Back to SCHOOL: Dry Erase Clip Board.

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…

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}

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.

…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:

THIS IS HOW THEY WORK!
Every day the children need to do and check off the five items on their list:

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~

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