the adjacent pentagon, and form half of the dodecahedron.

For the second half, do the same but leave October and November tabs open, then glue the 2 halves together.

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Finish with gluing the November and October part.

That’s it! Enjoy your new calendar and wish you a happy 2015!

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Download pdf template:

Update: click here for 2016 downloads!

I have made quite a few things with the Silhoutte cutting machine, such as these pretty lanterns –

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Love printable paper crafts? Here’s a lovely shadow box inspired by birch forests! 

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Update 11/28/14: THE WINNER IS:  Roopa I.! Congratulations Roopa!!! Please send me your mailing address via my contact page! =)winner

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  2. Ananda,

    Your ideas are always so whimsical and creative, and your execution-alluring and precise. I want me some of that! I would love to have a Silhouette to shorten my steps between thinking and creating. My first project would be to make a window portrait with pictures of all my “grands” (22 and counting).

    La Verne@hopeandsalvage

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    • I love this calendar!!! I would love to make these for all my coworkers to place on there desk ! what a cute handy item, what I would be excited to make with a Silhouette would be lots of gifts for friends , family and my coworkers I would feel so wonderful to be able to make homemade gifts for everybody this machine would save a person so much money on gifts!!! thank-you for the opportunity to be placed on your list for the give away! Have a wonderful night ! Happy Holidays

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  6. Thanks for sharing the calendar project. I will definitely try that. And thanks for the opportunity to win the Silhouette. I would love to work with it. My first project would be creating different sleeves for all the candles I have around the house. I love the look.
    Happy Creating!
    Jean

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  8. I have been crazed lately looking at all the “wood saying” artwork around pinterest. I desperately want to make some for Christmas presents, but the idea of hand-painting it is overwhelming. The Silhouette would help me make some beautiful stuff. Also, thanks for all you do — you really do have some of the most unique ideas that I’ve seen.

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  9. I don’t want to enter the contest (already have a Silhouette Cameo) but I’d love the calendar template but the link is broken. Can you fix it? Would love to download it! Thx!

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  10. Oh my goodness! That Silhouette Portrait is going on my Holiday Wish List (but it would be even better if I won it!!!)! I love the Calendar DIY you posted and will definitely try it (thanks for the template!). But that Silhouette Portrait is something I will do amazing things with since I love to create bookmarks, book covers, scrapbooks, wall decals, and custom greeting cards. This could kick off a very creative year in 2015 🙂 Thanks for sharing your post!

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  13. I would be excited to make some crafty gifts that my daughters can decorate for the special people in our lives 🙂

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  14. Too cool! I didn’t even know something like that existing. Right now I’m looking at a garland of paper lotus blossoms that I cut out by hand. I don’t even want to think about how much time was spent on that, but I would seriously go flower-happy if I had a cutting machine.

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  15. Hi Ananda ,
    Love your DIY projects !! This calendar is awesome 🙂
    Firstly , Thanks a bunch for this Silhouette give away .. I think whoever wins it is gonna thank you for a lifetime 🙂

    I am a big believer in DIYs and would love to have one to create and share beautiful stuff 🙂 Thanks again and good luck on the future projects 🙂

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  16. I would dearly love to win a Silouette!!! They do soooo much more than a Cricut and more easily as I understand it! It would be WONDERFUL!!! Thank you for this chance.

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  17. I love this! I’m all about some crafts and stationery, so I’d go a little crazy with projects if I won the Silhouette. Everyone would be getting handmade gifts at Christmas! 🙂

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  18. What a great prize to win. Just in time for a large family wall I am creating, scrapbooks I’d love to get started, and some much needed home decorative accents. I can’t tell you what it would mean if I won one. I have been hinting for one for the last couple of years, but I might have to go right out and buy one myself, if I don’t get one for Christmas this year. LOL Thanks for sharing this contest.

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  22. thanks for the cool calendar, i can’t wait to print & cut! would love to use the silhouette to cut out stencils for monogramming the wine bottle wind chimes i make for gifts!
    thanks again!

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  31. Oooh…I’d love a Silhouette! I’d try to make those lovely paper lanterns (among other things). Thank you for giving the template for those paper cubes too!

