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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Holiday Fat/Calories

WHAT????? Skip that. It's Thanksgiving. Bring on the gravy, sweet potato casserole and the pie! Instead I'll show you how I'm managing to keep my sanity and have a clean(er) house over the holidays.  Enter the chore chart...


materials:
old cookie sheet (25 cents @ garage sale)
scrap magnets from mail
double sided tape or glue
ruler
pencil
scissors
craft paper
paint
paint brush
chalkboard paint
chalk ink

Step one: clean and paint cookie sheet
 step two: cut up paper and magnets in the size and shape you desire

step three: adhere magnets to craft paper
step four: sketch then paint chores onto paper magnets (there are a lot of great free printables available out there if you want to save time)
step five: draw "system" onto cookie sheet with chalk ink
step six: hang and enforce

There is method to my madness...I drew the pictures of the chores as well as wrote them out because my littles are only 6 and 3. I chose the To Do/Done "system" for now because I think it's easiest for now. But, that is where the chalkboard paint and chalk ink come in handy... If this system doesn't work for us, I can change it at any time with minimal effort. xo