Last updated on August 19th, 2014 at 09:28 am
It’s time to think about back to school, and this year I vow to keep up with the papers and kid’s school activities!
It’s always a struggle for me to keep up with it all, so this year I’m going to make it easy for my kids to help me out!
With the help of the Post-It Study collection and a few items that I already had in my home, I was able to turn what was once an area where I hung my purses, to an organized After School Station for the kids!
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I love all of the new items from the Post-it Study collection! They have fun new sizes, Post-it Study Attach and Go Pockets, Post-it Study Writable Flags, Post-It Study Notes and more that work great for back to school! I decided to use them for my After School Station and on a Weekly Calendar that the kids can update themselves when I forget!
I designed a fun weekly calendar for each child and placed them in a frame. Then used clear plastic cups to hold dry erase markers and Post-It Study products to update the calendars each week with the latest activities.
You can write on the glass and easily erase to start over each week. The Post-It Writable Flags are perfect for reminding everyone of what is the most important!
Plus, it’s fun for the kids to do as my daughter LOVES to stick anything!
Along with the new weekly calendar, I made each kid an in and out basket.
Now when they get home from school, they are to hang up their backpacks, take out papers I need to see, and put into the “in” box. I will then look at them and put what needs to go back into their folders for school in the “out” box. It’s the kid’s responsibility to pack up their backpacks.
If I forget to check out their in box, they can grab a Post-It Full Adhesive Note and write me a reminder!
Note: I used hanging containers that I found at Ikea a few years ago. If you can’t find them, a wall magazine rack would work great for papers. I stuck the frame and cups to the wall with these damage-free Picture Hanging Strips.
Free Printable Weekly Calendars
Enjoy my new weekly calendars. These are perfect for printing and placing into a 3 ring binder as well as frames! You can do a frame for each child or put 2 into one big frame like I did. I can’t wait to see how you use these printables.
- Download the Yellow Background Weekly Calendar
- Download the Blue Polka Dot Background Weekly Calendar
Free Printables • ©2014 LivingLocurto.com • For Personal Use Only
Have fun getting organized!
Please share your back to school ideas on my Facebook Page or tag me on Instagram. I would love to see what you do with these printables and Post-It Notes!
Thanks to Post-It for sponsoring this post! Visit them at www.post-it.com for more product information.
Check out these other great Back to School Free Printables!
From left to right:
Weekly School Planner – No Biggie
Bulldog Bookplates – Hostess with the Mostess
Good Morning Sunshine Morning Routine Checklist – Kori Clark
Eat Up Lunchbox Back-to-School Stickers – Nest of Posies
Lunchbox Notes – Catch My Party
I Love You Because Art Prints – Pen N’ Paper Flowers
Grade School Photo Signs – Skip to My Lou
Weekly School Calendar – Living Locurto
Jay says
I was really looking forward to giving these a try for this school year but then I noticed that you didn’t include Saturday and Sunday. I don’t know about others but our activities sure don’t end on Friday night. Nice design, though.
Amy Locurto says
Sorry, we only have school here on week days. This is a calendar for my kid’s school activities so I can keep up with school events. I didn’t realize other schools did things on weekends.
Samantha Cappuccino-Williams says
Love the printable calendars. Very cute and useful.
tuckered outHeather says
LOVE! Thank you for sharing, Amy!
Jen Gee says
I am doing this as well. What size frame did you use for the calendars?
Annette says
Thank you! I was just putting this type of arrangement on my to-do for the next 2 days. You have made it that much easier to accomplish with style and min. expense.
Ana Karina says
love this idea. I'm so doing this, Thanks for sharing!
Ana Karina says
love this idea. I'm so doing this, Thanks for sharing!
Jennifer Stringfellow Hadfield says
That is awesome! I will be trying this for sure!
xoxo
Angel Rawls Callison says
Love this idea, Amy! Thanks for sharing the printable's 🙂
Kellie Branson Tate says
such a great idea, Amy! I was just thinking I've got 2 weeks to get organized for back to school. Perfect timing!
Jenn Wild says
With 3 kids, this will be a lifesaver! Thank you so much for always sharing your printables! I love them!
Angela Bergmann says
what if your house is too small? I have 5 kids in a less than 1000 square foot house and no room to hang anything. I have tried a basket system for organizing each of their stuff but now with 5 kids in school, the shelf is too small…
Mique says
LOVE these ideas Amy. The frame with the calendar is awesome. Love Post-it products- so many awesome uses. Thanks!
Living Locurto says
Great idea Linda!
Linda Orwick Reed says
If you could not find the hanging containers, maybe they could be made out of some cpntainers you have around the house, i.e. milk or juice container, etc.