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Calendar Maker is a Canva app that generates a ready-to-edit calendar — monthly, weekly, or for any custom date range — and drops it straight into your design. No drawing tables, no typing dates by hand. This guide covers every feature, step by step, with screenshots.

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Install and open Calendar Maker

1

Open the Apps panel in Canva

Open any design, then select Apps in the left toolbar.
2

Search and launch

Search for Calendar Maker and open it. The app loads in the side panel.
3

Pick a calendar type

At the top you’ll see three tabs — Month, Week, and Custom. Each builds a calendar a different way.

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Tab 1 — Month (monthly calendars)

The Month tab builds the familiar month grid (weekdays across the top, dates in the cells).
Calendar Maker Month tab showing month and year dropdowns, page templates, and Add to design

Calendar Maker — the Month tab

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Choose month and year

Pick the month and year (10 years before to 10 years after the current year).
2

Add all 12 months (optional)

Turn on Add all months to generate the whole year at once. Turn on Each month on its own page to place every month on a separate, auto-named page.
3

Set the week start

Toggle Start week with Sunday for the US layout (the app guesses your default by region).
4

Pick a page template (optional)

Choose a decorated page template to place the calendar on a designed background.

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Tab 2 — Week (weekly planners & timetables)

The Week tab builds a table by weekday — great for class schedules and weekly planners.
Calendar Maker Week tab with weekday checkboxes and number of rows

The Week tab — choose weekdays and rows

1

Pick which days appear

Check the weekdays you want (at least one). Use Start week with Sunday to move Sunday first.
2

Set the number of rows

Set Number of rows (1–27) to add blank rows under each day for notes or plans.
3

Shorten labels (optional)

Turn on Shorten labels to abbreviate day names (e.g. “Monday” → “Mon”).

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Tab 3 — Custom (any date range)

The Custom tab builds a calendar for any span of dates — a school term, a project timeline, a season.
Calendar Maker Custom tab with start date and end date fields

The Custom tab — pick a start and end date

1

Set start and end dates

Choose a Start date and End date. The maximum span is 150 days — beyond that the app shows an error on the date field.
2

Set the week start

Use Start week with Sunday as in the other tabs.

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Styling: fonts, sizes, and alignment

Every tab has style controls grouped in collapsible sections, with a live preview that updates as you adjust.

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Header text (weekday names)

Header styling options: font, bold/italic/underline, alignment, size, color, shorten labels

Header text styling — font, style, size, color

For the header (the weekday labels) you can set the font, bold/italic/underline, alignment, size (1–100), color, and Shorten labels.

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Number text (the dates)

Number styling options: font, style, alignment, size, color

Number text styling — for the date digits

The Number section styles the date digits with the same controls: font, style, alignment, size, and color. (The Week tab only has a Header section, since a week table has no date numbers.)

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Styling: background colors

Background color options for header, odd rows, and even rows

Background colors — header and alternating rows

Set the header bar color and two alternating row colors (odd/even) to create an easy-to-read striped look.

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Preset color themes and live preview

Color themes carousel, Your saved setups, and Color preview

30+ preset color themes, saved setups, and a live preview

Instead of setting colors by hand, pick from 30+ preset color themes (Scandi minimal, botanical, pastel, warm, cool, dark mode, and more) — one tap applies the whole palette, and you can still tweak it after. The Color preview shows the result before you add it. A purple example applied to the Week tab:
Week tab styled with a purple background color theme

A preset palette applied to a weekly calendar

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Page templates (decorated layouts)

On the Month tab you can place the calendar on a pre-designed page (about 14 themes such as Botanical, Watercolor, Scandi Minimal, Midcentury, Coastal, Vintage Postcard). The app fills in the month and year and matches the calendar’s colors to the template.
A June 2026 calendar created with a botanical page template on the Canva canvas

A calendar added with a botanical page template in Canva

Design sizes may differ from the template, so you may need to nudge elements to line up after adding.

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Save and reuse your setups

Below Add to design there’s a Save settings after adding successfully checkbox. When it’s on, your full configuration is saved each time you add a calendar. Each tab keeps its own Your saved setups carousel — tap a saved card to restore everything (dates, fonts, colors, template). The app keeps your ~30 most recent setups per tab.

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Add the calendar to your design

1

Click Add to design

When you’re happy with the preview, click Add to design. The calendar (and a new page, if you used a template or multiple months) drops into your Canva design.
2

Keep editing in Canva

Select the calendar to keep adjusting its style directly in Canva.
3

Download or print

Download as PDF Print for the cleanest result, then print at home or order prints.

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Free vs Pro

Pro users see the Add to design button and full access. Without Pro, you’ll see Unlock to use (opens an upgrade page) and Restart app (re-checks your status after unlocking). The app checks your Pro status automatically through your Canva account.

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Languages

Calendar Maker is multilingual — month names, weekday names, and the interface follow your language, and the default week start (Monday or Sunday) is guessed from your region.

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Frequently asked questions

On the Month tab, set the year to 2026, generate each month (or use Add all months), add your holidays and notes, then download as PDF Print.
Yes — use the Custom tab and set a start and end date (up to 150 days).
Yes — turn on Save settings after adding successfully, then restore from Your saved setups on each tab.
That button is for Pro users. If you see Unlock to use, upgrade, then click Restart app to refresh your status.

Open Calendar Maker in Canva

Generate a calendar for any month, year, or date range in seconds.