Fun project, Family Message Board

Thomas Edison said "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk"

Well I definitely have the pile of junk, So here's my project.  

Take that pile of junk. Grab anything and everything that might be used to make a family message organization center and start building.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
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 You'll need lots of screws, and a drill and some glue.

Some things you'll need for a family message board are,  A place for magnets to stick to, a chalk board, clips for messages, hooks for keys or whatnot, some sort of container to keep supplies, and a place for a replaceable pad of paper. I'm sure there are more things that could be used, but with that formula here's what I made.

 Clock is the magnet board above, and the metal soap dish piece is the magnet board below.

For chalk tray I used a scrabble tile holder above and a piece of a picture frame below.

 Back board for this is an old ammo crate lid, I kept the hinges and they become the hangers to attach it to the wall.

 This one below is  a bit different. The backing is an old tray, I simply glued the chalk board and chalk holder to it leaving enough exposed on the sides for magnets to be used. Then I added one clip to the front and more if needed can be added at the fluted sides.  This cleans up the refrigerator chaos a little bit.

 If you don't want to build one of your own, two of these are available in my Etsy store here

Hope you enjoy this little project. It's a great way to use up all those little things we junkers have hanging around unused.