The Lil' Chef is Purple
Computer Girl is Pink
Alpha Boy is Blue
Little Bits is Orange
The things I try to color code are towels, toothbrushes, cups, plates (more on this in a minute) and NOW they have a color coded drink station. I saw this idea on another blog, I would happily give credit to this super smart blogger but I can't remember where I saw it, sorry.
Anyhow this is what a drink station is....
I am not sure about your little crew but my crew thinks they need a N.E.W. cup every time they need to wet their whistles. I don't know about you but I do not like washing 57 cups every day! So, when I saw this handy dandy idea I knew it was a keeper! Here's how you do it....
Packing tape, mono adhesive (or double stick tape), card stock or construction paper and a hole punch. Oh yeah, and scissors to cut your tape. 1st punch your desired shape from your paper and tape them (mono or double stick tape) to the counter. Trust me on this one, it helps them to not move when you place the packing tape over them. I'm not saying I had to do this a few times to get it right or anything : )
Make sure that the tape covers all the edges of your punched shape, especially if this drink station is by the sink where it may get a little wet. Again, not sayin' this happened to me or anything. The finished product...
It might not look like much, but it really has cut down on the dirty cups in the LSG household. No more extra cups to wash! Everyone has a cup for the day and they know exactly where it is. Believe it or not, the kids actually remember to put their drinks here when they are not drinking them.
BTW is anyone does know the owner of this idea please let me know so that I can give them credit, thanks! : )
5 comments:
Great idea I have seen this go one step further. I have a friend who buys plastic cups at the dollar store of the kids color and lays them out that way. Every kids knows their cup color and there is not confusion:). I only have 2 kids so I haven't needed this yet but I might in the future:). Nice blog.
Anna-Marie
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Great idea for color coding (without having to find certain color cups!). Thanks for sharing~
omygoodness, this is genius! My youngest is 11 and then I have 14 and 17, but we are totally going to do this. What a GREAT way to cut down on dirty dishes!
Love this idea! And it will cut down on the clutter, because we won't need to keep 60 cups on hand to make it through the day!
Thanks for sharing,
Erin
pure genius. I think we (translate that to "I" ) wash 97 cups a day around here. I won't know what to do with the time I have after I impliment this...
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