Let’s Begin

1. Rough up your cookie sheet with sandpaper to help the paint stick. Do the same with your mint tin and pen cup, if they’re metal. Then clean everything well.

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2. Use a screwdriver, hammer and nail, or drill to add two evenly spaced holes to one end of the cookie sheet.


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3. Paint the cookie sheet, tin, and pen cup with 2 to 3 coats of chalkboard paint.


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4. After the paint has dried completely, use a pencil to outline a menu block. When you’re happy with it, trace the pencil lines with a silver permanent pen. Add the days of the week, if you’d like.


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5.   I printed my own shopping list pages and secured them to a piece of cardboard backing with padding compound. Glue any flat, sheet-style magnet to the cardboard.


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6. Paint the clothespins with the acrylic paint color of your choice, and glue one magnet to the back of each.
7. Add details to the mint tin and pen cup using the permanent pen and paint. After you’re finished, glue magnets to the side of the pen cup and the bottom of the tin.


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8. String a ribbon through the holes in the cookie sheet, and tie the ends in a bow. Arrange the clothespins for coupons, cup for pens, tin for chalk, and shopping list where you’d like them. Then get planning!


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