Get Organized for Summer with these FREE Printables

We've got SUMMER on the brain over here at ThePolkaDotPosie! Our camper is coming out of storage, summer trips are being booked and Summer Camp catalogs have been arriving in the mail. We may still have 6 weeks of Spring left, but that doesn't mean it's too early to start planning!

Although we LOVE the Free Summer Printables we've shared the last few years, we thought it was time for a little makeover!

Our Summer Holidays list has been a big hit for kids and adults, so we made sure to keep that in our set. In addition to Father's Day and the 4th of July, our list covers holidays like National S'mores Day and Honey Bee Awareness Day. As you will see, there is something to celebrate every day of the summer!

The next printable in our set is the Summer Bucket List. This is such a fun worksheet to fill out together as a family. Use the top line to write your summer goal, such as, "This Summer we will spend more time outdoors!" or "This Summer we will take the trip!" Next, list out the things you would like to make and do, as well as the adventures you would like to take. Those adventures could be a bike ride to the park, a campout in the woods, a trip to the zoo, or a road trip to the beach! And finally, make a list of the books you would like to read and the great summer movies you would like to see. If you are looking for some book ideas, be sure to check out our Facebook page. We have a great list going from World Book Day!

After you've made your Summer Bucket List, check out the Summer Schedule docket. You can use this to plan meals, weekly camps or activities, babysitter schedule, errands, to-do list and more! Print multiple copies for your planner, or print one copy and laminate it for your fridge or family bulletin board!

Finally, be sure to print out our NEW Summer Reading Log! After many requests for this printable, we thought it was finally time to add it to the set. Print out a copy for each member of your family and track the books you read and give them a star rating! We kept this printable simple so that adults and kids can use it! We have a great book list going on our Facebook page, but feel free to comment below if you have a great book to recommend!

To download this Free Summer Printable Set, click the size below:

Large Summer Printables {8.5 x 11" letter size}

Small Summer Printables {5.5 x 8.5 half sheet}

Happy Summer Planning!!

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We would love for you to share our Free Summer Printables with your friends and family, but we ask that you PLEASE link to this blog post and not to the downloads directly. These printables are free to download and use for personal use, but they MAY NOT BE EDITED, SOLD OR PRINTED FOR RESALE in any way. If you have questions about these printables and how they may be used, please contact us :) Thank you!

FREE Easter Planning Printable

It's that time of year! The tulips are starting to bloom, the sun is shining {except in Chicago} and with less than two weeks until Easter, it is time to start planning!! 

Whether you host Easter brunch or dinner at your home, or simply have a busy schedule with Church and family gatherings, our FREE Printable Easter Schedule will keep you organized! You can download this printable in 3 planner sizes, or print it in Large {8.5 x 11} and post it on your fridge or family bulletin board!

We hope you enjoy using it! You can download your copy {HERE}.

2018 Goals & Resolutions Printable

Happy New Year, friends! We hope your Christmas was as magical as ours. It is almost time to say goodbye to 2017 and HELLO to 2018!! 

This will be our 6th year in business and although we didn't accomplish all the goals we had in 2017 {hello, out-of-date-blog in need of a makeover} we did succeed in finding more Joy in our lives, and our little business. We ventured out of our comfort zone and began selling items in local markets, which has led us to some amazing new customers and dear friends. It was the change we needed...stepping away a bit online and interacting more with people face-to-face. But in that time, we also realized how wonderful our online relationships are too so we hope to be more present in both spaces this coming year :)

The end of the year is always a great time for reflection, and an even better time for goal setting and planning. To help you out, we've updated our Goals & Resolutions printable for the new year!  

As in years past, our printable has a space for you to write a goal for each category of your life. You can make these goals/resolutions as simple or specific as you want. We also have a blank space that you can use for something more personal for you or your family. Perhaps you are saving for home improvement, or a vacation, or perhaps you have a personal goal of starting your own Etsy shop or meeting the love of your life :)

And, back by popular demand, we have also kept a space for the "Word of the Year," which is best described as a word that you want to focus on all 365 days. My Word of the Year for 2018 is:

FOCUS

We all live such a hurried life these days...constantly multi-tasking and shuffling from one activity to the next. I told my husband the other day that my brain is like a computer with 20 browser windows open at once. Multi-Tasking often makes me feel productive in the moment {Look at me! I am packing lunches, answering emails and wrapping a birthday gift!} But later I realize just how much I miss when I am multi-tasking. If I am answering messages in the shop while I am making dinner, I am missing the opportunity to really listen to my daughter's story about recess that day. Or if I am trying to pick up the family room while the kids and I are supposed to be watching a movie, I miss hearing their silly commentary and the couch cuddles that won't last forever. I also find that doing too many projects at once means that I won't do ANY of them well. So this year, I need less multi-tasking, and more FOCUS.

So what will your word of the year be?

The purpose of writing out goals & resolutions isn't to make your life more stressful, but rather to encourage you to do more of what makes you happy!! Have fun with this list and use it as a guide for the next year. We may have some repeats on our list (I'm looking at you Health & Fitness. Ha!) but what's important is that we try. It's never too late to set a new goal…or achieve an old one.

Happy New Year, friends!!! Thank you for being a part of our lives and our dream. See you in 2018!

To download our FREE 2018 Goals & Resolutions page, click on one of the following links:

Size Large {8.5 x 11}

Size Small {5.5 x 6.5}

Size X-Small {3.75 x 6.75}

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FREE Printables for your Christmas Elf

My kids have never known Christmas without their special Elf on the Shelf {named Toodles}.

