Thrity Thursday....Smile keeper

A couple of years ago we started a little routine of writing down our “smiles” of the day. It could be anything. Big or small, anything that made us smile that day would be added to the box. Some days we added a few & others just one. It didn’t matter. The point of it was just to make you stop and remember a happy thought. Its just too easy to focus on all the little annoying things. This became a great way to not forget all the positive ones as well.

Save an old container for this. I used a large plastic yogurt container. Then pick out some paper & measure how much you need to cover it. After cutting, apply it with some kind of double stick tape.

Cut a circle for the lid. I used my circle cutter on 4 inch & it fit perfect (or you can just trace the lid & cut).

Apply double stick tape to lid paper. Then figure where you’d like to have the opening for you paper smile notes to fit. Cut the rectangle using an xacto knife. Stick paper on top of lid & using the xacto knife again cut lid to match the opening. Place on top of container.

Now use some extra scrap paper and cut it in to small pieces. This is a great way to use up all those odds and ends of left over paper. I had some leaves left over from a wishing tree project & threw those in the mix too.

Just place it where everyone will see it each day & them run to add their smiles! To keep everyone excited about it, pick a day each week to sit down & read them all. We chose Sunday dinners. We pass the container around & pick one out to read. The rule is no one is allowed to read their own ( it’s more fun!) Its pretty funny what some of us have put. Other times it's very sweet. Then toss the comments & start a whole new week of “smiles. Its kind of like opening the mail each week. You never know what will be in there!

Some times its nice to keep a few of your favorites each week. Especially with the girls being so young yet. I can’t seem to toss some of them. In a few weeks I share a fun way to display the ones you love : )

Now go write down your ‘smile”!!!!