I have been wanting to get a bit more organized in the kitchen with my weekly menu planning and this DIY weekly menu board with clothespins is just the trick!
Opening each of the EKSuccess Tools decked out in pretty packaging was almost as much fun as playing with them!
Bonus: These tools can be found at Walmart. Holla! Walmart is my closest “craft store” so I am happy about that 😉 To make your own weekly menu board, I used a canvas, clothespins, scrapbook paper and a handful of tools, including the 3×15 Ruler, Retractable Knife, 1″ Circle Punch, Adhesive Dots, Dotto Adhesive Glue, Glitter and Scissors. I painted the canvas in a flat acrylic paint, so I could use it as a chalkboard if needed, then shaped the rectangle canvas into an oval so it would fit inside my oval frame using the knife & scissors:
From there I covered standard clothespins using the scalpel, ruler & adhesive glue with cute scrapbook paper:
I printed out the days of the week, using the first letter of each day only, punched them out:
I sprinkled glitter on the letters to add a little sparkle and bling! I then added an adhesive dot on the back of each letter and put them on each clothespin:
I printed off my menu items, simple meals my little family eats as I am no chef, and cut them out using the ruler & scissors:
The detailed stuff is now done! I simply strung a piece of bakers twine across the top of the canvas to hang the clothespins from and pinned my menu items from the clothespins:
Viola! I now have a weekly menu board to keep me just a little more organized in the kitchen. Since the canvas is also a chalkboard I can write my grocery items on it, too.
Here’s a peek at the simple pocket I created to store the menu items we won’t be using this week:
See more of our kitchen ideas like these French Kitchen Prints:
Plus our farmhouse kitchen style decor ideas:
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Katie {Sweet Rose Studio} says
09/24/2012 at 12:10 pmLove this Kristi! This is by far way cuter than my printed off calendar. Great job!
lollyjane says
09/24/2012 at 4:32 pmNot even! LOL!
jamie@eighteen25 says
09/24/2012 at 12:27 pmwith something this cute, i might actually get excited to meal plan for the week. 🙂
lollyjane says
09/24/2012 at 12:51 pmHa ha! Thanks Jamie- I hear ya sister! 😉 XO
Stacey says
09/24/2012 at 12:59 pmThat frame is so cute. Have seen ideas with them before, but no idea where to get one. Where did you find yours?
lollyjane says
09/24/2012 at 1:55 pmIkea $30!-only comes in black as a mirror but we popped it out and spray painted it to match! 🙂
Kris says
08/29/2014 at 11:23 pmI got one at ikea!!
Brooke says
09/24/2012 at 1:03 pmFirst of all that is such a clever and cute way to display the menu. But my question is where did you find that frame!?!? I love it!
lollyjane says
09/24/2012 at 1:55 pmSo glad I used this frame now from the response, lol! Gotta love Ikea!
emily says
09/24/2012 at 2:07 pmThis is maybe the cutest menu board I’ve ever seen. Truly!! I want one NOW! 🙂
Pinned!
lollyjane says
09/24/2012 at 4:33 pmThanks, Em!!
marissa says
09/24/2012 at 8:28 pmsuch a cute idea, I love that you’ll have your past meals there to remind you when you’re planning future weeks. All your goodies look so so fun!
Emily says
09/25/2012 at 8:21 amKristi!!! this is amazing. I just bought this frame a little bit ago and scratching my head as to what to do. I am dying to know what colour you spray painted your frame!?! I am looking for that exact colour! Your fabulous. I love your blog!!
Sandee says
09/25/2012 at 11:31 amI love everything about this!!!! Especially the little flag tags. Yep, probably going to copy you 🙂
capturing joy with kristenduke says
09/27/2012 at 7:27 pmsuper fancey–love it! Is that the IKEA frame? I just bought that today…
lollyjane says
09/27/2012 at 11:32 pmYes it is! $30 but worth it! 😉
Tausha says
09/28/2012 at 7:34 pmNow aren’t you clever! Love it!!!
michelle@somedaycrafts says
09/29/2012 at 10:27 pmTotally cute idea! I need to do something where I can remember all the meals I can make. Deciding what to make and then making sure I have the ingredients is a pain. Your system would help me!
michelle@somedaycrafts says
09/29/2012 at 10:27 pmTotally cute idea! I need to do something where I can remember all the meals I can make. Deciding what to make and then making sure I have the ingredients is a pain. Your system would help me!
Katie Drane says
10/02/2012 at 4:51 amI’m so glad that I found you on Make the Scene Monday! What a clever idea. It looks great. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome work:)
Katie
http://www.funhomethings.com
northern cottage says
10/04/2012 at 2:45 pmoh.my.GOODNESS….I love it – what happy components you’ve put together into such a useful end product. well done!!
Tina from A Few Pretty Things says
10/05/2012 at 12:50 amSuch beautiful job! I love it! I came here from Frugal Friday.
rachel says
10/09/2012 at 8:29 pmsuch a cute idea! 🙂
Cristina says
02/07/2013 at 11:13 pmThis is beautiful!! Can I ask what color and brand of spray paint you used?
lollyjane says
02/08/2013 at 8:28 amThank you! Krylon blue ocean breeze (spray paint) or Craft Smart ocean breeze (acrylic paint)
rebecca lopez says
11/11/2013 at 9:42 pmSuper cute girl! Love it!