Mildly Crafty Monday: Menu Planner Redux

I made a menu planner.  It wasn't that great.  I'll be the first to admit that, but it did server it's purpose.  It wasn't very bright or happy.  I had picked a piece of scrapbook paper that was neutral colors to not offend the men folk.  It was a little drab and hard to read from far away.  Exhibit A.

It's fine, but nothing special.  Mike admitted after I re-did our menu planner that he basically ignored the old one.  Fair enough.  {If you missed the original menu planner post you can check it out here.  It may or may not include our family picture with Santa and Thing 1 totally freaking out.}

Fast forward to now, the menu planner we have now is cute and bright and easily readable.  Win-win-win!  So here's our menu planner...redux.

Menu Planner Redux

Equipment:
12" x 12" picture frame
1 piece of scrapbook paper - that you totally love!
White paper
Printer
Ruler
Scissors
Tape
Sticker letters (optional)

Method:

Using either Word or PicMonkey Type out the days of the week in a font you like.

I alternated fonts for fun.

Next to the day, add in a starburst or some other icon that you like.

Match the icons to the colors in your paper.

Cut out 10 1/2" strips of paper around the lettering.

I got a little OCD and measured my paper so my days of the week strips were perfectly spaced.  Point being, place the strips of paper on your scrapboook paper in a way that you like.

I had some sticker letters left over from my last menu planner, so I added a little "What's for Dinner?" at the bottom, with stars.  Sue me.

That's it.  Completely painless and way more readable than last time.

One of mike's friends has even requested a weekly snap shot of our menu so he can plan on what days he shows up in the hopes for being fed.

Word.