Sidewalk Chalk Box W/ Printable Label

I love simple little organizing pleasures!  I know my boys really don't care what their sidewalk chalk box looks like, but for me, if I can make the container cute and functional, then I'm 100% more likely to keep the items neat, tidy, and contained.  Plus, a label and designated spot for items like sidewalk chalk makes keep things in their proper spot super easy for my boys as well.

My boys recently inherited a bunch of great art chalk that was left over from the Meet the Masters art program at their school.  Up until this weekend, the chalk was in multiple baggies in several drawers and corners of their room.   We've used it as sidewalk chalk, so I decided we needed a simple container to put it all in and leave outside where it gets used the most.

I pulled out one of my many Dollar Tree containers, made up a label in my Rhonna Designs App, attached the label, dumped the chalk in, and done!  Simple organizing pleasure! Now my boys know exactly where to go for their sidewalk chalk, and where to put it when they're done.

Click to Print

Here's the label I made for our sidewalk chalk.  You're welcome to print a copy to use for yourself, or just play around with Rhonna's app and make your own.  Her app makes it so easy!  I shrunk my label down to 60% to make it small enough for my container.  You can print it on label paper, or just card stock (what I did).  I usually cover my outdoor labels with packing tape to make them more durable.  I tried to Mod Podge this label, and maybe I didn't let it dry enough, but the ink smeared quite a bit when I applied the Mod Podge.

And you can check out these other container, label projects I've done for my boys' toys and collections.

The Magic of Mason Jars & Labels

DIY Bug Jar Caddy

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DIY Back To School Labels {from PicMonkey}

If you follow me on Facebook, you know we had an eventful few days last week.  My twins have made it almost seven years without a single stitch or broken bone.  Well, that lucky streak came to a close on Thursday.  It involved some playing, running, a coffee table, and four stitches right under the eyebrow.  

All is well, but when things like that happen, it makes me realize where my priorities need to be.  I LOVE blogging, and I've been pleasantly surprised with how easily I've fit time in for it (without loosing time with my boys).  But sometimes I just need to take a step back.

With all that being said, I do still have a post for today.  It may not be as detailed as I would have liked, but here it is.

I did a post on making your own labels in PicMonkey a few weeks ago, and there seemed to be a lot of interest.  As I was making the labels for that post, I also played around with some labels for my boys' belongings.  School is just around the corner for us (we start August 20), and there are definitely things that need to be labeled- backpacks, books, folders, pencil boxes lunchboxes, etc...  

So, here comes the lack of details.  I'd love to had screen shots of each step I took to make these, but they're really simple, and I'll have the links to my previous PicMonkey tutorials below that may be helpful.

For the globe I went to:

 *Overlays

*Postal

*Globe

(click here for more details on finding the Postal Overlays).  

For the chalkboard background I went to:

*School U Theme (brand new!)

(click here for more details on finding School U)

*Shape-it

*Rectangular chalkboard.  

I then layered the globe on top of the chalkboard and added the name (I used the Tall Dark & Handsome font).  So, so easy. 

As you can see, you can put as many or as few as you want on a page.  Don't you love how the globe and chalkboard work together to give the label a school-like feel?  I do.  I also think this image would look great printed out big and hung in my boys' bedroom.  I love all the possibilities!

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