This torn paper craft calendar is a year-long classroom project based on Australian seasons and holidays. Students complete one calendar page per month to create a meaningful, low-prep end-of-year keepsake parents will treasure.

Instead of last-minute crafts, this project is completed gradually across the year — low-stress, low-prep, and highly meaningful.

How the Torn Paper Calendar Works

• Complete one month at a time throughout the school year. I complete them during my school's alternate parade weeks. I also set these as an activity while I'm pulling students for assessment conferences and as an easy last week of term activity when I'm too exhausted to plan anything else!
• Each month reflects Australian seasons and holidays
• Students use torn paper craft to build fine motor skills. Younger students could also just colour the pages.
• Store completed pages in a folder and assemble into a finished calendar at year’s end
• This approach saves time and stress at the end of the year and creates a gift families genuinely value.

What Torn Paper Crafts are Included?

4 Calendar covers for 2027 (for students to draw a picture or self portrait). This resource will be updated each year for the foreseeable future.

4 January calendars

• Back-to-School
• New Years Day
• Australia Day koala in tree
• Australia Day kangaroo holding an Australian flag

5 February calendars

• Back-to-School for those states starting in February
• Valentine’s Day Hearts
• Valentine’s Day Love Monster
• Ramadan
• Lunar New Year

5 x March calendars

• Easter
• St Patrick’s Day
• Start of Autumn
• Clean Up Australia Day
• Harmony Week)

2 x April calendars

• ANZAC Day
• Earth Day

2 x May calendars

• Mother’s Day
• National Sorry Day/National Reconciliation Week

2 x June calendars

• Start of Winter
• World Environment Day

3 x July calendars

• NAIDOC Week with Aboriginal flag
• NADOC Week with Torres Strait Islander flag
• 100th Day of School

2 x August calendars

• Book Week
• Science Week

3 x September calendars

• Start of Spring
• Father’s Day
• R U OK? Day

4 x October calendars

• Halloween jack-o-lantern
• Halloween lolly/candy basket
• Diwali
• Grandparents Day

2 x November calendars

• Remembrance Day
• Movember

3 x December calendars

• Start of Summer
• Christmas
• Hannukah

3 Calendar Layout Options

Each monthly calendar comes in three versions:

1. Torn Paper Page image with background to colour (37 pages)
2. Torn Paper Craft image only (39 pages)
3. Blank Calendar Page (12 pages)

Plus Calendar cover pages (4 pages)

✔ Each option is ONE page only — designed to be paper-saving and printer-friendly.

Why Teachers Choose This Resource

✔ Low-prep classroom craft – print the calendar pages and use a guillotine to cut strips of paper and you’re good to go

✔ Fine motor skill development

✔ Australian-specific seasons and holidays

✔ Completed gradually across the year

✔ Creates a meaningful end-of-year parent gift

PLEASE VIEW THE PREVIEW and THUMBNAILS TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE.

Thank you for considering this product.

Kylie - Down Under Teacher