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  35. Just love your ideas, I have used the 3D to make a photo dodecahedron a while ago. I made my own template in Microsoft word. I have the template if you are interested.

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  37. Love your site. I been thinking about purchasing a cutting machine of some sort. This would be a good jumping off point. Thanks for the great ideas.

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  42. Love that calendar! The first thing I would make with the Silhouette would be those lanterns! Every time I see them I want to make them! bekkie @ theclarkeclan . ca 🙂

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  45. Wooo! I love this! We made 3D models for a class I took in school for Interior Design and I had so much fun figuring out how to make the forms! Anything with this much form and function is a win-win in my book.

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  47. Love everything about your blog! This calendar is very creative and unique-I am going to make some for gifts! Thanks for all your posts!

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  48. oh wow that’s one beautiful calendar I must confess I have actually seen one like this before so really impressed, shame only open to the US side

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  51. Hi, I love the calendar with the geometric shape. Definitely going to make it. I also love you’re luminary and have been cutting out the shapes with my craft knife on a mat, the Silhouette would make it much easier. Thank you for the chance to win, Jan

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  54. What a cute idea! I have been using a craft knife*not successfully) to cut out your lanterns and such. Would love to win this Silhouette, I have wanted one for a long time.
    Thank you,
    Marilyn

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  57. I would love to make a polka dotted pot for my indoor plant! Ahhh I just adore the Silhouette products. 🙂

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  60. I absolutely LOVE the Birch Shadow Box. I am definitely going to make it once I get my hands on some card stock and an x-acto knife (or that lovely silhouette machine!). I also want to make the calendar for myself and a few as gifts. I just found your website and I can’t wait to explore more. Its been a long time since I’ve done crafts and all these templates make me feel like a kid in a candy store!

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  66. I’ve been following the Silhoutte Instagram and they have some fantastic ideas!! I need to get caught up on my scrapbooking!!

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  69. Honestly I don’t even know….. I would try everything… My house would be filled with pretty paper cutouts of everything…lol!!!

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  70. Love the calendar – can’t wait to put this on my desk! As for the Silhouette, it would be lanterns for my project – ’tis the season for lanterns to make everything merry and bright 🙂

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  72. Love the calendar! I would love that Silhouette and use it for cutting out stencils but the possibilities are endless!

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  74. Wow! This calendar is perfect for a busy desk, quick reference. And it looks like a funky desk accessory!
    Definitely going to try this out!
    I would love to try out making my wedding invites with a Silhouette. So many possibilities for designs and custom card wrap bands. Would make everything quick and much easier.
    Thanks for the project!

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  75. Love your blog. I have a family of eight and am an avid scrapbooker. I purchased a Cricut just before I hurt my back and had to quit work. So there it sits, unusable, because I cannot afford cartridges. The Silouette would be a blessing. I could create my own DieCuts and use any font. It would truly be amazing!

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  77. Love the calendar! I would make so many things with the silhouette! I’d start with candle cover, window decorations, gift cards, home decor, etc! Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂

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  80. Your calendar is so cute, fun and simple if you have a Silhouette, which I don’t 🙁 I really fell in love with the paper lanterns and would love to make those. Maybe I’ll be the lucky winner. Thanks for hosting and giving me the opportunity to enter. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving.

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  85. I would love to make the lanterns, they are simply beautiful! Thank you for the opportunity to possibly win a Silhoutte.

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  86. I agree with all the comments wanting to make the lanterns, they are wonderful. I also would really like to make some vinyl stencils for glass blocks that we have leftover from a remodel. They are crying out to be stenciled and etched.

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  88. I would love to have a Silhouette Portrait! The possibilities are endless and my mind is going ninety to nothing thinking about what I could do! Gifts for friends, I absolutely love your luminaries! Home decor projects, gift tags, labels to use around the home… I could go on all day here! I would just love love love to have a Silhouette Portrait for my very own. (o:

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  89. Costume armour! I’ve got so many plans lying about, but my hands cramp just thinking about it.

