This month Lowes asked their Creative Influencers Network to create a project with the theme “Toybox.” Here is what I came up with:
The Problem: Clean up time around my house is never fun for anybody! I’m sure I am not the only mom out there who has to tell her kids a dozen times to clean up their toys, their shoes, their dirty socks etc. and sometimes after an hour of harping on them, it seems easier to just clean up the mess myself!
The Inspiration: My husband told me his mom used to have a big bag she would go around the house with and she’d collect all these stray items and keep them until her kids earned them back by doing extra chores- I loved this idea, so I set off to find a cute collection container of my own!
The Hunt: I found this aluminum trash can at Lowes for around $20. (You can get it online HERE, but mine is a 10 gallon- online they only have smaller and bigger sizes.)
The Details: Since I planned on keeping this trashcan in my family room for easy clean up access, I didn’t want it to be an eye sore, but it needed something. And that’s when I saw this cute idea on my friend’s blog:
A toilet monster! How cute!
The Result: I added this vinyl to my trash can and my MESS MONSTER was born!
So simple, but cute!
If you want to get your hands on some of this vinyl, my friend sells it in her etsy shop. Click here to order your own.
Special thanks to Lowes who provided me with a gift card to purchase my supplies for this post and also donated $100 to the charity of my choice- The Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis. There certainly is no better way to celebrate the holidays then helping charities make a difference in the lives of others.
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GENIUS!
LOVE this!!! So stinkin cute!
Haha! Love the much better than the guy peeking out of the toilet bowl