Magnet Board Redone

Before: 

I bought this drip pan from Walmart to be a magnet board for my son because I wanted him to have a place other than the refrigerator for his magnets. I don't have a lot of space so I put the drip pan on one of the glass doors leading out to our backyard.

I've had it there for about a year and decided I didn't like how cluttered it makes our living room look. My son has a play area in our dining room (pictures to come soon!) and I felt his things were taking over the house.

 After:
I recently repainted our whiteboard easel this off white color and had this empty space below the white board/paper roll.
I measured the area I wanted to put the pan in and cut it down to fit. I used foam double stick tape to attach it to the easel. The side I cut was a little sharp so I taped those sides with masking tape so there weren't any sharp edges showing.
I bought these metal bins for my sons birthday party and thought they would make great containers for his magnets.

 (Side note: I bought this easel at a homeschool yard sale and after having the easel for three years it finally occurred to me how I can attach the paper roll to the easel. I used a tension rod!)

 I used the rest of the pan to make a calendar. I had number cards I purchased when I was teaching, but hadn't used. I cut them down to fit in the squares.

I didn't like the way the pan looked in the kitchen and I had this old frame leftover from another project, so I added a fresh coat of paint and hot glued the frame to the metal pan.

This also helped with the problem of hanging the pan. It kept falling off the wall.

I added eye hooks and picture hanging wire to the back of the frame so I would be able to hang it without it crashing down as it had done three times before I put the pan on the frame.







 Close up of the frame attached to the drip pan.












I also painted "today is" on the bottom of the pan. I am going to eventually make new days of the week, as well as new month cards.

One of the great things about having this in the kitchen is there is a bench my husband built under this so my son can climb up and add the day and date each day.

I haven't quite figured out where to store all the dates and days of the week we aren't using. That will have to be another project for another day.

Another problem is the space between the bottom of the drip pan and the bottom of the frame don't quite line up, but I think I can fix it when I figure out a storage solution for the date and day of the week cards.

 FINISHED! (sort of:))

There is always more work and improvements that can be made.