If you’re living on-campus with a family, you may know that the campus apartments aren’t huge by any means. Although it’s really hard to complain because it’s FREE!! As our daughter has gotten a little older, she’s received more magnetic toys which are now too numerous to keep on the fridge. Do you have this problem? Are you looking for a cheap and easy way to get more space for magnetic toys? Well, my wife (@ajungers) has come to the rescue.
We visited our local Menards (where we save big money) and purchased 6″ x 18″ welding steel sheets, a roll of purple duct tape, and some velcro. The steel edges are pretty sharp, so to keep our daughter’s fingers from getting cut, we just tore off a piece of duct tape long enough to cover them. Once you’ve got a piece long enough, you can rip it in half the long way to use less, if you’re into that sort of thing (For aesthetic purposes, make sure the straight/untorn end is on the side your kid will be utilizing). After you’ve made the edges safe, just attach the velcro to the back and stick them to the wall.
Once the velcro “sick-em” has had enough time to set, put all your child’s magnetic items on the wall. It’s like a second fridge, only cheaper! Granted, it’s not as cheap as painting the wall with magnetic paint. However, at my institution, it’s against college policy for me to be painting my walls. Sticky stuff can be removed with this and a little elbow grease. I also don’t like the idea of creating something that permanent.
This post feels like it should be posted here. However, since I’m not “The Clever Dad”, I don’t post there.
Thanks for reading. My daughter’s awake now. I can hear her chatter. Perhaps we’ll play with some magnets?
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