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New book – Acorn elf and secret message

17.11.202122.4.2022Leave a comment

Next year, a new book will be published for the Acorn elves, written by children’s book writer Klára Smolíková. The book will be for beginning readers, more precisely for first graders. It will be published by Triton. It will be given exclusively to this year’s school first graders on the occasion of their readers graduation (if their school/library cooperates with this SKIP project). Which means, among other things, that for two years it will not be in normal distribution and will not be available for purchase. The only opportunity to get it is the above project.

Update (April 2022): the book is already printed, below is a small visual and textual sample:

Short book sample (PDF, 44.4 KB)

Cover:

Some pictures from the book:

Inktober 2021

31.10.202122.4.2022Leave a comment

Just like last year, I decided to do an acorn elves inktober (a global challenge for graphic artists who all draw a drawing on one specified one-word theme every day in October and then share their creation on social media), I called it oaktober – so I will draw the themes of inktober, but in conjunction with acorn elves. This is my fifth time drawing an inktober (you can peep my inktober creations from 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020). This year I’ve also decided to draw it all on my iPad in Procreate (I got it for Christmas last year and still haven’t had enough time to learn how to use it properly, so this will be a bit of a practice run for me.

Let me know in the comments which picture you like the most and if you can also think of a way to use the drawings…

Plant your own oak tree at home!

24.6.202125.4.20225 Comments

It’s not complicated, you hardly need anything and you’ll have fun for a long time – watering the oak tree and watching it grow is a pleasant affair. Anyone can do it, read how the acorn elf went about it.

Acorn elves diploma and colouring book template

28.5.202125.4.2022Leave a comment

It’s getting close to the time of outdoor schools and summer camps, so I’ve finally prepared a template for a acorn elves diploma so you can reward your kids in style. At the request of a fan, I also made it as a coloring page – so the kids can color their diploma accordingly. In addition to the classic image/pdf without text, I’ve added an editable template – but I didn’t have the nerve to use Microsoft Word (if anyone knows how to use it and could make a template, I’d be happy to add it to the download list), I’m incompatible with that editor. Instead, I made the template as a presentation in Google Docs, and tested the resulting exported PPTX in Libre Office, so hopefully Powerpoint from Microsoft Office can handle it.

The Acorn elves diploma formats are free to download and use:

big JPG for print (without texts)
PDF for print (without texts)
diploma template with editable text in PPTX format

So I wish that the children like the diploma and if you would like to give small prizes – postcards (currently the ones with camp themes are suitable), stickers, badges, small magnets, you can order them in the e-shop. Alternatively, you can read about how they are using acorn elves in schools and try some of it out at camp or at an outdoor school (and if you have other ideas, feel free to email me).

Acorn elves Inktober 2020

2.11.202026.4.2022Leave a comment

I’ve participated in Inktober (a global challenge for graphic designers who all draw a drawing on a given one-word theme every day in October and then share their creation on social media) several times (you can peep my Inktober creations from 2017, 2018 and 2019), but this year I decided to make acorn elves the central character of all my drawings.Read more …

Door tag templates with acorn elves

19.10.202025.4.2022Leave a comment

So here we are again in the era of working from home, online streaming and online teaching. Back in the spring, I was going to make “Do Not Disturb” door hangers, but by the time I got around to it, the quarantine was over. So I didn’t get around to it until this fall.

You can download and print it here:

dubanci-visacky.pdf (without the bottom text – you can add whatever you want)
dubanci-visacky-text.pdf (including the Czech bottom text)

I recommend printing on harder paper (our printer can handle a drawing quarter) or after printing, glue it to a harder backing and then cut it out.

Acorn elves coloring pages

23.3.202026.4.2022Leave a comment

It looks like the kids are going to be home for a while longer, so I decided to create a few more acorn elves coloring pages to pass the time. Maybe this will turn into a whole book eventually. Of course you can download and print the colouring book for free, everything should be A4 size.
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Autumn mobile wallpapers with acorn elves

18.10.201925.4.2022

Autumn is now beautifully colored and you can once again spruce up your phone with new acorn elves wallpapers.

Instructions for use

Just click on the image and download a larger version as a mobile background. I’ve currently prepared it in 540 x 960 pixel resolution, which should work for all mobile platforms.

Animals and various creatures made from chestnuts, acorns and other autumn materials

8.10.201926.4.2022

Autumn is here. The time when we come home from every walk with our children laden with all sorts of natural things. Especially chestnuts, acorns, maple nosegays, pine cones and other odds and ends. In this short article I want to show you what you can create and craft with these autumn natural things. But first, head into the woods and bring your materials:

Summer smartphone wallpapers

11.7.201925.4.2022

In response to numerous requests, I’m adding current summer wallpapers with acorn elves for your mobile phones. Believe me, the acorn elves are having a great summer – whether by the sea or in the forest, eating strawberries, camping, walking or playing Indian.

Instructions for use

Just click on the image and download a larger version as a mobile background. I’ve currently prepared it in 540 x 960 pixel resolution, which should work for all mobile platforms.