It occurred to me while watching the girls play with their fridge magnets the other day that most of the "play" is just them taking the magnets off and then putting them back on, which gets rather old for them after a while. I decided I would try to make some "fridge games" in an effort to provide them a little more variety and hopefully buy me a few more quiet moments while making dinner.
I loved the simple puzzles I saw at Chasing Cheerios and they seemed like they would transfer well onto magnets, so I decided to make puzzle magnets!
I chose a picture out of a newly thrifted children’s book and grabbed the Mod Podge, a magnet sheet (usually found in stores with photo display items), a piece of cardboard from a cereal or snack box for a little extra sturdiness, and a pair of scissors.
After adhering all the pieces together, I wiped a couple of coats of the Mod Podge over them as a sealant.
The finished project came out very cute, but I think I might try this again using board books. Even though I glued the paper onto the cardboard backing, some of the edges have come up as little fingers try to pry the magnets off the fridge.
Great ideas! but be careful with the board books because you’ll need some really strong magnets to hold them up!
Whenever I read your ideas I’m always like ‘well, duh, that looks easy’. LOVE this idea - I think I’m going to try it with photos for on the fridge ….
Yay for Little Golden Books being used in new and awesome ways!!! Great idea, Chrissy!
cute. cute. cute.
I love the pokey little puppy and I LOVE this idea!
Very cute!! I also read somewhere about putting magnets on the back of puzzle pieces so they can do the puzzle on the fridge. I’ve been meaning to try getting an easy, cheap, puzzle to try this out.
Good grief Martha Stewart. You’re killing me with your clever projects! Wanna adopt my kids for a bit? They sure would LOVE you!
What a cute idea! Anything that makes it easier to get dinner on the table works for me.
Did you know they sell magnet paper that you can send through a deskjet printer? Scanning the picture you wanted to use and then printing it directly on magnet paper, and finally cutting up into puzzle pieces might work well too?
I love this! I am definitely going to try it out! I would also like to link to this post from my blog.
So excited to try this! I have been keeping cereal boxes and snack boxes for months now. I could make puzzles out of those or just use them as backing like you did for cooler picture puzzles.
In order to salvage the ones you’ve already made could you “laminate” them in clear contact paper? I think the magnet would still work through a layer of contact paper.
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