Getting Crafty With a Small Space

Finally I have reached the point of the summer where my thoughts primarily involve prepping my classroom and lesson plans for the beginning of school.  This year I have been presented with an interesting challenge of having a classroom that is significantly smaller than the room that I had for the past 3 years.  On one hand, this is helping me purge the things I do not need and organize.  On the other, my walls are metal... I'm talking solid metal that could serve as a bomb shelter.  Armed with various adhesives, magnets, and Velcro, I am determined to make this work.

Here are a couple of things that I have done so far:

 

I turned my file cabinet into a magnet board for memos, while the back side serves as a space for student make-up work.

 

I am loving the pennants I made that say "WRITE", which will be the topper for my welcome board beside the door.  I scored a great deal on cute scrapbook paper at Joann Fabrics this week, an it happened to be perfect for this project.

 

Since my desk is tiny and only has one drawer, I made a "Teacher Toolbox" that holds all of my supplies.  It eliminates the clutter factor that I came across with my old desk drawers.  I actually got this toolbox at Home Depot in April when they ran great deals on their organizational tools.  This one was only $15.

 

Some Mod-Podge to the top allowed me to customize my toolbox.

My next project for the week will be painting a bookshelf and hopefully finishing the set up.