Free Printable: Days of the week board

Today's freebie is to help you create a days of the week calendar board in your home. I made ours because my son was asking on a regular basis what day is it today, tomorrow and so on. Although he is 4 and cannot read yet, we look at the beginning letters of each week together and I sound them out with him and he is starting to recognise some letters.

I also wanted to make something that goes nicely in our lounge and that was budget friendly. Once our family has finished using this board I plan to donate it and hope it can be used by more families. The arrow needs to be moved quite carefully so I have been modelling 'gentle hands' when I first started to point to today's day on the board. It is made of cardboard so can always be re-made if needed. My son now takes great pride in moving the arrow to today's day!

The freebie printable page (PDF document) with the days of the week in a handwritten style font plus another page with a choice of arrows. You can print these out, cut them out (laminating optional) and attach them to a board. I used this birch plywood board in A3 (6mm)

DOWNLOAD - US Letter (8.5 x 11 inches)

DOWNLOAD - A4 size (21 x 29.7 cm)

I printed mine onto paper and cut them up with my craft guillotine, then stuck them to the wooden board with double sided sticky foam tape. I cut out an arrow from cardboard and attached the back of it to some twine so it can slide up and down. You could print straight onto card (and skip the lamination part) and also use ribbon that you already have in your house. Finally, I hung it up using some command picture hanging hooks.

The board cost me £10.49 (delivered) and I estimate the rest of the items cost about £1 together so this DIY board was about £11.50 in total to make.