| Calendar Pets |
From "DIY Kids"
episode DIK-113 |
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Some of the most important "people" in our lives are our pets. Kent Lindsey, host of DIY Kids, and the DIY Kids show how to make a wall calendar featuring favorite pets. Picture-Taking Tips If you want to pose your pet for photographs, it's a good idea to put him on a chair or a table (figure A). When pets are off the ground, they're not as likely to run away while you try to take the picture. It's a good idea to ask a friend's help. He or she can gently guide your pet into place. Here's a little trick you can use when you want your pet to look at you: Squeeze a squeak toy just before you take the picture, and your pet will probably look right at you. Some pets aren't very cooperative when it comes to posing for pictures. If that's the case, take a more natural approach, and shoot pictures of your pet doing his favorite thing. For example, if your pet likes to hang out in a basket, take his picture there. Watch for opportunities to get fun pictures. Materials: 12 sheets of 8 1/2" x 11" posterboard or cardstock
Ruler
Pen or marker
Scissors
Glue
Small calendar or plain paper, if you'd like to draw your own calendar
Hole punch
Ring clips or paper fasteners
12 pictures of your favorite pet or pets
- Get a parent's permission, then pick out 12 pet pictures (figure B). Or shoot new pictures just for this project.
- Trace or print a calendar grid from a computer calendar program (figure C). Two months will be printed sideways on each page (figure D), and when you cut them apart, each month will fit on the bottom half of a page, with room at the top for a picture (figure E).
- Decide which picture should go with each month. A pet posed with holiday flowers would be good for December. If you've ever dressed your pet in costume, such a photo makes a good October pinup to celebrate Halloween.
- Glue the pictures and months to each page of the calendar: Turn the posterboard sheet for your first calendar page so that it's vertical (goes up and down). Glue the January grid to the bottom of the posterboard (figure F). Next, glue the January picture to the top of the page. Repeat for each month until you have a whole year of pet pictures.
- Write in special dates such as birthdays, holidays and soccer games.
- Finish your calendar by designing a cover. If you like, add another picture of your favorite pet pal on the front, as Andrew and Laura did (figure G).
- You can keep the calendar for yourself or take it to a copy center to have color copies made so you can give them as gifts. Have copies made on the heaviest paper possible.
- Put your calendar pages in order, and you're ready to bind the pages. Use a hole punch to make two holes at the top of your calendar. Hold the pages together in order with ring clips (figure H). The rings let you flip each page over when it's time to change to a new month. If you can't find ring clips, use paper fasteners.
- Hang your calendar in your room, or keep it on your desk.
RESOURCES:
Three Dog Bakery Cookbook: Over 50 Recipes for All-Natural Paw-Lickin Treats for Your Dog
Model: 0836269195
Author: Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff
(1998)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Kansas City, MO 64111-7701
Phone: 212-352-1509
Fax: 816-931-5018
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