Hello everybody!
I’m back, and this week I’m showing you how to make this DIY Menu Planner. It’s really easy to make and you’ll probably already have most of what you need at home.
What you’ll need:
- Piece of cardboard
- Coloured Paper
- Clothespins
- Plastic cup/bottle of some sort
- Glue
- Scissors
- Tape
Step 1: The cardboard
Cut a piece of cardboard to the size of your liking. Mine was 18x 29 centimetres but you can make it bigger or smaller if you want. Then take some coloured paper and wrap the cardboard with it. Use tape to secure the paper to the cardboard.
Step 2: Adding the clothespins
I got pins with the days of the week on the back from a craft store, but of course, you can just use regular pins and write/stamp the days on them. Align the pins in a row on the left side of the paper, making sure there are equal spaces between them.
Step 3: Adding the cup
For this step, take any kind of small plastic cup. You could also use a plastic bottle and cut off the top half. Then cut the trough the cup horizontally with a pair of scissors. Be careful though, you don’t want to hurt yourself.
After you’ve done that use some glue to stick the half cup to the right bottom of the planner
Step 4: Making the dish cards
For this step, you’ll need some coloured paper. I used memo cards because they were already the same length but normal paper will do just fine. Then, cut the paper into little streaks of the same lenght.
The next step is to write the names of the dishes onto the papers. I decided to categorize them into five categories: Asian, Italian, Soups, Other and Easy.
When writing make sure to keep to the right side of the paper or you won’t be able to see it! ( I might have written over 10 papers before I realised this…)
Step 5: Putting everything together.
Put the papers with the dishes you want to make in the clothespins and the rest in the cup.
As a finishing touch, I printed out the word Menu and stuck it in the right top.
I hope you like it! It’s so easy to make yet really useful. You can easily make a new menu every week and if you colour-code it you can make sure you get enough variety. Plus I think it looks pretty cute! What do you think?
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you did, please like, comment and/or share. I would really appreciate that. And follow me for more DIYs and creative content!
xxx, Yara
This is so cool! I love it.
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome!!!!!!!
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This is so cute and creative. Wow
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super cute and simple, I love it!! Great DIY!
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I’m glad you like it!
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This is really cute and practical! I might give it a go!
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I’m glad you like it!
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This is so cute, and what a great idea! 😀 I love it.
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Thank you, I’m glad you like it!
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This is an amazing idea and I am extremely excited and looking forward to try it out! Thank you for sharing this incredible idea!
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No problem, I’m glad you like it!
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Very nice idea, simple enough for me. Thanks! -Dominique
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I’m glad you like it
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My pleasure!
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Love this
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This would be fun to do with my kids:) They could help me come up with meal ideas and put all the pieces together. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Yeah that is a great idea, I’n sure it would be a lot of fun!
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Cutest planner ever! Awesome of you to share your talents! Happy New Year! 🙂
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nice idea!
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This diy is adorable…❤️
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That was a great and clearly written up DIY! I can’t wait to try it.
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This is amazing! I’ve been looking for something like this for months. Thank You!
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I love this idea!!! I’m constantly making charts for each week and so on. Having this will really cut down on meal planning for the week. Brilliant!
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I’m glad you like it!
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Very orignal and cute!!
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Such a cute idea! Love it!
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This is really cute. So happens just the other day I was having my son who is 9 who is a very picker eater, make his IDEAL MEAL MENU. Maybe if I tried to spruce it up a bit he would get into it more. Then hopefully try new foods. Thanks for sharing!
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I’m glad you like it!
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