Islamic Calendar for Children

My Islamic Calendar

Materials Needed:

• A3 coloured card (1 sheet) – I used navy blue to match my
  Gregorian calendar
• Laminator and laminating pouches
• Patterned ribbon or card (optional)
• Strong adhesive glue
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• FREE Printable Pages. Click HERE to download.
• Coloured card (two different colours) – for the hands of the
  clocks
• Paper fasteners (x5)
• Velcro/Hook & Loop self-adhesive dots (13mm)
• Small pin

1. Cut and glue the patterned ribbon or card around
   the edge of the A3 card to make a decorative border (optional). 
2. Cut out everything from the Free Printable Pages
3. Arrange the cut-outs on the A3 card.
4. Using your glue stick, glue on the ‘My Islamic
   Calendar’, ‘Date’, ‘Month’, ‘Year’, ‘Lunar Phase’, ‘Fajr’, ‘Dhuhr’, ‘Asr’, ‘Maghrib’,
   ‘Isha’ tabs.
5. Laminate the remaining cut-outs.
6. Using your strong adhesive glue, glue the blank
   white rectangles/squares that you have laminated onto the A3 card. These will
   act as a background to each inter-changeable section. Leave to dry according to your
   glue’s instructions. My glue required me to leave for 24h.
7. Stick the Velcro dots onto the back of the
   numbers, months, years, lunar phases. Stick the Velcro dots onto the front of
   the blank laminated rectangles/squares on your calendar. Note: you will need
   two Velcro dots in the ‘date’ section, and one in the other sections.
8. Now its time to work on the clocks. Using your
   coloured card, cut out 5 long clock hands in one colour, and 5 short clock
   hands in another colour.
9. Position the clock faces on the A3 card below
   each prayer name. Using a pin, pierce a hole in the centre of each clock face,
   and through into the card below. Thread the clock hands onto the paper fastener.
   Then use your this paper fastener, to go through the small holes, securing the clock
   to the card.