Our Pantry - Practical & Whimsical ME

This is the outside of ONE of our pantry doors.

(I LOVE how much storage my kitchen has!)

When we first moved into this house, I knew I wanted to paint the inside of these doors with chalkboard paint. And so I did. Last year...

But it wasn't until this past week, that I really got around to making use of these chalkboard doors. Here's what I did. It's a little bit practicality and a little bit whimsical. Pretty much crazy me trying to make sense and have fun at the same time. Yep...here we go!

The top left door is where I write our weekly menu plan.

Practical!

On the bottom right door I've listed all our emergency contact numbers for babysitters. Practical!

The top right door is what I call "Mom Says"

A place for me to write special notes each week to each kid.

With some silhouettes...Whimsical!

And the bottom left door is the most Whimsical of all! A place where the girls and I take turns writing a story. I begin with an opening sentence. Each day, when they are packing their lunches, reaching for a snack, helping me make dinner....they check it and, when ready, write the next sentence in the story.  My goal is to get them to use their spelling words in the sentences. So far we've gone three days and this is what we have...(FYI- Duke is the name of our Black Lab.)

What I love about this pantry:

1. As I menu plan, what I already have on hand is at my fingertips.
2. In an emergency, anyone is prepared.
3. It helps me stay organized as well as inspire my children to create, write, and read.
4. The whole thing was created for under $10!!

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