Pinterest Thursday ~ Menu Board

 I'm sure most of you already know, pinterest is pretty addicting! =) I have found SO many ideas, recipes, crafts, things to do it's ridiculous! I haven't done most of them. SO I have decided it's time to putting all of my time on pinterest to use. Every Thursday I will do a post about something I found on there & actually did. This week I will start with this menu board I made. I had a lot of fun making this with Ella, we even decided to do one for chores. We even use it! I wasn't sure if I would use it or if I would make it, hang it on the wall, use it for a week or two & then forget about. I really like having it, it helps a lot with menu planning & grocery shopping. =) 

Here are all of my supplies, paper, a frame, clothespins, 2 boxes of crayons, stickers, & buttons

     I think I may have gone a little overboard with the paper =)

I took the frame apart, then glued the paper onto

the back of the frame & put it back together without the glass.

To make the clips for the recipes, I used clothespins. I cut out peices of paper that were the same size & hot glued it onto the top of the clothespin. Then I glued the clothes pin onto my frame. 

The crayon boxes are to put the recipes in that 

aren't in the clips. I folded the paper around the box like I was wrapping it, Ella covered the paper in glue then we put it on the bow. I used hot glue around the top to make sure it stays. I also put paper in the box so you can't see the cardboard. I hot glued them to my board, I put them on crooked so it would be easier to get the papers in & out... & I think it looks cute! 

I then added some embellishments to make it cute as well as functional. I wrapped some string around the boxes & added some buttons. Then I added the fabric that went between the 2 different pieces of paper & the glitter letters (cuz who doesn't need a little sparkle?) 

and here is my awesome menu board! 

Then because I had so much paper I decided to make a chore chart too. =) Ella loves helping me do things on here & then moving the paper into the done envelope.