Mom Brain Life Hack: DIY Family Info Board

My husband and I are always trying to keep up with the important dates and schedules.  Sometimes we just forget to tell the other or forget what the other told us. (That happens ALOT!) Then there is baby sitting needs for the baby when my husband and I are at work.  My older son is in Pre K now and has two different activities so that’s even more to add to the plate.  When I started to think about all of our schedules, I realized we need two things.  One, a much bigger dry erase board for the fridge and, two, an organized way of looking at it all in one place. Hence, the DIY Family Info board!

What You’ll Need: Large Magnetic Dry Erase Board, Picture of Each Family Member, Lamination sheet, Sticky Back Magnets, Thin Washi Tape, Exacto Knife

I used Lipix (an app on my phone) to create one single image that I could cut up. This definitely works best if you have an even number of family members.  I sent it off to a store to be printed but you can use regular paper from your printer and save $1.50. I had mine printed as a 5×5.

Cut out each picture and laminate them. I used a heat laminator but they also sell self-laminating sheets if you don’t have one. Cut the picture out of the lamination and place a small piece of magnet on the back. I have two reasons for making these magnets rather than gluing them.  One, I didn’t want to ruin the board in case I eventually want to reuse it and two, the boys are going to change so I want to be able to change their pictures to reflect them.

Last but not least, tape off a section for each picture with washi tape and trim with an exacto knife. Now you have a place for each member and all of their info for the family info board!

I made this DIY family info board about a month ago and I can’t tell you enough how helpful it’s been.  It’s clean, simple, and so much easier to keep up with than our old one!

If you like to check out more DIYs, check out my toddler attention expenders and easy to make match game.

XO, Kelly