If you aren't exploring other teachers' blogs, you are depriving yourself! In "blog stalking", I came across these awesome little chairs. I originally found the picture on The Clutter Free Classroom blog. Inspired, I ran to the stores the next day and made some of my own:
I started my shopping at Big Lots! There they had similar seats like these, however, the more expensive version (each were $18). Not wanting to pay around $120 bucks for 6 of them, I kept looking. I then found these crates for $3 each. After Big Lots, I moved onwards to JoAnn's where I used my teaching discount card to purchase the lily pad fabric (as I am doing a frog theme). It was already on clearance but I got an additional 15% off with my card. I think the fabric was about $10. I also grabbed some of the stuffing while I was there ($4). Lastly, I ran to Home Depot and bought one sheet of plywood ($5). I brought in one of the crates and asked one of the employees to cut the plywood down to fit the top of the crate. With all my goodies purchased, I went home, pulled out a staple gun, and got to work. I couldn't be happier with them.
I plan to use these around my guided reading table. In each crate I am going to store items related to our guided reading session (i.e., dry erase boards and markers, highlight tape, post its, etc.). I'm excited to try them out!!
