Bright Ideas:DIY Classroom Organization and Decor

Hey everyone!


I love when I can make something myself and it actually turns out decent! And it's a bonus when it's decor and organization wrapped into one.

So I'm linking up again with the: 

 I made this project last summer with a picture frame from the Dollar Tree, a piece of scrapbook paper, and a sharpie.  And this is what I got! You could also type and print this out, but I figure once I tire of this scrapbook paper, I will swap it out with another.

Easy to write on and wipe off!

Now the other DIY I'm showing, I didn't make, but I have made them as gifts before. You need a plastic photo frame that stands (you'll see in the pics below), scrapbook paper,  a post-it note pad, hot glue gun, and any decor elements, like ribbon.

You slip the scrapbook paper in the photostand (again, this is nice if you change room decor and need to swap out). Hot glue the post-its to the frame. Then decorate! I personally like ribbon wrapped around the top.

So there you have it! Easy DIY that look great and keep you organized, while stylish too.

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Monday Made It: Bookmarks

Yay, I'm finally doing Monday Made It again :) I was used to the weekly and then I got busy and now it's once a month, though I'm sure I could choose any Monday in the month, but I want to do the first Monday of each month. I even wrote it down in my calendar planner from Paper Coterie.

Blog stuff is in blue. And blurred out stuff are the teachers I'm subbing for. I've already got a lot going on this month!

Ok, anyway, back to Monday Made It! Remember how I scored thousands   a ton of paint chips and I've really done nothing with them? I decided to make some more bookmarks, but fall ones.

I really liked these that I saw on Pinterest.

Courtesy : Parentables via Becky on Pinterest

Now I was a little sad to read that the flowers were stamps. I don't have any cool stamps like that. Or material like that. So what did I do? I drew the flowers!

So I picked autumn colors: brown and orange swatches.

First attempt and I'm liking it!

On orange swatch. I love the names of the colors too!

Hole punched and with ribbon!

If you have a  project or want to look at others, hop on over to 4th Grade Frolics!

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Monday Made It: Jumbo Paper Clip Bookmarks

Ever since I saw pics floating around on Pinterest from the blog Altered to Perfection of these clip bookmarks, I knew I wanted to make them!

Courtesy: Altered to Perfection

What you need:

• Ribbon
• Jumbo paper clips
• Scissors

That's it! I got my clips at Michael's. 

My Jumbo clips in green, purple, pink, and blue.

Picked out some coordinating ribbon.

The purple and green clips have three ribbons. They'll be gifts for two of my teacher gal pals I'll see tomorrow.

The blue and pink clips have only two ribbons on them, but I love them like that! 

They turned out soooo cute!

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Quick Time Fillers

Remember my Monday Made It with the Crystal Light containers and duct tape?

Love the bright chevron!

Well my intention with it was to put sticks in it that had time fillers for when I had 5 minutes or less to fill up.

Bought some jumbo sticks. They had them at my Dollar Tree. So far this project is cheap!

I wrote down some fun games on the sticks.

• Spelling bee: Go from desk to desk and have them spell. Or do boys vs. girls
• Pictionary: Draw on the board and have the kiddos guess what it is. I try to relate it to what they're studying at the moment.
• I spy: Pick an object in the room and they guess what it is.
• 4 corners: One person is 'it' and they close their eyes. The other kiddos go to the corners in the room. It person calls out a number 1-4 and if kids are in that corner, they are out.
• Heads up 7 up: 4-5 kiddos are 'it'. The rest put down heads and thumbs up. If their thumb gets touched, they tuck it in. Call out "Heads up 7 up!" and if they were touched, stand up and guess who touched them.
• Telephone: Say a phrase or word and have it pass person to person.
• Hangman (or word man without noose lol): Kids guess what word. Again, I try to relate to topic/theme.
• High/low: Math game...I wrote a post for it.
• Who's the Judge: Person has back turned to class. One at a time the kids come up and talk in a funny voice and the 'judge' has to guess who it is.
• 20 questions: The 'it' person has an item/object in mind and the class has 20 questions to get it.
• Silent ball: Students sit on desks or in circle and toss the ball. Good for non verbal communication!
• Around the world: Multiplication facts or any subject really. 
• The silent game: This is to see who can stay silent the longest.

