Morning Routine for Preschoolers

Now that Andrew is attending school 5 days a week, I decided it was time for him to start taking more responsibility for his morning routine. He's been doing most morning tasks on his own for the last six months or so, but needs constant reminders and repeated requests to get the jobs done. I wanted to create an easy checklist for him that wouldn't require any maintenance (erasing check marks or reprinting) and that would be easy for him to manipulate on his own. A quick Pinterest search put a number of "morning routine" options at my fingertips and I selected and adapted the one that I thought would work best for us.

To make this Morning Routine Flip Chart, I cut a file folder that I had on hand. Then, using my Silhouette and some adhesive vinyl, I cut out some simple images for the tasks Andrew needs to complete as well as some check marks and a morning message. I added a small piece of magnet to each flap and covered each magnet with some of the orange vinyl (just because it looked better!).

I kept the morning routine tasks very simple; potty, brush teeth, put p.j.'s in the laundry basket and get dressed. I've also started setting out his outfits for the week in a hanging shoe organizer like this. I have not labeled the days of the week, which gives him some choice in what he will wear each day. 

This morning routine has worked better than I imagined it would! Andrew took to the flip chart right away and has stuck with it for a few weeks now! I'm hopeful that the novelty of the chart doesn't wear off, because it will be worth it's weight in gold once baby #3 arrives in November!!

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A Custom Phone Case...

I recently noticed that my phone case was looking pretty rough. I had only been using it for a few months, but no matter how much scrubbing I did it just didn't look clean! I needed a new case, but was not happy about dropping another $20-$40 on one. Then I remembered that my brother-in-law had given me an extra case, which I had never used because it was too boring... there are too many fun options out there to stick with a plain white case! Motivated to save a little $$ I pulled out my Silhouette and within five minutes I had myself a Custom Phone Case!

I picked a cute design from the online silhouette store, making sure it had nice clean lines that would still look good when resized to fit my phone case. I also cut out an "L" with a pretty font. 

The vinyl was really easy to remove from the paper and stick to the phone case, I even had to shift it once and it lifted easily and reapplied well. 

I am super happy with the way it turned out! So far the decals are staying put, but even if they do begin to lift over time I figure I will just cut out something new!

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