Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … old calendars and diaries?

By: Bubbie

Bubbie — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:22:07 +0000

I told my gramdnother how you helped. She said, “bake them a cake!”

By: molly

molly — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:21:18 +0000

I recycle those brown (look like grocery bag paper) papers from newspaper inserts; spray glue on the back side of calendar pages.
Use an envelope template that fits the calendar page, trace around, cut
and fold. Now you have an envelope that you can write on in the inside. After writing your message, just fold the envelope and put a
seal of some sort to hold it closed, address and send in the mail. Make
great stationary.

By: caroline

caroline — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:06:27 +0000

two ideas for calenders:

1. teach children how to make their own jigsaws. Cut out a nice picture from the calender and glue it all over to a piece of cardboard. Leave until completely dry. Then get the children to cut it up into as many pieces as they want their jigsaw to be. Younger children might need encouraging to cut less pieces and to use wiggly lines for cutting rather than straight.

2. make your own envelopes using a free online template http://desktoppub.about.com/od/envelopes/tp/Blank_Craft_Envelope_Templates.htm For letter envelopes use a scrap of white paper to make a label so you can write an address on. In the past I have made A4 envelopes to send job apps in to make it stand out among other entries (and yes I did get an interview!). We used lots of magazine pages and calenders to make envelopes to hold our wedding favours (which were packets of veg seeds) – you can see the finished result on my flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22871371@N07/2868176949/in/photostream/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:42:16 +0000

Hi i work for a large distribution company currently in the process of clearing are old stock of diaries.if interested please call craig on07988786832. thanks

By: mary tierney

mary tierney — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:12:55 +0000

would like to buy 06 07 08 unused diaries

By: Gulia

Gulia — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:02:08 +0000

Write grocery lists on them.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:04:39 +0000

Why not buy recycled calendars to start with, rose calendars have for 2009 produced a range of promotional calendars for business use, using recyled paper, backcard and cartons with a useful how to recylce your calendar shown on the reverse of every calendar.

By: mormonsim

mormonsim — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:36:29 +0000

make new paper out of them. Same technique as for newspaper.

By: carrie

carrie — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:49:22 +0000

i cut those little pictures out (often the backs of wall calendars contain all 12 pictures on a small scale) and use them to make note cards. daily planners also are loaded small pictures, or i cut them down, for the same purpose. i also use the larger calendar pictures on the covers of the “hobo notebooks” i describe under “how do i reuse printer paper.”

By: Elouise

Elouise — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:11:32 +0000

I donate attractive calendars, with pictures of animals or scenery, to lower-income schools, children’s homes, day care centres, or libraries. The walls are often dreary and undecorated. My niece likes to make her own collages from [pictures cut out of calendars too. I have also laminated nice pictures to use as place mats or to stick on the wall in the bathroom (where the lamination makes them waterproof).

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:17:57 +0000

I cut out calendar pictures and laminate for use as wipeable “to do” boards or message boards- functional and pretty at the same time. Or transform into unusual envelopes by tracing the pattern from an old envelope. A large out-of-date diary became a hidden book safe

By: Sack36

Sack36 — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:44:37 +0000

They *are* paper. They can be put into the regular paper recycle bin to be made into recycled paper.

Also, you can make your own paper out of them by cutting fine (food processor?) and soaking them in water. Agitate the water some until it all looks like mush. Drain the water and roll it out very thin. Let it dry. voila! You have paper.

Finally, you can use any kind of scrap paper to make origami from. I have old wallpaper samplers I use for origami boxes. Very pretty!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:18:45 +0000

You can take them and use them as some sort of decoration… for instance, using Mod Podge (a type of craft glue) and the pages to jazz up the inside of dresser drawers, to cover shoe boxes so they’re more visually exciting when used for storage (same with gift boxes), or paste them to a piece of poster board and laminate for a unique desk pad. Carry this idea to create unique frames, memo boards, etc.

By: Emms

Emms — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:18:10 +0000

I use old, barely used diaries as scrap paper. Just tear out the pages and clip them together at the top with a bull dog clip or staple them into smaller piles.

I buy current year diaries new when they’re vastly redcued in the spring to use as note books- you can usually get them for 25p or something for a hard back A5 notebook which I think is pretty good value.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:14:57 +0000

Day of the week land on the same dates (#s) they did six years ago. This repeats every six years. For example, you can use a 2001 calendar in lieu of a 2007 calendar, a 2002 calendar for 2008, etc. Try it, it works out if you’re willing to save them.

By: Traci

Traci — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:51:26 +0000

If you cut up the squares you can rearrange them into a new calender.
Or you could use them again, just disregauring the days of the week and using it based on the day number.
You could give it to a kid to play school with.
You could cut it up into strips and use it for filling gift bags.