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Summer countdown widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A summer countdown widget counts the days left until a date you choose. Sea blue, coral and sunshine yellow. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Summer countdown widget design preview: Sea blue, coral and sunshine yellow. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a summer countdown widget shows

A countdown widget keeps one date in view: a trip, a birthday, an exam or a launch. The number of days is the hero, the event name gives it meaning and a bar shows how far along you are.

WidgetCraft's countdown layer works from the phone's clock, so it is free, needs no permission and works offline. You pick the target date in the layer's details.

How the summer style shapes it

Summer widgets are bright and warm: turquoise sea, coral, sunshine yellow and white, with bold friendly type. Good for holiday countdowns and step goals.

Numbers: Keep numbers teal and bold with a coral label.
Bars and rings: Use coral bars and a yellow circle as the sun.

Summer countdown widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #E8FBFF, corner radius 26
Layout	split: label and event name on the left, the number right aligned and larger on the right
Text	label "Days until", size 12, color #5E99A6
Countdown	days remaining, Quicksand, size 76, color #0B3C49
Text	event name, size 20, color #0B3C49
Progress	a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends, 312 wide, progress #FF6B5E
Ornament	a yellow sun (circle) in the top right and a wavy lagoon-blue band along the bottom
Font	Quicksand (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Summer color palette

Sea foam #E8FBFFBackground
Lagoon #BDEFF7Surface and tracks
Deep teal #0B3C49Text
Tide #5E99A6Labels
Coral #FF6B5EAccent

How to make a summer countdown widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #E8FBFF and the corner radius to 26.
Tap Add and choose Countdown. Pick your target date and show days only.
Set the font to Quicksand, the size to 76 and the color to #0B3C49.
Add a Text label "Days until" at size 12 in #5E99A6, and a second Text layer for the event name at size 20.
Add a Progress layer as a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends in #FF6B5E to show how much of the wait has passed.
Add the summer ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a yellow sun (circle) in the top right and a wavy lagoon-blue band along the bottom.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for summer countdown widgets

Use turquoise, coral and yellow together.
Add a yellow circle as a sun.
Decide whether today counts; label the number "days left" or "sleeps" so it is not ambiguous.
Short event names fit best. Two or three words is ideal.
After the date passes, change the target or the widget will sit at zero.
Do not use dark backgrounds.
Do not use thin type.

Questions about the summer countdown widget

What size is a summer countdown widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Sea foam (#E8FBFF) for the background, Deep teal (#0B3C49) for the main text, Tide (#5E99A6) for labels and Coral (#FF6B5E) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Countdown widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the summer styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for beach countdown widget, tropical countdown widget, vacation countdown widget, sunset countdown widget. They describe the same look as this summer countdown widget.

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