Refrigerator Calendar

Sorry it has been a while since I posted, I had wisdom teeth pulled and then the holidays so it has been a crazy few weeks at my house.  With the new year upon us I thought I might post about my refrigerator calendar system, might as well start the new year being organized.

Chris gets his work schedule a month at time and we have 4 sets of people that watch the kids for my 2 serving shifts a week so I needed some way of organizing all of that information.  For a long time I would just print two blank calendars on my computer and keep changing them. Every time we hit a new month I would replace them.  I need two because although Chris gets his schedule it is more like 4 weeks at a time so it may cross two months. Anyway I wanted something that looked a little nicer and didn't involve printing it every month.

If you are on Pinterest you may have seen the paint chip calendars And this is a spin on that. I used cardstock instead.

I just cut my cardstock in 1 1/4 in. Squares and layed it out on a background sheet of cardstock cut so it would fit in an 8x10 frame.  On a side note if you are interested in doing this I recommend using a bigger frame than 8x10 there is very little room to write but since I needed 2 on my fridge I was forced to use 8x10. If you go with a larger frame your squares would increase. in size. Why a frame you ask?  The glass turns this into a dry erase board so you can just wipe it off when the next month comes!

Now if you are anything like me when using a dry erase calendar you frequently accidently erase things with your hand I have a solution,  use wet erase markers.  Do you remember those dinosaur overhead projectors that teachers used with transparencies? The markers they use to write on those are wet erase.  I didn't look to see if I could get them at my local store but if there is a teacher supply shop by you they definitely have them there. They don't wipe off until you get them wet so you just get a paper towel wet wipe it off, dry it,  and it is ready to reuse.

I also used this concept to make a running grocery list. When I wait until I go to the store to make my list I always forget stuff so this way as I realize I need it I put  it on the list.  I used a 5x7 frame and just cut a piece of notebook paper to fit and done. This would make a cute gift too, just add a ribbon and a marker and presto! Don't worry about copying it to paper just take a pic with your phone! What did we do without smartphones?

I hung all of this with command strips on my fridge, magnetic strips would work too but I didn't have any.  I also used velcrow to attach my pack of markets to a heavy magnet so they could hang too.

You could make multiple calendars for every family member or make one poster sizedand color code each person,  the possibilities are endless!  Hopefully this post helps get you a little organized.

Karen