How to make perfect printable 2026 calendars.
Discover how to design your own 2026 calendar using Adobe Express, from choosing photos to downloading, printing, and sharing.
Ready to get organised for the year ahead? With a personalised printable calendar, 2026 can be your best-planned year to date.
Use our calendar design tips and templates to help you plan out your holidays, events, and key goals in style. Plus, design your own calendar to reflect your personality, brand, or memories from 2025.
In this guide, we’ll explain everything you need to know about creating a 2026 calendar using Adobe Express.
Why create a custom 2026 calendar?
A ready-made calendar is useful. But a custom-designed one is much more meaningful, personal, and fun to create. You can add in bank holidays, term times, and seasonal events that excite you. Here are other the benefits of using a calendar design template:
- Give your calendar a personal touch, featuring your own photos, quotes, and colours to make it truly unique.
- Create a design as a gift for friends and family, making a thoughtful present that’s packed with memories, birthdays, and reminders just for them.
- Keep organised by tracking appointments, meetings, content plans, or school holidays in a simple format.
- Boost your brand by offering a custom 2026 calendar as a creative promo tool or client gift.
- Mark your milestones like anniversaries, launches, or personal goals to help you stay motivated throughout the year.
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How to create a printable calendar for 2026 with Adobe Express.
Adobe Express makes it easy to design a calendar online and turn it into a personalised calendar that works for your home or business. Whether you're planning to hang it on your wall, keep it on your desk, or use it digitally, you can customise every detail of your 2026 calendar and export your design in a few clicks.
The benefit of creating your own custom calendar is that you can easily add personal touches. Try out icons for birthdays, holidays or business milestones and use text effects for month names or inspirational quotes.
With Adobe Express, you can also experiment with font pairings, layouts and calendar overlays, as well as other features for the perfect finishing touch.
Before you print your calendar, check that your layout is consistent across each month and all the dates are correct – remember some holidays change dates every year.
Once you’re ready, download your calendar as a high-res file (PDF or PNG) – ready for printing. You can also share digitally via email or social media in Adobe Express.
Designing your calendar: Final tips.
Before you hit print, here are some quick tips to perfect your printable 2026 calendar.
- Choose the right calendar size: think about where it will be used and pick the size accordingly. For example, A4 or A3 for wall calendars, A5 for desk calendars, or digital-only.
- Don’t be afraid to get creative: use bold colours, themed layouts, or even memes to make your calendar feel bespoke.
- Use a consistent font and colour scheme: this keeps your design clean and professional.
- Include useful info: think bank holidays, school terms, deadlines, or even moon phases.
- Leave space for notes: this is especially useful for content planning or tracking your habits.
- Proofread everything: double check your dates, spelling, and alignment before exporting your calendar.
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Create your calendar template in seconds with AI tools on Adobe Express.
If design isn’t your forte, use our AI Template Generator to generate a custom calendar layout in seconds. All you have to do is choose your style, audience, and format (wall, desk, or digital), and the AI tool will do the rest.
You can still adjust the design as needed, then drop in your photos and important dates that you want to include. Creating your 2026 calendar using our AI Template Generator is ideal for businesses that want to create multiple branded versions quickly, or anyone who is short on time or design expertise and looking for inspiration.
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