So, here’s that magnet board I’ve been dreaming up for the kids’ side of the art room.  We got a big 3′ x 4′ piece of sheet metal from Home Depot, some inexpensive base board molding, some things to hold the corners of the frame together, and a box full of thumb tacks.

Barry made a frame from the molding and we painted it white, then used thumb tacks to hold the sheet metal to the back of the frame.  (If you try this be VERY careful with the metal.  My poor husband really gashed his finger at Home Depot just trying to slide the stack of metal back into place after he got the piece he wanted.  Before he even took it out of the car at home he taped all the edges to prevent another cut.)

When we first lifted the whole thing up with the metal on the back a couple of the corners of the frame came unglued and we were afraid that the whole thing was going to be an unsturdy failure, but we put some more glue in the corners, wrapped a band clamp around the whole thing, and let it dry for a day.  That did the trick!  It turned out great!

We just screwed picture hanging wire to the back and used 2 of those crazy picture hangers that can hold 50 lbs. to hang it on the wall.  This was a good solution for us because we’re renting this house and don’t want to have big screw holes in the walls.

A couple of my boys and I used fabric scraps to make some covered buttons, then hot glued round magnets to the back of them.  They turned out really cute.

And while I was taking pictures of it I thought I’d show you a view from the kitchen with my pretty calendar (from Paper Source) and our chore chart.  It makes me happy that everything looks so neat and pretty.

Anyway, that’s the magnet board story.  My art room spring cleaning is complete.  (And it’s a good thing that I documented it since it’s a little messy now.  I’m helping Brenna make a quilt…)