Community Ideas

The hardest part of the poster is deciding what to fill the month with. It is easier when you see how others did it: somebody’s “Month of Water”, somebody’s “Month Without Screens”, somebody’s storylines for four. Any season here can be opened and forked for your own family.

Ideas month by month:SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberJanuaryFebruary

• Taking Care of UsWhat should have been done long ago?Week 1 Barber and hairdresser: style, not lengthWeek 2 Massage: both of us booked on the same dayWeek 3 A whole day at the spa: phones in the lockerWeek 4 The doctor, not the spa: the tests we put offCome first for once, not last: the barber, the massage, the spa and the doctor.
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• Spider-Man MonthWhose Spider-Man turned out to be ours?Week 1 Tobey Maguire: three films, evening by eveningWeek 2 Andrew Garfield: both parts over a weekendWeek 3 Tom Holland: two parts on weeknightsWeek 4 Tom Holland: the finale with all threeWatch every Spider-Man film and pick the one that is ours.
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• Winter Fun MonthWhat turned out to be the best fun of this winter?Week 1 Skates: onto the ice, the whole familyWeek 2 Sledges: hunting the best hill aroundWeek 3 A snow fort in the yard, the whole yardWeek 4 Fireworks on New Year's night — off we goSpend December outside, not at the window: ice, hill, fort and fireworks.
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• Cosy MonthWhich small thing changed the house the most?Week 1 Fixing what has annoyed us for monthsWeek 2 Buying what was missing: a lamp, a shelfWeek 3 Decorating: windows, the tree, the lightsWeek 4 An evening in: candles and a Christmas filmGet the flat to a state where we want to stay in it for the holidays.
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• Know Your CityWhat did we see in our own city for the first time?Week 1 A museum we have never once walked intoWeek 2 An unfamiliar district: pick one, walk itWeek 3 The blank spots near home — walk to themWeek 4 A tour of the local ice-cream factoryGo where we have never been and see our own city the way visitors do.
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• Harvest MonthWhich of these will become our autumn habit?Week 1 Off to grandma's — bringing in the cropWeek 2 Pickling cucumbers and tomatoes, jars sealedWeek 3 Making jam and labelling the jarsWeek 4 Laying the table and inviting guestsMake something with our own hands that lasts into winter.
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• Eco MonthWhat we gave away — who needed it more than we did?Week 1 Clearing cupboards: give away, not throw outWeek 2 Litter-picking in the park next doorWeek 3 A book swap shelf in our hallwayWeek 4 Finding the city's eco volunteers, joining inGive it away rather than bin it — and find who else is doing this.
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• Month About OurselvesWhat came as news about ourselves?Week 1 Meditation every evening: ten quiet minutesWeek 2 Thanks out loud: every evening, round we goWeek 3 The wheel of life: scoring eight parts of itWeek 4 A retreat at home: two days off the screensSpend the month paying attention: silence, notes, the wheel and two days offline.
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• Book MonthWhose book turned out better — his or hers?Week 1 Swapping books: each picks for the otherWeek 2 The reading club: we go and see if it is oursWeek 3 A swap shelf in the hallway, for neighboursWeek 4 Talking it over: did we agree or notRead what the other chose, get to the club and put a shelf up in the hallway.
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• Month of GuestsWho do we want to see again?Week 1 The son's classmates come roundWeek 2 Off to grandma and grandpa, long overdueWeek 3 Rounding up the coursemates we lostWeek 4 Getting to know the neighboursOpen the door four times: the children, the family, old friends, the neighbours.
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Families put the seasons here themselves — with the megaphone button on their own season. We show a random set every time: that way a new one has a chance to catch your eye instead of drowning under the ones already visible. If you see an ad, rudeness or someone else’s personal data, press the flag: we take such seasons off the showcase.