Tuesday, 15 December 2015

Dinner Planner


Materials and Tools

* decorative paper
* Ink-Jet magnet paper
* metal ruler
* scissor
* craft knife
* self healing cutting mat
* spray adhesive
* glue stick
* computer  
* ink-jet printer

Instructions


1. Create heading
Cut a sheet of patterned paper to 81/2" × 11" ( 22 cm x 28 cm) and, using a computer, print the title. You can add decorative or geometric design and print the title inside the design. Set aside.



2. Create weekly table
Create a table by using a computer with the days of the week along the lefhand column and the headings (Main Dish, Side Dish, Vegetable and Dessert) along the top row. Each table cell is about 4 cm x 3 cm. 


3. Cut paper strips
Cut 4 strips of 4 cm x 22 cm strips of colored-paper.



4. Cut magnet paper
Cut a piece of ink-jet magnet paper to 18 cm x 22cm.


5. Mount paper strips
Apply spray adhesives to one side of the colored strips on step 3. Mount this strips vertically, side by side, onto the black side of the magnet sheet.



6. Cut first set of narrow paper strips
Cut three 22cm x 6mm strips fo polka-dot paper or any patterned paper you like.



7. Cut second set of narrow paper strips
Trim six 18cm x 8mm strips of striped paper of any paper patterned you like.




8. Mount magnet to paper
Apply spray adhesives to the back of the magnetic section prepared in step 5 to the paper with the weekly table in step 2.


9. Mount horizontal strips
Using a glue stick, mount the six striped paper strips (in step 7) horizontally across the four colored strips.



10. Mount vertical strips
Using a glue stick, mount the paper strips from step 6 vertically and at regular intervals.



11. Cut paper base
Cut a piece of pink-patterned paper to 24 cm x 30 cm.


12. Mount table and title to base paper
Position and mount with spray adhesives the weekly table and the title, centered on the pink-patterned paper on step 11.




13. Print dish magnets
Using a computer and printer, design and print 19mm x 4cm cell box on ink-jet magnetic paper a selection of menu choices. Cut out each dish magnet and place it on chart as desired. 

There you go! Now you have a meal organizer that makes planning a week's worth of dinners a piece of cake.


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