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Garden Sanity by Pet Scribbles

Paint this useful perpetual calendar for Father’s Day!

This post and photos may contain Amazon or other affiliate links. If you purchase something through any link, I may receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. Any supplies used may be given to me free of charge, however, all projects and opinions are my own.


May 22, 2018 By Laura 8 Comments

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I found a ready-made unfinished wood perpetual calendar, just waiting to be painted, stained or decorated. This is a useful gift for Father’s Day! I stained ours with pickling wash and it was quick and easy to do.

Perpetual Calendar to paint, stain or decorate!

All this week, I’m sharing quick wood crafts that you can make in about 15 minutes, excluding any drying time.

It is Craft Lightning Wood Crafts week, and I’m proud to be co-hosting this event with Angie of The Country Chic Cottage, and Carolina of 30 Minute Crafts. These two gals are the brains and talent behind the Craft Lightning series, and I hope you click on their websites to take a look at their creativity!

FTC Disclaimer: I’ve received products to try out in my role as a Plaid Crafts Ambassador. This perpetual calendar, however, is 100% my own project! Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. I explain more here.

Perpetual Calendar that is already made!

I’ve always wanted to make a wooden perpetual calendar, but whenever I found the kits at the craft store, the wood pieces were all blank.

That little fact always stopped me, but then I found this unfinished wood perpetual calendar kit here on Amazon and the words and numbers were already printed on the pieces of wood!

Hooray!

Here’s how the kit arrived. It was shrink-wrapped and in a secure box, in addition to the usual Amazon packaging.

unfinished wood perpetual calendar

The pieces are all unfinished wood:

ready made wood perpetual calendar

Most of the pieces have multiple words on them, so you simply turn them to whichever day or month you choose. (The number blocks are the same way — numbers on each of the sides.)

wood perpetual calendar pieces

Easy way to color wood!

I chose to stain this calendar using FolkArt’s Pickling Wash, which is one of my favorite products on the planet!

I also challenged myself to see just how fast I could do this project, so I didn’t pause to take step-by-step pictures for you.

(However, you can see and learn exactly how to use pickling wash in my Ruler Crafts tutorial.)

pickling wash paint on perpetual calendar

Because I chose three different pickling wash colors to paint onto the wood, this project took me 20 minutes to complete.

Just being honest! If I would have used one color, I’m sure it would have been quicker.

The cube holder and the days of the week were painted with Hidden Oasis pickling wash:

Hidden Oasis pickling wash on perpetual calendar

I painted the months of the year with Papillon pickling wash:

Papillon pickling wash on perpetual calendar

And the number blocks are painted with Sea Glass pickling wash:

Sea Glass pickling wash on perpetual calendar

Pickling wash absorbs into the unfinished wood quickly. I let everything dry overnight.

Our perpetual calendar in shades of teal and blue!

First I set up the blocks with the date on the bottom and the month in the middle.

perpetual calendar

shades of blue stained wood

But I like the look of the month on the bottom instead.

aqua perpetual calendar

The top of the calendar has space to put your pens, scissors — whatever you need to keep handy.

teal stained wood

colorful stained wood perpetual calendar

Part of what makes my pickling wash projects easy, is that I painted a complete set of wood rulers in each color of pickling wash available.

Ruler Crafts: How to make colorful stained rulers

This means that at a glance, I can see what each color looks like on wood. It really helps when choosing what colors — or color combinations — I want to use.

easy handmade Fathers Day gift perpetual calendar

These ready-made perpetual calendars are a game-changer to me. They make great gifts you can easily paint or stain.

And with Father’s Day coming up — a sweet and useful gift your kids can make too!

Painted Wood Perpetual Calendar

More 15-minute Wood Crafts!

Today is Day 2 of our week-long series featuring wood crafts you can create in 15 minutes!  (You can see all of the creative projects from Day 1 here.)

CraftLightning

Several awesome craft bloggers are participating each day, and I’m sharing their projects here too, so make sure to scroll down and click over to see each tutorial and pin your favorites!

Faux Broken China Necklace with Napkins and Mod Podge by Cathie Filian

Faux Broken China Necklace with Napkins and Mod Podge by Cathie Filian

Cooking Conversion Chart with Your Cricut by Angie of The Country Chic Cottage

cooking-conversion-chart

DIY Unicorn Hoop by Debra Quartermain

DIY Unicorn Embroidery Hoop

DIY Lego Minifigure Shelf by Carolina of 30 Minute Crafts

DIY-LEGO-Minifigure-Shelf

STAR WARS Wood Burned Coasters by Natalie of Doodlecraft

wood burned burning burn star wars coasters rebel alliance empire diy

Serve Tacos Tray DIY with Free Cut File by Morena of Morena’s Corner

funny-taco-sign

Simple Front Door Sign Tutorial by Ginger of Ginger Snap Crafts

DIY hi sign

Rainbow Paint Poured Wood Key Chains by Kelli of Craft Shack Chronicles

paint-poured-keychains

Spring Monogram Wreath by Evey of Evey’s Creations

Easy Spring Wreath DIY

Come back tomorrow for Day 3 of our Craft Lightning Wood Crafts week for more quick projects!

Happy crafting!

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  1. Morena Hockley

    May 22, 2018 at 4:45 pm

    I love the colors you chose!

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    • Laura

      May 22, 2018 at 9:32 pm

      Thanks Morena! I use these a lot as they are the accent colors in our home. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Angie Holden

    May 23, 2018 at 6:33 am

    I totally need one! Love that pickling effect!

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    • Laura

      May 24, 2018 at 5:34 pm

      I love the pickling effect too, as you can probably tell from my various projects!

      Reply
  3. Joan vargas

    January 22, 2021 at 8:40 am

    My set came with no numbers on blocks for dates what numbers go on each block?

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    • Laura

      January 24, 2021 at 1:14 pm

      Hi Joan, Did you order the one I suggested in my post above? That one comes with the dates and words, which is why I mentioned it within my article. (I also got confused with the blank calendar kits as to where the numbers and months and days were supposed to go.) My only suggestion is to look at the link I suggested and click on those images to try and see which numbers go where. You can also see how some of the numbers are oriented in my photos above. I gave mine away as a gift, so no longer have it to help you more than this. Good luck!

      Reply
  4. Brandi

    April 23, 2022 at 2:14 pm

    I just ordered one of these and the paint for my son to make for his teacher! I’m excited because I’m not crafty, and this looks pretty error-proof. 🙂
    Quick question… Did you paint right over the letters and numbers on the blocks? Or do we need to make sure to not get paint on them? Thanks!!

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    • Laura

      April 27, 2022 at 11:14 am

      Hi Brandi — what a fun teacher’s gift! Because the pickling wash seeps into the wood and is rather transparent, you can paint right over the letters and numbers! That makes this a super easy craft to do! I love pickling wash because it is so easy to work with! Thanks for your question!

      Reply

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