At the beginning of the school year, my daughter couldn't decide if she wanted to ride the bus home from school or if she wanted to be picked up in the car. She thought that she might ride the bus one day and then get picked up the next. To prevent her from getting confused, I made her these little tags for her back pack so that she would remember which way she was coming home that day. And it would help out the teacher as well!
I did a google search for a bus .svg file and a car .svg file. I can't remember the name of the websites where I found them but they were pretty easy to find. I used my Cricuit and the Sure Cuts a Lot software to cut out the pieces for the bus and for the car. I made the car green because we have a bluish-green car. The paper is actually a pretty close match to the color of our car!
After the bus and car were assembled, I glued them to a rectangular piece of cardstock. Then I laminated the cardstock for added durability. I used a hole punch to make a hole in the tags. I even added her bus number to the bus in case she forgot what bus she needed to get on.
My husband found some little carabiner hooks in the camping section of our meijer. They were the perfect size for her back pack tags. We hang the tags on the hook where her back pack goes and we change them out in the morning as needed depending on how she is coming home that day.
What a simple way to add a bit of order to your lives! I will have to keep this in mind when my kids are old enough for school
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