Here's yet another great thing I saw on Pinterest and replicated: an oil drip pan magnet board for the kiddos.
Like most households with small children, we have a ridiculous amount of fun magnets. My kids play with these a decent amount, but for some reason they played the most with the magnets just as I was starting to make dinner every night. As you can imagine, having two small children parked in front of the refrigerator during meal preparation time was not convenient. Especially when I am rushing to get a meal in the oven before those two small children turn into ravenous wolves.
In addition to battling the kids to stop playing with magnets long enough for me to get in and out of the fridge, the magnets themselves were tearing up my walls when the fridge door was completely open. Not cool.
Tee hee. I said "cool" while talking about my refrigerator. See what I did there?!
Enter one oil drip pan. I bought this at my local Super-Walmart for $9.96--it was in the automotive section. It had an oily coating (no doubt to make it easier to get actual oil off) but that came off easily with a de-greasing cleanser.
Big Guy secured the drip pan to the wall with screws, and it is located under our huge cork board communication center. The kids can still play with their magnets in the kitchen, but now they are not directly underfoot. Score!
This magnet board was an easy and inexpensive solution to a small but vexing problem. And now that the kids' magnets are gone, my refrigerator front looks so much more organized and clean!
Right?! Well, maybe not...the stuff that's left is mostly mine. I'm working on it, okay?
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