Chore Clipboards for Kids

My kids are at the age where chores are part of the every day life.  It stinks but hey guess what, mom needs help around here :)
So I made up a chart for our fridge a few months ago that was working ok but I wanted something a little more individual for them and because I'm such a crafty gal, I wanted to make it a little more crafty.
So I thought about decorating some clipboards for them to mark off on their chores.... in my mind this will make them want to do their chores.  Hmmmm, not sure if that is a reality or not... we'll see.

Here is what you'll need:
Clipboards (any size you'd like)
Paint
Scrapbook paper. I used 2 coordinating prints
Ribbon
Mod Podge
Paint brushes or paint sponges
Sand Paper
Fabric Glue

First you need to sand paper the clipboards, just a little bit so it roughs them up.  Next you paint the clip boards any color you'd like.  I even let Reagan help on this part.  Just be careful when you get up near the clip part.

My grocery list clipboard I made was painted green and I painted Hunter's baseball clipboard white.

 

Next you'll cut the first piece of paper that you want to go on the bottom.  I soaked the back of it with Mod Podge.

Next up is the upper piece of paper.  Don't worry if the Mod Podge sneaks out, it will dry clear.  Just make sure you put in on straight.  Also make sure your top paper goes all the way up under the clip to hide any imperfections with the paint.

 

Next I took a piece of ribbon and glued it to the two pieces of paper.  Make sure the glue you use underneath is free of lumps.

 

I cut up some ribbon and tied them on the clip.  The more different the ribbons are I think makes the clipboard that much more adorable.

   

Here's Hunter's baseball clipboard.  I love this one!

 

Last thing you want to do it paint Mod Podge on the entire clipboard when you are done.  It will add a nice hard layer over the paper so the ends won't bend up.  Basically kid proof it.  I was worried at first because the Mod Podge created some lumps in the paper from being wet but they all went down on their own after they dried and it looked great!

Finished products!

Here are the clipboards with their chore charts on them!  So cute! :)

Dresser Drawer Organization Solution: T-shirts!

My husband is a pack-rat, which doesn't go well with my OCD with organization.  Believe me it doesn't mesh well.  I have laughed at some of the things he has kept over the years.  You know like the used surf board soap on a rope packed away in one of his boxes.  What in the world?  I swear if he wasn't married to me, he would be on the next episode of Hoarders :)
One of the issues that comes up quite a bit is his over abundance of t-shirts.  He has so many t-shirts, he puts my closet to shame.  Although he has t-shirts from when he was in 8th grade.  Let me just tell you the man just turned 40, you do the math!  Some of his shirts are so thin and have so many holes in them, they almost aren't t-shirts, but that is when he tells me they make the best shirts.
I will say, thank goodness, he doesn't wear these outside the home but to lounge in around the house, oh yes!  Don't be surprised if you pop by unannounced one day and find him in a holy shirt.
The problem with the t-shirts is he just keeps adding more over the years, and it starts turning into New York City in his drawers.  There is no room to fit them all in.  It drives me nuts, we are shoving things in there trying to keep the drawers closed.  No matter how many time I re-arrange or fold nicer nothing seems to work. 
And then one sweet day I saw a little something on Pinterest.  It was the answer to my nightmare.!!!

A new way to fold?  What was this?  Oh yes!  Just what I needed.  It actually condensed the t-shirts from 4 drawers to 3 drawers.  Everything is nice and organized and he can still see what shirts he has in there without pulling 20 out.

I didn't tell him I was doing it, but he walked in and I just said, "don't say anything, just go with me ok?"  He knew that meant I needed to get my OCD organization fix and I'd be fine.
I joke with him some days that my next step is going to be putting them in alphabetical order... :)  And that is when he just shakes his head at me and walks away.  I love him!