~Scrapbooking Wednesday!~

So I decided that since Randy gets two days a week that he dedicates to his hobby that I should start having at least one for mine too...so I'm going to try to set aside some time every Wednesday to scrapbook. The day may change depending on our commitments but for now it works. Randy is home and can help with Ethan.

Anyhow, so far today I have completed a project that I've been thinking about for a week now. I wanted to make Ethan a piggy bank where Randy and I could put our loose change. I know how much it adds up and Randy remembers his Grandma giving him all her change for Christmas every year and he said he had so much fun adding it up...I know even I love adding it up and rolling it to put in the bank! So anyhow...I didn't want to go out and buy a piggy bank for him, not when we already have soooo much stuff and I have so much creative stuff at my disposal. So when I was organizing my coffee/tea cupboard the other day I saw this:



It was almost empty and I thought...hmmmmmm...that would work. The top is soft plastic so I can cut a coin slot in it, I can recover it with some cool embellishments and we're off! It is a bit small so I decided to limit the coin to one type...loonies! Might as well make it a good surprise amount! With that in mind I started sifting through my supplies and came up with a color combo that I liked that was fun for a little boy and also matched his room. (I know, I'm a dork) As I got making it I couldn't decide on what to put on it for a label. You know: Ethan's loonies, Ethan's change...none of it worked. So I had the idea to make him a couple of banks with different purposes.

So I made him one for a School Fund and one for a Fun Fund. It serves a few purposes. One it helps us to save for his education. Even though we have already set up an investment for his education that we will deposit into regularily, there is always room for more! Coin can add up remember! The other purpose of breaking it up was for teaching him about money. Not today I know...but down the road I want him to learn that you need to save for the things you want.

So his school fund will get our loonies ($1 coins), his fun fund our quarters. Once I have another empty container I'll make him a donation fund and that can hold all the pennies. I'm going to take an empty formula container and make it a family fun fund and that is where all our dimes and nickels will go, and another tea container will eventually hold our toonies ($2 coins) and that will be for Mom & Dad's fun fund. It will be our fun family project.

Randy and I have always saved our change and once or twice a year (depending on how much there is) I will roll it. I don't usually take it to the bank, I put it away for a rainy day. Again I will say...it adds up fast especially in Canada where we have so many coins!

So anyhow, here are the two that I have completed, the E School Fund and the E Fun Fund. The most fun I've had in my scrap room in a long time!