Hobonichi Stencil Activities

The Hobonichi Activities stencil is a flat acrylic stencil featuring symbols for vehicles, weather and smileys – designed for everyday use in your Techo planner. The grid design on the stencil is aligned to the 3.7 mm dot grid of the Techo Original and Cousin formats, so the cut-out symbols sit neatly within the grid. At 63 × 94 × 0.5 mm, it fits perfectly into the inner pockets of Hobonichi covers.

Features

• Symbols for vehicles, weather and smileys: quick to use for trip planning, daily logs or mood tracking without freehand drawing
• Grid spacing 3.7 mm: the stencil openings are aligned to the dot grid of the Techo Original and Cousin – symbols land precisely between the dots
• Thin acrylic, 0.5 mm thick: lies flat on the page, no wobbling when drawing, no warping in the cover
• Format 63 × 94 mm: fits into the cover pockets of Techo planners and stays within easy reach without bulking out your planner
• Made in Japan

Use & Tips

• Weather icons in daily fields: draw sun, cloud or rain with a fine-tip pen (0.3–0.5 mm) or thin gel pen through the stencil – this produces even, clean symbols even in small daily fields
• Vehicle symbols work great for travel logs: mark train, car or aeroplane to quickly show how a day unfolded without needing text
• Smileys as a mood index: combined with coloured fountain pen ink or a coloured gel pen, you create visual mood tracking over the week
• For fountain pen ink: wait a moment after stencilling until the ink has dried before lifting the stencil – this prevents smudging at the stencil edges
• Storage in your cover: place the stencil directly in the outer or inner pocket of your Techo cover – it's always to hand and won't get lost

For Techo Enthusiasts

The 3.7 mm grid spacing is no accident: it matches exactly the dot spacing in the Techo Original (A6) and Cousin formats. Anyone who regularly adds symbols to tiny daily fields knows how quickly freehand icons look uneven. The stencil solves this structurally – not through practice, but through precision fit. The thin acrylic is deliberately chosen: it allows you to see the page lines through the stencil, which makes positioning much easier.

Technical Specifications