A few years ago, I created a weekly paper sorter in my old kitchen. Here is the link to that DIY project. I used this paper sorter for my kids’ papers for the week. This is how I would use it: On Sunday, I would pull all the papers and envelopes I needed for the entire week and hang them on the appropriate day clip. It worked great in my older kitchen because I had a lot of wall space near my phone.
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However, when we remodeled the kitchen, I had to get rid of my paper sorter. It was too big for my command station. So, I decided to create a DIY Magnetic Chalkboard Weekly Paper Sorter to replace my other one. Here it is.
Here are the instructions on how I made it. It was quite easy and took an hour to make.
This is the material I used. I changed my mind and decided just to use 1 3M Command Strip hook (clear) to hold the magnet chalkboard instead of the 4 hook key hook shown. I picked up all these supplies at my local Michael’s.
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First, I added felt pads to the back of the board so it wouldn’t scratch the wood.
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- Glue the back of the flower
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- Attach to the clip
Then, I added hot glue to the back of the flowers and added them to the three clips. Here is an example of how one of them looked.
Then, I used the hot glue and added more flowers to the magnetic chalkboard.
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Here are the finished flower clips and board after the hot glue cooled. Doesn’t it look cute?
Then, I write on the chalkboard painted tags from Monday to Sunday. I added one day to each side of the tags. I put Saturday and Sunday on one side. I used a bistro chalk marker so it would dry and not rub off. But, you could use a regular piece of chalk and relabel the days that have activities every week.
Here is the final DIY Magnetic Chalkboard for sorting my papers.
I hope you like it. It was fun to make too. How do you sort your papers/envelopes for the week? Please leave a comment below.
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Now that’s a creative thing to do. Thank you for the detailed steps. The project sounds cool.
Sabrina, you and Meredith need to hook up! The two of you amaze me. I’m awed by those of you who had the gift of crafting. What a great idea for organizing weekly projects and bills. I like the idea that the board hangs on the wall so it’s always visible. I live in paper chaos and waste time searching for the document that has a due date.
Sabrina, love that you call it a “Command Center”.
What a fantastic way of remembering appointments. My kids have left home so I would use it to pin my shopping lists saving coupons as I am forever misplacing them.
What a great DIY project. I know I use something similar for note and “to do lists”. It is always nice to have a reminder of things to do.
What a great idea, and it’s so cute! I may have to try this one next. Did the chalkboard already come as is and you just added the cuteness and hooks? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one like this.
I found the chalk magnet board and decorated it. It was a great find at Michael’s.
Very clever! I normally try to stick to digital as much as possible – you know save a tree and all – but I can definitely see a number of uses for this project. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a cute idea! I’m generally not very crafty. The way you described this, with the help of your pictures, makes this a very doable project for me. I love this magnetic chalkboard!
Thanks Erica. These craft projects are my kind of projects. Easy and fast. Thanks for stopping by.
I am so not a DIY person, so I always admire people who are! If my girls would still little, they would love this. Great idea.
Adorable! And right up my alley because it’s easy! Kids would really love this, I think:)
Yes, really easy craft project. My daughter wanted some of the flowers thought but I used them all.
What a great idea to get papers organized for the week. I don’t have the need to organize papers like this anymore, but I could have made use of it years ago. Does it help remind the kids about the papers they forgot to take out of the their backpack and show you or the ones they left at school?
It helped me more than the kids when they were younger. Now, it helps us both.
So you think this works better than stacking all the papers up on top of the microwave? (Just kidding)
Very nice and easy too. It would make a nice gift too. Or would that imply that the recipient needed help? Maybe ask first!
What a terrific way to play for the week Sabrina. I can see your magnetic chalkboard weekly paper sorter just as easily work for a motivating to do list! Don’t you love Michaels? I only recently found it but wow.
Very easy to replicate and useful for any ages with your chalkboard sorter.
This magnetic chalkboard is so cute and so simple to make. Love these easy, low-cost DIY projects.