Do you love holiday movies? I have a few favorites that I love to watch every Christmas season. A Christmas Story is one that I enjoy, it’s lighthearted and even more applicable now that I have kids. I had to try using A Christmas Story as a Bullet Journal theme.
I’m a fan of themes in my bullet journal. I love to change the colors, doodles, and style month-to-month. It’s a fun challenge to take elements from a favorite movie, such as A Christmas Story, and weave them into your bullet journal throughout the month.
If you’re looking for a way to add a little fun to your holiday spreads, here are some ideas you can apply to your bullet journal themes. I decided to highlight different scenes of A Christmas Story throughout the month.
Other Ways to Dress-Up the Bullet Journal Theme:
- sprinkle handlettered-titles throughout the month
- add a few snowflake mandalas
- paint with markers, plus a little sparkle from shimmer watercolor paints
- and add iconic memories from the movie
- include some well-placed quotes from the film
Here are a Few Hilarious One-Liners and Classic Scenes from A Christmas Story:
- Pink bunny costume
- The Fragile Lamp (and the enormous box it came in)
- Flag pole and frozen tongue
- Broken glasses
- Decoding in the Bathroom
- Changing the Tire
- Christmas Dinner at the Restaurant
- Santa at the Department Store
- Bullies
- A+++++++++/C+
If you’ve seen the movie, images of the scenes probably popped into your head, and hopefully, left a gigantic smile on your face.
How to Start Making a Themed Bullet Journal
When creating a movie-themed bullet journal month, list your favorite scenes or iconic moments to determine what you want to include. Then distill those scenes into a few elements that tell the story without having all the details.
Tips When Creating a Themed Bullet Journal Spread
Something to remember when creating a themed bullet journal for the month or even just a single spread: you don’t have to create an entire scene. Use classic pieces from the story to create a fun theme. Such as fonts from the opening title, famous one-liner quotes from the movie, iconic line-drawing illustrations of memorable scenes (like the leg lamp) all create a unique interpretation of the story.
Leave yourself space for to-dos and appointments, especially during a busy holiday month. However, if you get carried away with graphics, don’t be afraid to write over your illustrations. After all, I created it in a notebook intended as my planner. If you can’t bring yourself to write over the doodles, then keep your theme illustrations to the side margins, so you have plenty of space to work in your bullet journal.
Here are the theme elements I used in my bullet journal – A Christmas Story:
- Opening movie title font & wreath – Welcome Page
- Santa’s List, C+ grade, and Little Orphan Annie Decoder – Monthly Log
- “I can’t put my arms down” illustration – Habit Tracker.
To enhance the theme, I chose a different “A Christmas Story” component or each of the weeks in my bullet journal during the month:
- Movie quote & pink bunny pajamas
- Leg Lamp + Fra-gi-le Box
- I double-dog dare you flag pole
- Official Red Ryder Outfit & Cracks in Glasses
- Whoopie! A Zeppelin! & Oooooooh Fuuuuuuudge!
A Christmas Story Bullet Journal Theme: Welcome Page
You don’t have to create the movie title exactly in your bullet journal. Use the font as an inspiration for your own title. In this case, I wrote ‘Hello December in the recognizable font used in A Christmas Story.
In case you’re wondering, the title font is ITCBookman Swash. I found the font on a couple of websites:
Fontsgeek.com
Myfonts.com – this one has a great resource called “what the font.” Use it if you need to identify a particular font.
Side note: if you use a font in graphics to sell or anything other than personal use, make sure you have the commercial license for that font.
Trace the font or freehand draw it into your journal. Pay particular attention to the special extras a font has. In this case, the swashes (like the curl on the H, D, m, and r) are an essential part of this font.
Change it up! Use Movie Quotes to Enhance Your Theme
Incorporate quotes into your bullet journal theme. Luckily, A Christmas Story’s script is chock-full of U short quotes.
Infamous scenes like the pink bunny outfit or leg lamp are so memorable partially due to the comedic one-liner quotes like: “Aunt Clara had for years labored under the delusion that I was not only perpetually 4 years old, but also a girl.” And “he looks like a deranged Easter Bunny” immediately brings to mind the pink bunny costume scene.
Elements from the Theme
You don’t have to create elaborate layouts for a theme. I drew a starburst shape on Ralphie’s glasses on the main illustration for this weekly layout. Then repeated the starburst shape marking each of the days.
What are some other quotes from A Christmas Story would you use?
Plan With Me Videos
Watch the playlist with all the plan with me videos for this December’s Bullet Journal Set up.
Bullet Journal Theme: A Christmas Story
I have to tell you what fun I had with this ‘A Christmas Story’ Theme in my bullet journal. Using shapes to represent the hole in Ralphie’s glasses, the Fragile box, leg lamp, and other subtle nods made this theme even more delightful.
If you were to use A Christmas Story Theme in your bullet journal, what other items would you use? For instance, the little brother’s scarf could be a mood/habit tracker. What else would you do?
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I always wondered how beautiful bullet journals always had perfect lettering and thought I’d never be able to achieve a similar look. This weekend, with some quick google searching I was able to find the designs I wanted and then I copied them into my book, seamlessly. I don’t know why I thought that everyone started from scratch! I love this theme, and I super love the ‘O’ wreath. It’s funny because I never would have thought of Hell December until I read it, and then I saw it. But no worries, it quickly changed back to Hello 🙂 I love fontgeek! I’ve never tried the site before, but now I’m thinking it’s going to be a total game changer for my lettering!
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Hi Ani! I’m so glad you found a resource. I love using this method for creating fonts that I can’t just do myself. I discovered that If I like doing it, I will keep doing it and actually learn how to do the font. There are tons of sites out there – and if you can’t get the font blown up enough, usually do a google image search and you can blow it up bigger.