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Moon Phase Planting Guide and Fan Calendar
By Patty Cox
1003-5







Main supplies:

  • Card stock – colors of your choice
  • Elmer’s® Washable School Glue Stick
  • Royal® Graphite Tracing Paper
  • 3/16” threaded post with screw

Basic Supplies:

  • Elmer’s® Painters® Opaque Paint Marker, fine tip – black
  • Pencil
  • Ruler
  • Compass
  • Fiskars® paper punch- moon and circle
  • Fiskars® scissors



 

Instructions:

  1. Cut moon designs from card stock. Us a compass to draw the 3 ½” circles. Glue paper layers together with glue stick.
  2. Cut four guide book pages from card stock according to pattern. Glue paper moon face on each page. Using a fine point marker write the moon’s planting information under each moon.
  3. Cut 12 guide book pages from card stock according to pattern. Draw a calendar page on each page according to pattern. Optional: Photocopy or scan the calendar pages on colored paper. Write the calendar month and days on each calendar page with a fine point pen. Note: Calendar years with moon phases can be found on line at time and date.com http://www.timeanddate.com Use moon and circle paper punches to cut small moons for calendar. Glue small moons on each calendar month according to (time and date.com) phases of the moon yearly calendar.
  4. Arrange moon page, starting with New Moon then 2nd Quarter, Full Moon, and Lat quarter, followed by the 12 calendar pages. Punch a hole in the bottom of the top guide book page. Align additional pages with the first page, then punch holes in all pages. Insert a 3/16” threaded post with screw through all page holes. Screw post together.

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