It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of meal planning (and think you should be too đ ). It puts deciding what to cook on autopilot all week long. No more last minute trips through the drive thru or slapping together a so-so meal that everyone will complain about anyways.
Jotting down your list of meals in a plain notebook or a scrap of paper is great, but did you know you can totally up your meal planning game? How? Well, with these 7 free printable weekly meal planners that will knock your socks off. I found some pretty amazing printables! All different kinds so there should be something to suit your specific needs.
Check them out and let me know which one is your favourite.
Now, this is a great idea! Use a dry erase marker to write out your menu for the whole week with this planner. Then, once the week is over, wipe it clear and start fresh for next week.
This one is from yours truly! I think it's fun and I love that there is space to jot down meals, your shopping list AND any prep work that needs to be completed! (Like remembering to take meat out of the freezer to thaw!)
Whether youâre new to meal planning or youâre just wanting to liven up the way youâre doing it, any one of these free printable meal planners will do the job perfectly.
Let me know what you think of these great free printable weekly meal planners!
PS: Looking for even more meal planning help? Check out this gorgeous printable MEAL PLANNERSET â with monthly, weekly + daily meal planning worksheets, brainstorming sheets, food inventory sheets, grocery lists, price matching sheets and more!
Well, Christmas is finished for another year. You may be thinking of taking down all your decorations but dreading the mess that your storage area becomes. Or what about next Christmas when you can’t find the specific decorations you’re looking for?
Look no further, I’ve got you covered with this handy Christmas Decoration Storage Inventory printable! Simply print out a page or two (depending on how many boxes you have) and get to work filling the paper out as you put away decorations. Label the boxes with the corresponding number that you have marked on the papers. For example, on the paper, box #1 includes all the Christmas lights. Be sure to label the actual box with #1 too!
There are three different packages to download. The first being blank checklists that you can personalize with your very own things you’d like to get done. The second is a set of checklists with some suggested things to get done each week leading up to Christmas. The third is a Holiday Planner that is the Simply Frugal store!
Simply Click on each image to access the downloads! I hope they’re useful to you!
The Holiday Planner is available for $4.97 and includes 7 useful printables that will ensure you have an organized holiday season. There’s also a bucket list that will help you get all the sightseeing, craft making, movie watching and whatever else tickles your Christmas senses. đ
Looking for a fun outdoor activity that will get the kids excited? You’ve got to print out this Nature Scavenger Hunt then! It will get the kids running all over the place discovering exciting things that can be found in nature.
You could turn this into a fun learning activity by discussing each item on the list. I bet the kids will be fascinated to learn unique details about each object. In case you need some help, I’ve listed a few interesting facts about each item below:
Butterflies:
Butterflies can’t hear, but they can feel vibrations.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Butterflies breath through openings on their abdomen called ‘spiracles’.
Clouds:
Every planet with an atmosphere has clouds. That includes the moon.
Clouds are white because they reflect light from the sun. Gray clouds become so filled with water that they donât reflect light.
Ladybugs:
Ladybugs bleed from their knees when threatened.
A ladybug’s bright colors warn predators to stay away.
Ladybug larvae resemble tiny alligators, with elongated bodies and bumpy skin.
Caterpillars:
Caterpillars are nicknamed âeating machinesâ since all they do is eat, eat and eat
The life span of a caterpillar is approximately from two to four weeks
Caterpillars breathe through little holes on the sides of their bodies called spiracles, not through its mouth. The mouth and strong jaws, called mandibles are just for chewing their food.
Flowers:
Roses are related to apples, raspberries, cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, pears and almonds.
Tulip bulbs were more valuable than gold in Holland in the 1600s.
The largest flower in the world is the titan arums, which produce flowers 10 feet high and 3 feet wide.
There are over 30 species of mushroom that actually glow in the dark. The chemical reaction called bioluminescence produces a glowing light known as foxfire. People have been known to use these fungi to light their way through the woods.
You can make beautiful colors by boiling wild mushrooms and dipping cloth in the resulting broth.
Bees:
There are three types of bees in the hive â Queen, Worker and Drone.
The queen may lay 600-800 or even 1,500 eggs each day during her 3 or 4 year lifetime.
Honey bees fly at 15 miles per hour.
Spiders:
Spiders are found on every continent of the world except Antarctica.
Spiders eat more insects than birds and bats combined.
When a spider travels, it always has four legs touching the ground and four legs off the ground at any given moment
Birds:
Birds have hollow bones which help them fly.
Some bird species are intelligent enough to create and use tools.
The chicken is the most common species of bird found in the world.
Sun:
Over one million Earth’s could fit inside the Sun
The Sun is almost a perfect sphere
The Sun is travelling at 220 km per second
Spider Webs:
Spider webs are actually made of Spider silk.
Spider silk is stronger than steel
Tarantulas do not spin spider webs
Trees:
Some trees produce a bitter chemical to ward off predators
Stress makes trees stronger
In one day, one large tree can lift up to 100 gallons of water out of the ground and discharge it into the air
Acorns:
Each acorn is unique to the type of oak tree that it comes from, itâs like a fingerprint for the tree.
The animals that most like to eat acorns are squirrels, mice, pigeons, ducks, deer and pigs.
Acorns are nuts that form on mature oak trees. The older the tree, the more acorns produced, and trees that are 70 or 80 years old can potentially produce thousands of these tree nuts.
Leaves:
Fallen leaves are an essential part of a forestâs ecosystem, providing protection for tree seeds to germinate over the course of winter.
Leaves need carbon dioxide that humans and animals breathe out, and they return oxygen, which we need to breathe in.
