Cost-Efficient Classroom: More DIY School Projects for Your Classroom or Library

Well, the good news is that I thought of more stuff that needed done for my library.  Because it's a combo middle school and high school library, I am going to have 2 sets of books on display:  Rebecca Caudill (middle school) and Abraham Lincoln (high school) books.  This means I need signs to display them.

I went to the local Catholic Charities.  The good news is that the smaller frames are extremely cheap 50 cents or a dollar.  I bought a few more than I needed because these signs would be helpful for all kinds of things like homework turn in station or signs for how-to flyers.  I just spray painted the frames and made the signs within.  I searched for the color I wanted and pattern like "pink pattern" or "blue pattern" and then layered words on top of it in Office.  They turned out great!

I also finished turning my pencils/pens into flowers.  This is super easy.  I bought cheap flowers (some Dollar Tree and some Walmart), cheap pencils, and floral tape.

I just snipped the flowers off and wrapped the pencils with floral tape.

A couple of years ago, I took apart one of my old office chairs and using my awesome staple gun, re-covered it.  Unfortunately, it doesn't match a different project I had in mind, so I fixed it.

I also picked up a sweet metal $2 magazine rack.  I forgot to take a before picture, but it was black and gold.  I left the gold and spray painted the rest in my color scheme.  This is going to be great for putting informational flyers out.

Finally, my best project!!  I took a $5 folding chair and transformed it.  I spray painted it, and then I re-covered the cushion.  I couldn't get it off the chair to staple it on properly, but I stapled it on the back and then used super glue and a screwdriver to attach it around the edges of the chair.

Yes!!  I can't wait to move this stuff into the library in a few weeks!