• HOME
  • Planning
    • Planner Newbie
      • New to planning? Start here
    • Planning Tips & Inspiration
    • 52 Planning Systems in 52 Weeks
      • My weekly spreads
    • Planner Index
    • Planner Reviews
      • Horizontal Weekly
      • Horizontal 1 Page Weekly + Notes
      • Vertical Weekly
      • Hourly Planners
      • Categories Weekly
      • Daily Planners
      • Discbound Planners
      • Teacher Planners
      • Planner Roundups
      • Happy Planner (MAMBI)
      • Budget Planners
    • Planner Comparisons
    • Bullet Journal
      • Bullet Journal Reviews
      • Bullet Journal Spreads
      • Bullet Journal Tips
    • Planner pens
    • Highlighters
    • Planner Stickers
    • Digital Planning
    • Household Binder
    • Stationery Shopping
    • Rachael’s Favorites
    • Blogging & Online Business
  • Graphic Design
    • Photoshop Tutorials
    • Microsoft Word
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Canva
    • Silhouette Studio
    • PicMonkey
  • SHOP
    • Shop at Etsy
    • Online Store
    • Graphic Design Resources
    • ECOURSES
    • Ebooks
      • 54 Mistakes Etsy Sellers Make (And How to Fix Them)
      • 1200 Blog Post Ideas
        • 1200 Blog Post Ideas (Exclusive Download Content)
      • 200 Blog Post Title Prompts (For Any Type of Blog)
        • 200 Blog Post Title Prompts (Exclusive Download Content)
    • Feedback & Testimonials
    • Planner Supplies (my sister’s shop!)
    • Shop my favorite planner supplies on Amazon
  • Learn
    • ECOURSES
      • Free Graphic Design Video Tutorials Library
      • How to Make Planner Stickers
      • How to Make Printables in Photoshop
      • How to Make Printables in Microsoft Word
      • How to Make Printables in Microsoft Excel
      • How to make digital planners and notebooks in Microsoft PowerPoint
      • How to Make Labels in Photoshop
      • How to Make Patterns in Photoshop
      • How to Make Party Printables
      • How to Write Product Descriptions
    • Ebooks
      • 54 Mistakes Etsy Sellers Make (And How to Fix Them)
      • 200 Blog Post Title Prompts (For Any Type of Blog)
      • 1200 Blog Post Ideas
  • FREE
    • FREE Printables
    • Free Printables Library – Subscribers Login
  • Travel
    • Travel Planning
    • Europe
    • Australia & New Zealand
  • About
    • Browse All Posts
    • FAQ
      • What is a Printable? What happens when I purchase a printable from you?
      • Printing Tips
      • Printable Planner Stickers
      • Downloading Files
      • How to Open Zipped File Folders
      • What does EDITABLE mean?
      • Monogram Etiquette

All About Planners

Printable planners to organize your home, business and life!

January 23, 2018

Planner Hack: Using binder covers to create a reusable checklist (plus free printable binder covers)

While I now use the Arc system for my planner (read more about why I made the switch), I still use binders to organize more permanent papers such as recipes, important documents for my rental property, hardcopies of business documents and my tax planner etc. I store these binders on my desk. They were taking up space and then I had an ‘epiphany’ of sorts on how to make them more useful – turn them into a to do list!

Planner hack: dry erase binder covers

To enlarge the screen of the video, click the square icon in the bottom right hand corner of the video (it will say ‘full screen’ when you hover your mouse over the icon).

Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more planner related videos!

Didn’t realise I’d said ‘like’ so many times till I watched the playback – sorry! :/ 

The whiteboard markers I use are from Daiso (they have small pen-like whiteboard markers in a pack of 5 for $2.80. The thicker markers shown in the video are from Kmart.

Make sure you purchase clear view binders so you can slip the binder cover into the front. The binder covers I used are from Target. Amazon have binders in plenty of colors if you don’t want to use white.

I printed the cover onto full sheet matte label paper – the colors turn out better than when printing onto paper. If you really want the colors to POP, print onto glossy label paper. For a list of places to purchase label paper from see this post. You could also print the covers onto cardstock.

free printable binder cover insert list making dry erase planner hack diy whiteboard daily planner organization

Download the pattern covers & blank binder cover inserts here. If you’re an existing subscriber you can login to the free printables library here (password was sent in the initial sign up confirmation email).