They come to look forward to his arrival as much as Santa's and over the last few years, we have tried to make Toodles' stay in our home as special as possible. We weave him into many of our Christmas traditions, and I thought it would be nice for him to have his own set of stationary. Our Elf likes to leave notes, send his welcome letter, leave reminders to the kids when they are being naughty, acknowledge them when they are being nice and maybe slip in a little Christmas joke or two :-)

And as a little treat from our Elf to yours…here are two free printables you can download so that your elf has his own stationary too!!

We are a sucker for Elf pictures around here and we would love it if you follow us on Facebook and posted pics of your Elf using his new stationary :-) Toodles would appreciate it!!

{All printables shared on www.thepolkadotposie.com are for personal use only. Please feel free to share and pin as much as you'd like, but just be sure to link back to either this post or the posts on www.adailydoseofdavis.com. Thank you!}

Thanksgiving Printable Goodies!

With Turkey Day less than a week away, it's time to start planning and prepping! We've got a bunch of great Thanksgiving Freebies to share with you today.

First up, we have our popular Thanksgiving planner pages to help you organize your menu, plan a shopping list, tackle cleaning and kitchen prep, journal your thanksgiving memories AND a coloring sheet for kids (or adults).

Thanksgiving Menu

Thanksgiving Schedule

Housework Checklist

Thanksgiving Blessings Journal Page

Turkey Coloring Page

Thanksgiving Printables in Half Sheet {Size Small}

After we shared our super cute Thanksgiving Lunch Box Notes last year, a few friends told us that they actually used them for their Thanksgiving kids table! What a GREAT idea!

Download these Thanksgiving Lunch Notes {HERE}

Next up, we have a new "I am Thankful for You" sheet of 2" printables that you can use as treat bag tags, cupcake toppers, or plant sticks! All you need is some heavy card stock and a 2" paper punch!

Download these Thanksgiving Tags/Toppers {HERE}

And finally, our newest Thanksgiving Freebie is this printable word art!! It is sized 8x10 so you can print and frame it for your home or give it as a hostess or teacher gift!

Download this Thanksgiving word art {HERE}

We hope all of our great printable freebies will make your Thanksgiving holiday a little more organized and a lot more fun :)

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our wonderful friends and customers! We are so thankful for all of you!

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A FRIENDLY REMINDER

Please feel free to share the link to our shop blog with all of our Thanksgiving goodies, but PLEASE do not link to the downloads directly. These printables are free to download and use for personal use, but they MAY NOT BE EDITED, SOLD OR PRINTED FOR RESALE in any way. If you have questions about these printables and how they may be used, please contact us in our shop. If you like the beautiful cliparts used in many of these printables, they can be purchased from one of our favorite Etsy shops, © Erin Bradley Designs | erinbradleydesigns.etsy.com

FREE Christmas Shopping Checklist!

Christmas Shopping season is right around the corner and we want to help you get organized! Planning early is the key to a stress-free(ish) holiday season so we've got some great printables to help you get there. 

If you are a paper planner like we are, be sure to check out our Merry Christmas Planner! This printable set comes with EVERYTHING you need to plan for holiday baking, decorating, shopping, party planning and more!

AND, in addition to this great set, we also have this FREE SHOPPING LIST printable that you can take with you to craft fairs, markets, the mall, or wherever you plan to shop this season!

If you are local to the Chicago suburbs, be sure to visit ThePolkaDotPosie this season!!!

Happy Shopping!!

FREE Fall Printables!

Fall has always been one of my FAVORITE times of the year. The changing leaves, cozy sweaters, campfires, pumpkin spice everything...what's not to love? 

But as the weather starts to get cooler, we are all faced with the reality that summer is officially over and it's time to pack away the beach toys, clean up our yard and prepare for the winter ahead. With that in mind, we made some awesome FREE fall printables two years ago and they have been a big hit ever since. 

The two Fall checklists included in this set will help you keep track of all cleaning and maintenance both inside and outside of your home. These lists are also helpful to look back on each year to see what tasks got completed, and which still need to be done. 

{I'm looking at you "Garage Clean-out Day}.

And as an added bonus, this set also comes with a blank Fall Bucket List that you can fill out with your friends and family! We decided to leave this blank so that you can fill it with the things that YOU like to do each Fall. Our list has many of the usual outings, such as apple picking, pumpkin patch visits, camping, etc., but we also love to travel to Michigan and hit some of our favorite orchards and breweries. Have I mentioned how much I love Fall?!!

Take advantage of the great weather and get started on your cleaning & maintenance now :)

You can download all of these lists in 3 different sizes by clicking on each of these links:

Large {8.5 x 11} Fall Cleaning Checklists

Large {8.5 x 11} Fall Bucket List

Small {5.5 x 8.5} Fall Cleaning Checklists

Small {5.5 x 8.5} Fall Bucket List

X-Small Personal {3.75 x 6.75} Fall Cleaning Checklist & Bucket List  

Please feel free to share our freebies wherever you'd like online, but PLEASE use the link to this post or our blog, and NOT the files themselves.

Thank you so much for stopping by our blog today! Let us know what you think of the printable by commenting below. 

Happy Fall!!

{Some cliparts used in this freebie set are from the following fabulous Etsy designers: Lilly Bimble https://www.etsy.com/shop/LillyBimble and DigitalPaperCraft www.etsy.com/shop/DigitalPaperCraft}