What’s So Fun About Getting Organized?

October 30, 2009 · Filed under Crafts, Downloads, Halloween and Islam, Templates, Umm Professional

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I had so much fun this week- I got organized! I must say it feels liberating! I got my kids to help me get organized. While the talk of the town is about Halloween costumes and last minute run to the groceries to purchase bags of candy, how do you get your children to help you with this boring job? By making it fun of course!
Getting Organized Project #1: Dive into Fall Reading – Book Bins
So I asked them to cover up a snack cardboard box with color construction paper. Then I asked them to cut out various shaped leaves on different color paper with the help of the (downloadable) template listed below.  They decorated the box with these colorful fall leaves.
If you want to make your little one cut out the leaves by himself- then a fast and easy way is to lightly paste one leaf printout on color paper and have the kid cut on the lines of the leaf. When the entire leaf is cut- peel off the template and voila you’ll have a beautiful cut out leaf!
Now I have a beautiful book bin to keep all the library books my kids borrow. No more running around the house and searching for “that” book at the last minute. Once we have finished reading the book, putting it away is now as easy as 1,2,3. When it’s time to return them to the library we know exactly where to head and no more overdue fees! ;)
Getting Organized Project #2: Button up for Fall – Folders
So our library books are now organized, but I wanted to help the kids organize their paperwork too. So we made these really cute folders….I cut out fall trees (I have made a template for you- download it below) and gave them felt to cut out leaf shapes and buttons to decorate. Seeing how well they turned out- I’ve requested them to make me some! ?
PS: Glue the buttons with a glue gun or white glue and allow it to dry completely before you use the folders.

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I had so much fun this week- I got organized! I must say it feels liberating! I got my kids to help me. While the talk of the town may be about Halloween costumes and last minute candy runs, how do you get your children to help you with this boring job? By making it fun of course!

Getting Organized Project #1: Dive into Fall  - Book Bins

So I asked my kids to cover up a snack cardboard box with color construction paper. Then I asked them to cut out various shaped leaves on different color paper with the help of the downloadable template listed below.  They decorated the box with these colorful fall leaves. Easy.

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If you want to make your little one cut out the leaves by himself- then a fast and easy way is to lightly paste one leaf printout on color paper and have the kid cut on the lines of the leaf. When the entire leaf is cut- peel off the template and voila you’ll have a beautiful cut out leaf!

Now I have a beautiful book bin to keep all the library books my kids borrow. No more running around the house and searching for “that” book at the last minute. Once we have finished reading the book, putting it away is now as easy as 1,2,3. When it’s time to return them to the library we know exactly where to head and no more overdue fees! ;)

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Getting Organized Project #2: Button up for Fall – Folders

So our library books are now organized, but I wanted to help the kids organize their paperwork too. So we made these really cute folders….I cut out the shape of a fall tree that they pasted on the folder cover (I have made a template for you- download it below).

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I also gave them felt to cut out leaf shapes and lots of colorful buttons to decorate. Seeing how well they turned out- I’ve requested them to make me some!

PS: Glue the buttons with a glue gun or white glue and allow it to dry completely before you use the folders.

Fall Tree Template and Leaves Download Here

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    Sr. Jehan Uddin said,

    October 30, 2009 @ 10:15 am

    As-salaamu-Alaikum Sisters,

    Alhamdulillah :) This is Awesome!!! I really enjoyed evey part of this blog. The ideas, suggestions, and projests are fun as well as just cute.:) InshaAllah in the future I pray that I too may be a contributor to this wonderful project . May Allah SWT bless you and make you prosperous in all your endeavors in this life and in the next. Surely there is a book in the future.

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    SS said,

    November 6, 2009 @ 10:06 am

    This is a very good idea- how often do we actually misplace books we have borrowed from the library and then forget to return them on their due dates? I think along with the box idea, I am going to place sticky notes on library books with their due dates on it. This way, they will be in one place and I will know exactly when they need to be returned.

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