Is it my favorite day of the week yet? Well, it must be! It is Works-For-Me-Wednesday and that means I get a whole bunch of great ideas to use for my family, courtesy of all the great ladies who participate each week. Welcome to this week’s installment of Works-For-Me Wednesday! Don’t forget to stop by Shannon’s blog to view her weekly idea & all of the other great participants. Swing by my entry last week and learn how to get rid of…or..um, regift all of those craft projects your children bring home to you.
This week, I want to discuss a great way I have found to free up pantry space for our family. It seems like we constantly have this shuffle of boxes with half a serving of food in them, particularly those cereal boxes. Now, we know how much space these take up and it is usually wasted space until we buy the same brand of cereal (no, no, you cannot mix two varieties of cereal in this house!) and can actually fill a whole bowl.
Now instead of waiting for this to happen, I make my son mommy’s special trail mix. Whatever we need to unload (within reason) goes into the trail mix. Raisins, cereal, peanuts, dried fruits, chocolate chips, Easter candy (those random snack size things of M&M;’s), sunflower seeds, granola, etc.. I put a variety of items in a container and then give them a little shake. This power food goes into a Dollar Tree container (hard plastic so it doesn’t get smashed) and I keep it in my purse for all of those snack emergencies. It is much more interesting than a baggie of crackers and he looks forward to seeing what is in the mix each day. That buys me at least five minutes while we are at the store or are out running errands.
That is what Works for Me! Looking forward to reading everyone’s entries this week- I learn so much from these ladies!
That’s a great idea! There’s always that “little bit” left in the box, that for some reason no one will eat, because it’s only a “little bit!” Thanks
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What a fun and thrifty idea!
My WFMW is up
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Excellent idea. We always need portable snacks around here, too!
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What a great idea. My older kids wont go for this but I know my 2 yo would like this. Thanks
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Great idea! I always need portable snacks in the car and store! Thanks for the good idea!
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Great idea, Amy! My kids are a little old for this but I may give it a try anyway.
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Love it! what a great idea…..and thanks for posting on my site….I will begin adding the dryer sheet too- great tip- thanks!
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Such a great Idea!! We are always looking for quick and easy things! TFS!
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Great idea! It will WF”us” too, I think. First time to your site. I like the look of it. Very nice.
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Love it! What a great idea!!
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Heading up to clean out my pantry right now! What a great idea!~
Diane
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To me, having snacks available is one of the greatest perks of being a mother of preschoolers. This is a great idea. We go through about 4 boxes of cereal a week around here – but what is up with everyone leaving a half a bowlful’s worth in the bottom of the box?? We have about 8 of them in the pantry at any given time. Sheesh! I want to try this.
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That is a really nifty idea!! How clever of you!
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I absorbed this idea – thanks! I am a constant declutterer!!
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Now that is a good idea! Why didn’t I think of that? My kids really get bored with crackers or raising all the time…so now I’ll spice it up!!
Thanks!
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wonderful idea – i am going to do that!
my son will be pretty excited if candy ends up mixed in there!
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This is so smart! My boys will love it! And I will love the cleaned up pantry!
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Brilliant!
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That’s so much like what we do here! Works great – it was my WFMW post, too – lol.
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Awesome! I’m going to make some trail mix bags up tomorrow…LOVE to declutter and ALWAYS need snacks for the girls when we’re on the run. Thanks so much!
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It sounds yummy to me. I keep a kit of snacks ready to grab for ballgames etc.
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