Activity boards

I have been on the lookout for materials to make an activity board for my kids. I've seen some fun ones at my kids' pediatrician's office and a few other places. They seem to enjoy toys and things on the wall they can play with.

Well... here's what I found. These were at a clearance center because they were slightly bent in the corner. You can't tell that much and I'm sure they will get more damage from us. But they are originally from Pottery Barn. They are supposed to be for lockers.


The top board has spots for pens and pencils and some other pockets.

The bottom one is a dry erase board, but it's also magnetic. I decided not to show my girls about the dry erase function, for the sake of my walls.

We hung these up right next to the magnet board. That way the magnets can be stored in the pockets (currently, they are all over my kids' floor.) My two year old likes to put pipe cleaners and other stick shaped things in the pen and pencil holders.


The bottom board right now just acts as another magnet board.

My two year old really likes to have these. When I first brought them home she sat and put things in all the pockets and organized everything.

I found these boards for $5 each. If you see sales or clearance of any back to school things for lockers, they do make fun things for your little ones to play with.

As an update from my previous post, I made the mozzarella sticks last night. My picture of them turned out not so good, so just trust me that I did try them out. I actually didn't like them! But my husband thought they were the greatest thing and gobbled them all up. When we got married, he was eating greasy nasty food from Arby's at least once a week. I quickly put an end to that little habit. I think these mozzarella sticks were just a little reminder of those once a week at Arby's trips.

3 comments:

Michelle said...

Why didn't you like the mozzarella sticks? Did they not taste good?

Michelle said...

By that, I mean, did they not taste good because of the recipe or because you don't like the greasy food?

Jenn said...

I actually prefer greasy food- well, the greasy mozzarella sticks I have had before were better than these anyway. I thought they tasted funny. But if you are a huge fan of mozzarella sticks maybe you should give them a try. Others in my house were a fan of them. If I would have known anyone would have been interested in them I would have done a better job posting about it. LOL. Oh well. Check out the link to them- there's not much to it.