If you don’t have project life cards, you could quite easily cut cardstock to size (4 X 6) and use these same tips.
1.Labelling craft kits
I have, occasionally, put together some beading kits and once, an easy craft for kids. I bought wooden letters and packs of buttons from a craft store, added a jar of craft glue, and gifted that to some of my kids’ friends.
The project life card is the perfect size for a label on the one side, and one or two sentences on the reverse.
2. Gift tags
They are particularly lovely to use as gift tags on presents.
3. Conversation notes
This might confirm that either I’m super weird or very intentional. Let’s go with the latter, okay?
I sometimes use PL cards to keep notes of things I want to remember to chat to friends about so when we meet for tea/ lunch, I have a visual prompt.
I’ve also twice had meetings with teachers and I use a project life card to write down my thoughts so I don’t get sidetracked in the meeting. I hope I look organised and invested in the meeting 🙂
4. Speech preparation
My kids have started to do little speeches at school.
They’re allowed to use a card with keywords, so they use a Project Life card.
5. Scriptures/ affirmations
One of my kids was quite fearful about going to bed for a month or two, so Dion wrote out a scripture to be kept next to the bed.
If I want to be reminded about something, like “I can only do what I can do; I can’t control other people’s work”, then I write these not-so-little things on a PL card.
6. Labelling shelves
I change things in my house all the time. Not furniture, but the way things are organised. For instance, when the kids were at pre-school, we had a lot more space dedicated to casual clothes, because that’s all they wore.
These days we have a shelf each for school clothes because of the uniforms. And they only wear casual clothes for 3.5 hours every afternoon, and on weekends.
PL cards are easy to use, change labels and just stick on the shelf with Prestik.
7 . Love notes
Kendra just piped up from the lounge that we also use them to write love messages for each other 🙂
How do you use Project Life cards for non-Project Life purposes?
PS I really like this lady’s idea for a running list!
