This is a small cardboard toucan. It can sit on the corner of, say, your NEC monitor. In order to make that work, you have to glue a small weight such as a coin to the inside of the feet, like so:
This will give enough balance to keep the bird safely atop of any roughly right-angled ridge. The model itself is relatively easy, however the beak is a bit tricky.
If you want to make one yourself, here is the template:
Most of the stuff on this site is about papercraft, so this post may come as a bit of a surprise. Anyway, if you (or your kids!) are interested in a nice little casual mobile game, this might be for you: I have created a game called "Riverly"
The calendar is basically a grid of 7 x 8 cells. Each cell contains a cube corresponding to that particular day. The cube has a red and a black and white side. You can indicate the current day by turning the cube to the red side. For a new month,
Here is the 2024 update for the dino calendar. For 2024, I have also added a new color scheme for the dino – dark gray with lime green highlights. stegosaurus_dark_grayDark gray theme for the stegosaurusstegosaurus_dark_gray.pdf259 KBdownload-circlestegosaurus_2024_monthsMonthly calendar cards for 2024stegosaurus_2024_months.pdf295 KBdownload-circlestegosaurus_
Here is the 2023 update for the dino calendar. I wish all of my dear readers a happy and prosperous year 2023! stegosaurus_2023_monthsMonthly calendar cards for 2023stegosaurus_2023_months.pdf293 KBdownload-circlestegosaurus_2023_weeksWeekly calendar cards for 2023stegosaurus_2023_weeks.pdf414 KBdownload-circle