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4×6 monthly & weekly diy planner templates + meeting notes

4×6 index cards are the perfect size – big enough for taking notes/doodling and small enough to fit in your bag! Just finished this brand new 4×6 set, how cute and tiny right?!

Cost: Free
Size: Index Card – 4″ by 6″
File type: Adobe PDF
Included::

Fill-in-the-blank full month template, Jan-Dec
Fill-in-the-blank weekly template
Fill-in-the-blank meeting notes

Download: 4by6-2011.pdf (6759 downloads)

Some 4×6 tips:

Cutting up a piece of standard 12×12 scrap booking paper will make 6 (4×6) notecards with no waste!
Look for a 4×6 pack of index cards in an office supply store right next to the standard 3×5’s – cheap and easy!
Want to use 3×5? These scale perfectly, just set your printer to 3×5 and click ‘fit to page’
Browse through my binder tutorials for ideas on making a whole planner to fit!

Wait, there’s more!!

In the next day or two I’ll be posting a full tutorial on creating a little mini booklet from the 4″x6″ diy planner templates and a little velcro folder to hold it all. 4×6 index card folder tutorial here! AND 4×6 Monthly Booklet Tutorial

DIY Cardboard Binder

If you want to make a fast and easy binder this is it. You probably have all the parts to put it together just sitting around your house right now!

Supplies

Gluestick and hot glue gun
Flat Cardboard (not corrugated). Could be a cereal box, packaging or shoe box… get creative!
Cheap 2-ring 3×5 notecard binder, or any old small planner or binder
Pieces, parts, stickers, envelopes and scraps for collaging
File folders or thicker paper for dividers, heavy scrapbooking paper works great
♥ DIY Planner Templates to fill the inside!

First, pull out the 2-ring binder clip from your 3×5 notebook. Directions for this and attaching the clip here. Decide what size paper you’d like, poke holes in it and hook it on the binder ring. Measure all the way around this – remember to measure for any tabs you’d like to include plus a little extra on the edges. This will be the width and height of Part A and Part C in the diagram above. The width of Part B should be as high as your binder clip plus a little extra. Part D can be whatever width you’d like really. It can be shorter and fold inside or outside, it can be wide as Part A and Part C or even a funky shape.

Once you figure out your sizes add the widths together and cut out one strip of cardboard. The cardboard I used was thinner than I would like so I cut out two pieces the same size and glued them together. Now make your folds, decorate and add the binder clip!

The pocket on Part A is optional. I cut out a piece of the same cardboard and attached it with hot glue on 3 sides. The closure is a piece of off-white elastic from Joann’s. Stretch it around the closed notebook to get the right length. Then cut two slits in the spine to feed it through. On the outside sew the ends together and you’re done.