These To Do Lists are such a useful gift for Mom — plus they are reusable! The girls had so much fun making these, and you only need a few materials to make one of your own.
I took an ordinary sheet of construction paper, folded it in half, and drew a 1 inch margin around the border. Then I let the girls decorate them with some markers!!
I tried to encourage the girls to doodle around the edge of the paper to make a frame for the To Do list. Clara drew ALL OVER her paper, and that’s just fine! She loves markers, and takes her coloring very seriously!!
Next, I cut out the center, inserted a sheet of lined paper, and wrote “To Do” at the top. I drew some check-off boxes down the side, and sealed the whole thing up with some clear contact paper.
Now, with a little help from a dry-erase marker, our fancy To Do list is reusable!
Add a magnet to the back, and hang it up on the fridge with pride!
May 3rd, 2010 on 9:55 pm
Dear Valerie,
If you notice any … new … items on your to-do list, and you do not recall writing them, I can assure you that you surely did add them yourself.
I had nothing to do with these new entries, regardless of how awesome they happen to be for me.
Love,
Mark
May 3rd, 2010 on 10:03 pm
Oh Valerie, if your husband is anything like my husband, I can only imagine what he added to your list! Hehe!
This is a super cute idea. It is teacher appreciation week and C's teacher will be getting one of these.
May 3rd, 2010 on 11:03 pm
@ Mark — Hey! I don't remember writing "buy a case of beer and a pound of bacon" on my to do list. That's odd….
@ Christy — Yeah, I think I'm in trouble! Oh, I do think these would be fun to make for teacher appreciation gifts! Love your Kentucky Derby hat in your profile pic — so cute!
May 3rd, 2010 on 11:07 pm
These are super cute, and I can't believe how grown-up Clara is looking!
May 3rd, 2010 on 11:54 pm
I finally remembered to buy contact paper! Maybe we'll make this, I'm thinking a grocery list. And then I can remember to buy garbage bags……
May 4th, 2010 on 12:01 am
I'll have to put this on my to-do list…
May 4th, 2010 on 6:17 am
muy cute! how do you come up with these things? do you ever sleep? btw, i made the tea bags and they were a big hit with the teachers. photo's up at the bloggity blog!
May 4th, 2010 on 7:14 am
I love your website! I am not a real crafty person so you have some wonderful ideas!!!
May 4th, 2010 on 7:20 am
Great idea!!!! Love it! Thanks for sharing!!
May 4th, 2010 on 7:28 am
Adding another project to my craft list! Hey — I can use this for my craft project list! Valerie — you're a genius! LOL!
By the way – I linked up to you today on my blog post!!
Have a great day!
May 4th, 2010 on 7:44 am
Once again – brilliant! So much better than the random scraps of paper I stick up to the fridge to scribble on
May 4th, 2010 on 12:44 pm
Hmm… maybe we can finally have a to do list that we all agree upon
I liked the picture of Clara coloring – she is so focused on what she is doing.
May 4th, 2010 on 10:11 pm
ooo super cute!! I am always using up those to do list pads. Sammy and I might have to make one of these
May 5th, 2010 on 9:06 am
What a great idea! I might just have the kids make some of these this week!
May 5th, 2010 on 10:51 pm
Those are really cute. Hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day.
June 27th, 2010 on 9:22 pm
Kids surely gonna enjoyed doing this kind of activities. I remember my nephew when she made a gift card for me. I was really touched. Anyway, I enjoyed reading this post. Thanks for sharing.
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