Where did SUMMER go?
I am not sure… but I think it is fair to say that the source of inspiration for my project is PANIC… It screams PLEASE HELP ME to deal with all of the back to school chaos. I have an 8, 9 and 10 years old… yep… Can you see now what I am talking about…
So here is what I came up with… a “back to school chart” to help me I mean help them to stay on top of things and make the transition and the school year stupendous!
I made three of them, two for my girls and one for my boy…
Here is the tutorial of how to make them….
This is what you’ll need to make yours…
Regular Acrylic Paint, Clipboard, your choice of embellishments {ribbon, paper, fabric}
and vinyl for the lettering…
The Steps Were REALLY SIMPLE…
1st: We painted the CLIPBOARDS…
1st: We painted the CLIPBOARDS…
{ I let the future owners of the boards help… 
}
}
2nd: VINYL Time!
I used a high gloss vinyl for the polka dots and squares so the dry erase markers could work on it and be erase easily… pretty cool!
{CLICK HERE FOR A FULL TUTORIAL OF HOW TO APPLY VINYL}
{CLICK HERE FOR A FULL TUTORIAL OF HOW TO APPLY VINYL}
3rd:
Time to embellish the clipboards…
I want to keep them really simple, so I used just a strip of scrapbook paper and some ribbon for the girls. To make my boy’s board look a bit tougher I used squares instead of dots and I antiqued the clipboard using a regular ink pad.
a closer look…
…I want them to be not just adorable BUT useful…
so I came up with a plan of how to use them,
THIS IS HOW THEY WORK!Every day the children need to do and check off the five items on their list:
Homework done, backpack ready, 20 minutes of reading, shoes & clothes ready,
and be in bed on time…
THIS IS HOW THEY WORK!
Every day the children need to do and check off the five items on their list:
Homework done, backpack ready, 20 minutes of reading, shoes & clothes ready,
and be in bed on time…
At the end of the day they get to bring their charts to us
and we will check it off with a 
or a 
on the given day.
or a on the given day.
If they did their schools “chores” then they get to pick one of the 5 cards that have the “benefits” of being an A+ Responsible Student…
{ I made 3 sets of cards… one for each of them }
You can write any benefits you’d like.
These were the ones that we chose:
10 extra minutes before bed…
Make a wish… {any reasonable activity they would like to do}
Yummmy! You get an extra snack for school tomorrow!
Lucky! You just got a nighttime SNACK!
Read a BOOK! { My kids could be up all night reading}
I LOVE them… my Kids LOVE them… and this first week of school has been GREAT!
Now I better go…
I got some awesome chalckboard paint for the back of the clipboard
I’ll post pictures later….
Here are some other back to school ideas
for you!
Make a Custom Tote!
~HOW TO PAINT FABRIC USING STENCILS~
I shared thiss project originally atDessign Dazzle make sure you check out this amazing blog and while you are there visiting make sure to enter your projects on her Friday Link Paty…
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Fabu! Thanks for sharing the look, creation steps, and how to use. Nice!
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing! Smiles, Jill
Featured this on my facebook page today! Such a great idea
These are so nice, I need to make one! I featured today on my site.
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Hi, I love this idea. Unfortunately I am not very crafty and this looked easy enough for even me to make but I must have been wrong!!! Can you please tell me how to make the vinyl letters!!! Thank you!
Kait,
You need a vinyl machine to cut them.
Here is a link to my shop if you want to purchase them: http://www.the36thavenueshop.com/2011/08/school-chart-vinyl-kit.html
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Thank you for getting back to me so fast. Can I please order 1 school chart vinyl kit.
What name do you want for the Chart?
How have I missed your blog until now? That is genius. i love it and will be doing that soon! My oldest just started kinder and it’s a whole new world with getting everything read, etc! Thank you for the sweet idea.
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Super cool idea!! You rock!!
Fantastic idea!
Super cute. I bought clipboards last night and I'm trying to figure out how to decorate them. Thanks for the inspiration!
These are adorable! I'm thinking of homeschooling and something like this would be a great idea! Thanks for linking up!
I love this idea and must do it for my 2 boys in school!! Thanks for sharing and linking up! Come check out my sisters & my blog as well…junkintheirtrunk.blogspot.com
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This is such a great idea! I need to make one…or three! I hope you will link this up to my Delight Me party over at Doodles & Doilies!
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This way too good of an idea! Wow! Love it! Visiting via I MADE IT! Following you on GFC. I invite you to enter the Tutorial Contest on my blog all this month. Love to have you.
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Love, love, love these! My oldest is in 1st grade but I am already forseeing the need. Thanks for sharing.
Valerie- http://www.occasionallycrafty.blogspot.com
Awesome idea!
This is such a great idea! I really want to make one for my son! Super cute! Thanks for sharing!
Ky
http://burstofcreations.blogspot.com
oh so cute!!! What a genius idea!
ahh! this is so off topic…but I love your shoes! I love colorful flats. Just saw a blogger who spray painted her flats – might have to try that!
(oh, and I like your clipboards too!)
Brie @ BreezyPinkDaisies
This is awesome!!!! I love it – thanks for the inspiration – I randomly have a ton of clipboards laying around the house with three little kids too!
This is a fantastic idea. I'm home-schooling mine starting this year, but I might still use this to keep us on track!
Oh, and congrats on your CSI project win. Your sewing nook was a-dor-able!
I was so happy to get a Beckie's pick for my master closet (that you featured too! wooo!)
I just linked up my blog to your "So you think you can blog" challenge. I LOVE that idea and am so grateful for the oppportunity!
Keep it awesome, girl!
~Abbie
Brilliant! Like Andi's, my oldest is starting kindergarten and I'd love to do this for him!
Not only are those clip boards beautiful, but they look extra useful too. Something like this will come in very handy when my girls are older. I had no idea that the vinyl could be used for dry erase! If you could please add a link back or my button to your post (like the CSI or Tip Junkie) I'd very much appreciate it. Thanks!
Thank you for this!!! i love it! My oldest starts kindergarten next week and I want to start her school career off on the right foot. I think I will make 2 of these. One for the morning and one for the evening. yay! i'm so excited!!
Cute, cute, CUTE! I have been on a clipboard hunt myself and this is just perfect to make. Such a great post…looooove it!
these are so cute!! love them and have shared your post on my facebook page!! http://www.facebook.com/barnowlprimitives
happy weekend!! xo ~ kristi
Fantastic! I need to file this away for when my wee one is a bit older.
Oh my gosh those are so cute!! I use clipboards for everything so these are right up my alley. Awesome idea! Love them!