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Main Clipboard with check off - could put hooks at bottom for envelopes

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Last night we got an interesting question from Shirley on Facebook:

Does anyone have any interesting and crafty ideas for me collecting “board” [rent] from my kids and marking it off weekly…I thought of an envelope with a calendar on it to mark off…but thats as far as I got.

I trolled Pinterest a bit for ideas, and thought these options looked pretty interesting.

You could create a custom clipboard using Wallies chalkboard stickers to record incoming payments. You could affix hooks at the bottom of the board and hang envelopes off of the bottom – one for each child. If you want, you could have a clipboard for each child and then arrange them in a pretty way on the wall.

Another Facebook reader suggested looking at Advent calendars, which I did. When I saw this clothespin-based one, I thought it could also be a neat way to collect the rent. All you would need is one pin for each week of the month. You would probably also want to have a chart or checklist above the pinboard to note payments due and received.

Here’s a pinboard with a string stapled on for clothespins

And another with binder clips on strings.

What do you think? Do you have any good ideas for Shirley?

Posted by Sarah on Jan 03, 2012 print article e-mail to a friend

http://www.dineanddish.net/ Kristen

Came here from Pinterest – love these ideas. Thanks!
Sarahbeth

I get clipboards from Michael’s and remove the clip. I then paint them and glue on forms that I use all the time. (Attendance for my class, chores for myself, shopping lists, ect.) I then take self-adhesive lamination paper and I cover it. I can then write on them with dry or wet-erase markers. I am able to use them over and over again. It looks cute, and it cuts back on paper!

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