Hope this gave you some ideas for those short moments that you need a time filler. The kids I sub for really have fun with these.  These could be brain breaks too! 

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Monday Made It : T Time

I had another "T" left from Walmart, my 20 cent find! This time I had no idea what I was going to do until I glanced over at my art cart and saw my heaping pile of ribbons.

Plain and ready to go!

Ribbons galore!

Started tying them on

Finished product with a ribbon around to hang it.

The back side looks cute with the ties all on it. Only problem I had is that this T is curved and kind of a funky shape, but I think it turned out cute!

Link up your projects for Tara's Monday Made It party!



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Monday Made It #6

Well I was really hoping my next post on my blog was going to be about my 500 followers but I am one shy! If it wasn't about that, then I'm happy it's my Monday Made It post!

Linking up with Tara:

This week's Monday Made It is a two-fer. I made two things!

First was my own mod-podge.

Inspired by the Do It Yourself Divas, it was easy to make! Here is their DIY Mod Podge:

Courtesy: Do It Yourself Divas

All you need is glue and water and a bottle. However much glue you put in the bottle, that's how much water you put in. And shake!

Here's mine:

I decorated the bottle up and so no one thinks it's milk! :)

Remember the wooden T's I found for $0.20 at Wal-mart? And the fabric I used for my pendant banner? Well I was inspired to use my Mod Podge on fabric.

My 20 cent T.

I put Mod Podge on the bottom of the fabric and then gave the whole top a bath. And don't worry, that little spot on the upper  right part of the T is covered now :)

Now I still have that other T do do something with...

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Monday Made It #4

Happy Monday everyone! I'm having internet connection issues so I'm on a borrowed computer so I know that I can at least get my blog post in!

Here's my Monday Made It and I linked up with Tara !

Materials you need:

• Empty container (I used Crystal Light)
• Duck Tape

Optional

• Label for container

I first got my two supplies ready.

Mmm appletini. It's so good!

I stripped my container free (it's naked!)

I dressed it up pretty by wrapping the tape around.

I even wrapped a trim around the lid!

Easy and FABulous! Love it! I may put a label on it saying "Time fillers" or something like that. I plan on writing quick activities/brain breaks on sticks and putting them in there. Then when I'm subbing and I have a spare minute (or more) , I pull out a stick and it has an activity, game, or brain break idea on it! I'm super excited about this.

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Monday Made It #3 (and Giveaway Winners)

I'm linking up with Tara for my third Monday Made It!

I really feel like I am getting a lot accomplished this summer, thanks to Tara's linky party. I was actually worried that I'd be bored...ha! Between making Pinterest projects, this blog, Endless Pinabilities, creating products for my TN store, and my 'real' life and Saturday Market job, I'm feeling pretty busy!

Anyway, back to the Monday Made it :) This was pinned like crazy:

Courtesy Kinder Kraze via Vicky on Pinterest

Super cute. But I don't have a classroom. I do however, have a bedroom in need of more space, especially for my workout clothes and crafts (odd combo, but true!)

So I went to Wally World and picked me up one of these bad boys:

There was white and black, but I thought black was classier and meshed better with my room color.

I've seen others do over their draws with modge podge...but like Maria at Kinder Kraze, I decided to tape it. Plus I don't have modge podge (but I'm going to make some, another Pinterest idea!). The tape worked pretty well!

I love how it turned out! I decided to add my own flair by using the tiny bit of leftovers I had as middle stripe and I really like how it turned out. 

Now to decide what the next project should be...

Oh and before I forget, here are the 3 winners:

Congrats Emily B, Jessica A. and Brianne!

You have your choice of zebra, rainbow, dots, black dots, tie-dye, or owls math wall packs :) I'll be contacting you, so be on the look out for an e-mail!

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