Easy Art Center

For some reason, my kids always open new boxes of crayons, markers, pencils, etc. the same way (drives me crazy). How are you supposed to keep crayons in a box like this?

So, in organizing our playroom, I came up with a solution…this cute and easy art center.

I found the white metal board and these little magnetic metal containers at Ikea.

I covered the containers with different colors of vinyl

and added a fun saying to the top of the metal board.

Then, I labeled each container with vinyl letters

and stuck them on the board. 

 Since the containers are magnetic, the kids can easily take them off while they are using them.
So much easier than trying to put them back into the box…especially a ripped box.

*Update: I’ve had many people ask what the items from IKEA are called. Both the containers and metal board are from the SPONTAN collection. I just looked on IKEA’s website and could no longer find the containers but the boards are still available. I don’t know if they are just temporarilly out of stock or have been discontinued. I hope this helps!

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