If you're not sure what size strips, take a measuring tape and wrap it around the jar to determine the length, and then measure the width. Once it was completely dry, I simply took strips of paper and wrapped them around using double-sided tape.
I cleaned out my jar and then ran it through the dishwasher. For smaller children (or a bigger jar) you may want to make them much bigger than the tiny slips I used. The double spacing made it much easier to cut the little slips up.
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To create my slips, I typed my list of suggestions in Word (well, actually, I use Open Office, which is FREE and does most of what MS Office does), then I changed it to double-spacing and printed. For example, we don't have a backyard, so lots of those kinds of things are really out for us. Likewise, things I've found on other lists I've found across the internet won't work for us. Something that might be in my jar may not work for your kids. Really, that is entirely up to you, but be sure to take into account your children - their ages, abilities, likes - when you create your list. Another way would be to let them pull, say three, and then they have to choose one of those three. One way to set it up is that when they say they're bored, they HAVE to do the first thing they pull. What is important is that if you have one, you set rules about using it, otherwise your kids could end up pulling the thing apart looking for what they like, rather than trying new things or doing 'chores' they might pull. The plan - whenever my kids tell me they're bored, they'll have to dig into the Boredom Busters jar and pull out an activity that they can do by themselves, right away. Well, it's a little jar (actually a Nutella-knock-off from Shoprite), all decorated with fun papers and filled with lots and lots of great little ideas. I may still use it, by rearranging the planning, as website, " I'm An Organizing Junkie," is hosting a month-long " New Year's Organizing Revolution," complete with blog hops, posting parties and, best yet, PRIZES! In fact, I had even been contemplating posting that list here for my 'oh-so-many' readers and those who might just happen-chance upon it while searching for their own 30-days to a Clean House list. In fact, I had gone through the task of writing up a chore-list of sorts, with a different job to do each day. One of the things I had been planning, resolution or not, was to take the month of January and try and get some deep cleaning done and clearing out of clutter that plagues our home. Yet others, I find myself setting part way through the year when I realize that there is something I need to commit to. I set goals every year, myself - some I keep, while others sadly fall by the way side sometime in mid-February. The New Year is upon us, and with it come grandiose dreams of bettering our selves by setting resolutions.
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