Hi Folks:

As we’re entering December, we’re slowly closing out 2025. That means it’s time to make our photo calendar templates available, both for MS Word users (for those who don’t use graphics programs) and as .png files for those who do. In previous years we’ve done these posts in two parts (part two included our own calendar for the year) but the simple truth is that generating our calendar means hundreds of hours of sorting, editing, etc. and medical challenges have meant I can’t invest that many hours in front of the computer – for this year, anyway. Still, we wanted to make the templates available so others can work on their own calendars.

I created a template in MS Word that allows people who don’t have Photoshop, Lightroom, Affinity Photo or the equivalent to make their own photo calendars, so we’ll cover that first; the graphics stuff is below that. I used MS Word 2016 to make the template and saved it as a .docx file. Basically it’s a series of tables, one for each month, that look something like this:

The large square at the top is a blank table cell. If you click on it and go to Insert/Picture you can add your own image. The easiest way is to select 12 images that all have the same size/shape (4×5 / 8×10 landscape aspect ratio); otherwise you may have to fiddle with the cell heights to make the calendar line up from month to month. Here is the template file:

2026 Calendar template – Word .docx

As mentioned above, I created a set of calendar files (transparent .png files) and two Lightroom templates for the 2026 calendars. All of the images and instructions can be downloaded from this file: 2026 Calendar Template.zip. There are 13 calendar images: one for each month and one for the entire year. The monthly calendars look the same as the image at the top. The templates are based on an 8″x10″ image size, so they’ll fit easily on letter-sized or A4-sized paper. The annual calendar, for example, looks like this:

Finally, we’ve added 12 more high-resolution calendar images (one for each month), but with each month occupying a full 8×10″ space. They look like this:

You can use these calendar files along with your own images to create a 2-sided, spiral bound calendar like this:

or, if you want to get fancy, you can do something like this:

We leave the rest to your creativity! 

Hugs,
M&M

P.S. Ed Weaver’s (RED Photographic) 2026 Lightroom calendar templates (in several languages) are here. Ed’s templates include a Sunday start date and a Monday start date for those who use that calendar format and are available in different sizes. Matt Kloskowski has four versions of a 2026 calendar template, here. If I come across any other calendar links I’ll add them in; if you know of any, or if you have any questions please feel free to fill out our contact form or leave a comment on this post.