If you want to organize your papers, I also included a binder cover in the free printables library so you can label the contents of your binder. This is a great idea if things are subject to change or you’re temporarily storing papers in a binder before putting in a filing cabinet or archiving them (or if you didn’t want just the plain stripe pattern cover).

The binder covers and pattern pages are full page size but can be printed for half size binders, Erin Condren planner size, Plum Paper etc. – see this post for printing tips & instructions. Just choose ‘custom page size’ in your printer menu.

Want more binder covers? There are tons in my Etsy shop!

How to add text to binder covers

If you want to add your own title to the stripe covers before printing follow the tutorial below:

The aqua and pink binder covers in the above video are from my printables shop. 

Using Binders

  • How to organize recipes plus a free printable recipe binder
  • Planner Organization: Why I use the Arc Planner instead of binders
  • Ways to organize using binder covers (plus a free printable monogram binder cover) 
  • How to organize your taxes with a printable tax planner

More planning tips

  • 7 Ways to make colors POP when printing using an Inkjet printer 
  • Don’t own a printer? Here are 5 companies that will print and ship printables to your door
  • How to print printables without a white border (borderless printing step by step video tutorial) 
  • How to Choose a Printer (Including the best printer for printing printables and planner stickers) 

planner hack how to use a binder cover as a dry erase checklist free printable binder cover editable to do list tasks project

 

 

Liked this post? Pin it!

free printable binder cover insert list making dry erase planner hack diy whiteboard daily planner organization

You may also be interested in...

  • Editable Chevron Printable Teacher Planner!Editable Chevron Printable Teacher Planner!
  • Erin Condren Horizontal Life Planner versus Horizontal Happy Planner: which planner is better?Erin Condren Horizontal Life Planner versus Horizontal Happy Planner: which planner is better?
  • Ways to organize using binder covers (plus a FREE printable monogram binder cover)Ways to organize using binder covers (plus a FREE printable monogram binder cover)
  • 100 things to put in your habit tracker of your planner or bullet journal (plus free printable habit tracker)100 things to put in your habit tracker of your planner or bullet journal (plus free printable habit tracker)
  • How to make a DIY Erin Condren Planner Cover for less than $2 (plus free printable cover)How to make a DIY Erin Condren Planner Cover for less than $2 (plus free printable cover)
  • Functional Icon Planner StickersFunctional Icon Planner Stickers

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Posted In: Planning Tips & Inspiration · Tagged: binder cover for school, binder cover printable, binder insert, checklist, dry erase binder, editable binder cover, free binder cover, free editable binder cover, free planner printable, free printable, how to organize using binders

Comments

  1. Kt says

    January 24, 2018 at 00:27

    The problem with dry erase is that it comes off so easily that I’m often erasing when I don’t intend to. I use permanent marker, like Sharpies, then wipe it off easily with rubbing alcohol.

    • Rachael says

      January 24, 2018 at 18:06

      Good idea! Sharpies come in more colors than whiteboard markers too 🙂

Welcome

Welcome to All About Planners! I’m Rachael, a 20-something Aussie addicted to graphic design and all things planning. On the blog you’ll find more than 1,000 posts about all things planning including planner reviews, tips, favorite supplies and some of my past weekly spreads.

Subscribe and join 60,000+ others on the quest to find planner peace!

Follow Me

  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube

Search

Subscribe

free printables library sign up all about planners blog image graphic subscribe

Shop At Etsy

The photos and content on this site are the property of All About Planners. They are not allowed to be used without permission from All About Planners.

Categories

Recent Posts

  • Peter Pauper Press Essentials Dot Matrix Notebook Review (Including Pen Test)
  • ARC Punch versus Happy Planner versus the Levenger 1-2-3 Punch: Which is better?
  • Clever Fox Planner Pro Weekly Review
  • Simple Christmas themed weekly spread with washi tape and stencils
  • 10 Useful printables to add to your planner or bullet journal

Disclaimer

All About Planners is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Popular Posts

  • 130+ functional ideas to use blank notes pages of your planner or an empty notebook
  • Setting up a new planner: 70 Tasks to add
  • Planner Organization: How to color-code your planner so you’ll actually use it effectively
  • Bullet Journal Ideas: 26 Weekly Spread Layouts to Try
  • 100 things to put in your habit tracker of your planner or bullet journal (plus free printable habit tracker)

Printables

  • Learn How to Make Printables
  • How to Make Planner Stickers
  • Resources & Tools I Recommend

Subscribe to access the free Printables library

Follow Me

  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
Privacy

Copyright © 2021 All About Planners · Theme by 17th Avenue