Monday, August 13, 2012

Monday Made It (or Sunday Made It)

So I finally broke down and made these crate seats that have been floating around blog-land for two years! Here's my tutorial:

Go to a home store and have a nice man cut you some wood pieces.
Be sure to take your crate!!! 
Buy some foam at a craft store.  Cut it to fit the piece of wood.
Buy some cute fabric and staple gun it to the wood.  I wrapped mine up like a gift! 
Put in your classroom! Ta da! (Use in place of chairs in case you already have 24 kids and the list is growing...)

Also, I made this little W for my classroom!

A little paint and ribbon and you have a masterpiece!
I made something else super cute and creative (so I think but someone probably already made it and it's on Pinterest...) but I will share that with you tomorrow! Be sure to head over to TpT for the last day of the big sale! 

12 comments:

  1. I was thinking of making those chairs, but I'm afraid they'll sit too low. Thoughts?

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    1. I thought that also...I'm gonna lower my tables

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    2. I thought that also...I'm gonna lower my tables

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  2. I love how your tutorial starts! Your chairs look good!
    --Chrissy
    Firstgradefoundme.blogspot.com

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  3. I love those chairs! I made some last year and they were great for storage too! :) I love your color scheme too!

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  4. Is that plywood you're using? I have the exact same size crates, what size was each piece of wood if you know? They look great by the way..

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  5. Woot! Thank you for sharing this and making it seem simple enough for me to try. haha I think this will be my next Monday Made it project. :)

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  6. How did your crates hold up? I was looking at the cheap target ones of this size but was worried students would break them leaning on the edges.

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    1. If you try this will you let me know? I’m wondering the same thing Loopgoop57@yahoo.com

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  7. How much material for each seat?

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  8. Are they sturdy ? How well do they hold up with the weight ? Do you sit on them ?

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