Papercrafted weekly calendar stegosaurus

2011-12-29

Another year begins, meaning it’s time for a new calendar. It just so happens I made a weekly-calendar-enabled stegosaurus:

Now the most interesting feature of a stegosaurus, on which Wikipedia has to say quite a bit, are the plates. Large scaly disks, of which neither the exact configuration nor the function seems to be entirely clear.

Turns out for a papercraft calendar, the scales conveniently double as tabs for the weeks. Each week is printed on a separate page, the tab / plate indicating the first day of that particular week.

You can take the week cards out, scribble on them and sort them any way you need. For heavy duty scheduling purposes, you can flip through them or even lay them out on your desk.

And when you are not busy scheduling things, old stegosaurus will take care of your calendar cards just fine.

And, oh – did I mention this – you can build this guy yourself. Here is the template:

The first PDF contains the actual dinosaur template, the other PDFs contain six weekly cards each. You will need all 54 cards (52 weeks for the year, plus the last week of 2011 and the first one of 2013). Admittedly, a lot of cutting, but at least the cards need no folding / glueing…

Update:

I have added a couple of posts concerning the stegosaurus calendar:

Here is a photo tutorial on how to build it
Here is a template for blank cards that you can write on / design however you see fit
Here is a template for phone directory cards
Here are cards for the year 2013
And for 2014
… for 2015
… for 2016
… for 2017
… for 2018

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Comments

CHAN, 2016-12-19 at 23:05

2017 VERSION PLEASE
1. admin, 2016-12-20 at 21:38
  
  The 2017 version is already here – here’s the link.
adriana, 2016-07-28 at 21:11

and 2017
1. admin, 2016-07-31 at 20:17
  
  I will prepare the 2017 version in time, well before the end of the year.
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Eleazar, 2015-11-03 at 04:26

have you already made for 2016 ?
my daughter love it so much…
1. admin, 2015-11-03 at 15:46
  
  Not yet, but I will do the 2016 version soon. I’ll keep you updated via the newsletter once it is available.
Pibee Suki Bonbons, 2015-05-19 at 07:29

OMG! How beautiful it is! But now is 2015 ~
1. admin, 2015-05-19 at 10:38
  
  No problem – the update for 2015 can be found here. And if you register for my newsletter here, you will be notified of the 2016 update, once it becomes available.
Nicole Rebholz, 2015-01-03 at 16:30

cool!!! Thank you so much:-) My son will love this cute calendar….
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Bri, 2014-04-30 at 09:55

Just made this with my daughter for a school project on dinosaurs. She absolutely loves it. Thank You for the design!!
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jet, 2013-04-17 at 11:59

wooow this is a great idea to made a update , love that. I’m a big fan of recycling and durable craftings. thank you for the sharing and the templates. Well done
Magda, 2013-01-24 at 22:52

Just great!!
I love it!
Thank You!
Charlene, 2012-12-01 at 23:48

So impressed!! Well done!!
Newrum, 2012-11-23 at 22:57

Hey Markus
I’ve just found your website and I’m glad that I did: it’s wonderful! Thanks for all the paper awesomeness :) And for this cute calendar too. Saw that you’re preparing a 2013 version. So I’m waiting impatiently :)
Tina, 2012-11-16 at 16:44

Will you be making one for 2013? Really love your site! Thanks for all you do!
1. admin, 2012-11-18 at 20:53
  
  Yes, I will. In fact, I am currently working on it, so stay tuned…
Regina, 2012-09-25 at 21:57

Hallo Markus!
Ich bin gerade auf deine Seite gestoßen und bin sehr begeistert von deinen Papiermodellen!
Den Stegosaurus würde ich auch gerne mal in Angriff nehmen. Leider ist ja schon fast Oktober, deshalb frage ich jetzt schonmal, ob du planst, für 2013 neue Kärtchen anzubieten? Das wäre super (aber hat ja noch Zeit)!
Vielen Dank und mach bitte weiter so. :)
Regina
1. Regina, 2012-09-25 at 21:58
  
  Oh, hab grade gesehen, dass das schon jemand vor mit vorgeschlagen hat. Na dann. :)
2. admin, 2012-09-27 at 19:16
  
  Danke für den Kommentar! Ja, ich werde für 2013 neue Kärtchen machen. Diesmal nicht nur Wochenkärtchen, sondern auch 12 Monatskärtchen. Wenn man’s nicht so genau braucht, spart einem das ne Menge Arbeit. Dauert noch ein bisschen, aber rechtzeitig vor dem Jahresende wird’s soweit sein…
Lilly, 2012-08-08 at 11:06

ALL the things on your site are BRILIANT!
I’m just really sorry I’ve discovered you so late in the year as this dino would have been a great present for someone I know.

Thanks so much for sharing these wonderful projects.
Susie, 2012-07-27 at 00:30

I Love It!!! I am late to the game, having just discovered you through How About Orange, so not to be picky, what does “Woche” mean? It could be another language,ya know…please see PDF weekly cards 6…Woche…I am thinking about, and maybe you could help me, using the cards for flash cards for my grandson, each “stego plate” page being blank, he can even make his own flash cards. He can pull out a “stego plate” for spelling, times tables, words he has difficulty reading…etc. A little more fun this way, don’t ya think? So go pull a stego plate…
Abbie, 2012-06-20 at 15:19

Im really love this one – hope u will create it for year 2013 too

<3 ^___^
1. admin, 2012-06-20 at 16:14
  
  Thanks for the comment. Good point about 2013 – I definitely will, so check back at the year’s end…
Whorl, 2012-01-28 at 01:55

Completed it tonight, thank you!
By the way, you have a typo on December 12th in the calendar. No biggie really, just thought I’d let you know. (I only noticed it because it’s the day right next to my birthday)
1. admin, 2012-01-28 at 11:59
  
  Thanks for letting me know! You are absolutely right- there was a superfluous ‘1’ in there. Sorry! I just fixed the typo and uploaded a new PDF file “stegosaurus_weeks9.pdf”.
irfan, 2012-01-25 at 06:37

thanks! i love it
adharala, 2012-01-22 at 07:17

great work!!! awesome!!! Thx a lot for the template! ;)
Luisanna, 2012-01-11 at 19:06

Thank you,it’s amazing!!
SoGoR, 2012-01-10 at 13:28

woow really cool! I donwload it!
Tailor, 2012-01-09 at 16:10

I printed this out to make and it’s sitting on my work desk. I may have to make 2 more cause I’ve shown it to 2 people so far and they both said “THATS SO CUTE~!!!” … probably more once I get it all put together. :D Thanks for the template!
1. admin, 2012-01-09 at 21:21
  
  Thanks – glad your people like it. Seems a nice work place :-)
Malu, 2012-01-05 at 04:52

It took me almost five hours to complete my calendar! But now it looks great on my desk. :-) Love it! Thanks for sharing!
1. admin, 2012-01-09 at 21:13
  
  Thanks for the feedback. About the five hours: I know, the cutting takes quite some time…
Paola, 2012-01-02 at 14:30

I love this! thank you for sharing!
Bob, 2011-12-31 at 20:07

saw this on paperkraft.net…i’m making and giving it to friend for the new year…thanks for the template
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Ditta, 2011-12-30 at 13:04

Really cool… like this ^^
ryane, 2011-12-30 at 08:06

really love it :)
thank you for upload for free hehehe
i’m on my way to built one..
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rosanna, 2011-12-29 at 17:24

Simpaticissimo! il tempo così trascorre allegramente. thanks a lot for template.ciao
Susanna, 2011-12-29 at 09:06

Cool!I love this project!Thanks a lot for template!

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