Kitchen Magnet Board

I was frustrated with how the front of my fridge looked.  With 4 kids the homework clips were out of control, then you add the important phone numbers, wedding invites, baptism invites, birthday party invites....  You know all the "important" things you don't want to forget.  Unfortunately most of my "important" reminders were hidden under other "important" reminders only to be rediscovered a few days too late.  So when we moved I was determined to be organized.

By the door to our garage there is a very tall wall that was screaming to be covered.  I had some left over sheet metal that my husband cut for me, I sectioned it off so there was a space for the family, each child and our weekly menu.  I used a Sharpie paint pen, masking tape, and stencils I made with my cricut to make all initials and weekday names.

Our family section has emergency phone numbers, family invites, etc.  Each of my kids has their own section.  They keep their homework, party invites, activity calendars, pictures... in their own section.  Most of the time it even looks organized!  :)

The menu part of our magnet board is my favorite part.  It makes it very easy for the kids to help me plan our weekly menu.  They enjoy writing down the menu and now I don't get asked a million times what we are having for dinner - it's wonderful!

I used masonite for the menu chalk boards.

I cut the masonite to 2 1/2" x 7" and spray painted them with chalk board paint.

Then I hot glued magnets to the back.

 

This has helped me stay on top of homework, parties and preparing dinner before 8:00 at night :)