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  90. First, thanks for sharing the dodecahedron…just printed it!
    As for the Silhouette Contest…I can’t read the dates you posted (something in your font scrambled) so I hope I still have a chance.
    I am a high school teacher and I was thinking that the stencil function is a great way to create customized tee shirts for the graduates…they can have input on the designs, the designs can be created and printed, and then they can sponge them onto blank tees for a keepsake. If some don’t want to do the actual creation, I’m certain there would be other students dying to do the process.
    Thanks bunches.

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  91. Thanks for the awesome calendar and sharing it with us.
    I`m from Germany, so this is unfortunately not for me ;(
    greetings NORA

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  93. This is so great! I’ve been looking for one of these at a decent price. I’m a jewellery student and I want to be able to design and print my own jewellery boxes. Of course I’d also use it to finally make homemade cards for everyone again! I used to do it all the time, but I’ve gotten so busy that I can’t find a few hours to sit down with my xacto anymore.

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  94. Would love to have one of these for my crafts. I can think of soooo many things to make that would be much easier with a Silhouette.

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  95. Those lanterns are so cute. I would love to be able to make something like that. Thanks for the calendar template!

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  96. I would use the Silhouette to make so many things! Cards and stickers, but most importantly I’d use it for the homemade sketchbooks that I make! It would really bring them to the next level!

    Also, I loved this tutorial. I made my own, but definitely not as nice as yours! 🙂

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  100. Hello, Love the calendar idea!!
    I’m keen to try out some 3D projects, perhaps a house, a castle, a prism, advent calendar … the ideas are endless 🙂
    Thank you.

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  101. I will be using this as a last- day -of -school- before- vacation project. Don’t worry , I’m an art teacher!
    thank you for doing all the hard work making this classic look so good!

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  103. I would love to win this printer!! One of the things that would be most helpful for would be helping the kids with school projects because nowadays they just get bigger! Of course I could use this myself to make super cute crafty things too! Thanks!

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  106. I need a silhouette, it would be so awesome to win one. Thanks for the contest.
    Rachell Laidlaw

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  107. I often donate dog treats to organizations doing fund raisers. I usually customize the labels to reflect the non-profit being supported. The tags and labels would be even spiffier with a spiffy Silhouette printer. Thank you VERY much for sharing your ideas. I can hardly wait to make these to give out to friends with a nice card to wish them well in this upcoming year!

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  108. Hi,
    I’m going to make the calendars with my niece and nephew at Thanksgiving. I think they will enjoy them very much.

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  109. this is such a cute/useful craft! I love the idea of it as a little gift/favor to guests for a New Year’s party – do you think it would be even more sturdy if I sprayed it with a shellac/varnish? I think it would also be so pretty with a glossy finish…

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  111. I’m always looking for new crafting ideas and I would make those lights in the picture. They are just gorgeous!

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  112. I would make stickers for my planner!! Always wanted to do that! And also any cool projects from your blog or pinterest!:)

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  114. Love, Love, Love, working with paper, and enjoy your tutorials, they are so inspiring!! I do alot of paper crafting, and the Shilouette is on my Wish List!!!

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  116. I love love love all your ideas! My children enjoy making things for their friends and family, and from what I’ve seen here, the silhouette would be a magical machine to them! Thank you again for posting these ideas. I never would have known about it otherwise 🙂

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  117. From what I’ve read, it would be great to make greeting cards. I have wanted to try for so long, but am on a fixed income. How nice it would be to teach younger people a new craft.

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  118. That calendar would make an awesome stocking stuffer! I’d love to have a Silhouette to cut fabric designs for baby quilts

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  120. Love the calendar…going to get this made for my desk. Would love to use a Silhouette for cards, quilt patterns and designs for the church windows. There are so many other ideas I could use this for! Have a happy New Year!

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  122. For some reason, I cannot open the silhouette template!!! The PDF file was fine and able to print. HELP!! I really want to make this calendar. It looks awesome!!

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  125. Hi,
    Ist it possible to update the calendar to 2017. I absolutely love the idea and would like to use it as a gift.

    Thanks in advance.

    Best wishes,

    Daniela

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  126. Love this tutorial. So awesome. Thanks for posting this calendar DIY tutorial.

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  127. Do you have a 2018 or 2019 version of this? I absolutely love it, and the potential of using it with my silhouette is even better 😊

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