DIY Pallet Caddy
Now that we are well into September, students are back to school and adapting to the new school year. This is the fourth week for my students and it’s hard to believe that this Friday I will send home the first interim report for the year. Switching grades and classrooms provided me with a great opportunity to really get organized at school. My cabinets are labeled, neat and contain no unnecessary materials. My latest organization project is a DIY pallet caddy too hold art supplies for my room.
My DIY pallet caddy is made from a pallet picked up at our tennis club, hence the “Har-Tru” printed on the side. For all of the non-tennis players, Har-Tru is the surface used on clay tennis courts. We cut a two board section from the pallet to make the caddy. The center vertical boards were then removed and the end was rounded to be decorative. The pallet caddy was then sanded and stained.
I found that a recycled soup can works perfectly as marker containers. To make the soup cans decorative, I traced the label onto scrapbook paper, cut it out, and applied it to the can with Mod Podge. After the Mod Podge dried, I covered the paper with another coat to seal it.
My students can easily remove a can of Sharpies from the caddy and carry it to any location in the classroom where they are needed.
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This is just too cute! I love it.
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Thank you, @Megan V (Our Pinteresting Family) !
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