Make Monday: The Overloaded Fridge

As a mother of young children, hanging work on the fridge is a must. An easy project for the kids to do that will help you in having to purchase a bunch of magnets is to have the kids make a project hanger. When they make something new, they can clip it to the hanger and take down their previous project.

Your local hardware store (or even Wal-Mart)  has a lot of paint stirring sticks, and you can pick them up there. You might even have a few in the garage or shed. Glue two wooden clothes pins to the stick. Then glue magnets to the back of the paint stick. You can even paint the sticks and clothespins to make it unique for each child!

We wrote "Look what Liam did!" on ours so he knows it is his work. Simply clip the artwork with the clothespins and hang it on the fridge. It will help de-clutter your fridge and give the kids a sense of pride. Plus, this little project is a work of art on it's own. Have your child decorate the stick if they want to as well.

These are also helpful for mom...hang receipts, appointment reminders, weekly menus...the possibilities are endless!

This great idea was given to me by Ms. Pam, Liam's Preschool teacher.