Monday Made It #2

This morning, I went to Michaels without a definite plan (BIG MISTAKE!), knowing that I wanted to do something small for Make it Monday.  In case you weren't aware, Michaels is really jumping on the teacher train this year and has a good variety of teacher supplies, many with a Dr. Seuss theme (so if you're doing that for your theme, you might want to head there!)  They also have a ton of jungle animal things, perfect for me since that's my classroom theme :)

After wandering aimlessly around the store, I thought about how I have a ton of stickers, and no where really to put them.  Sorry, I know it's not exactly the best thing I could have come up with, but I'm feeling rather yucky today so that's what I went with!

Sticker Box materials:

Pencil Box (cardboard)
Mod Podge and brush
Scissors
Scrapbook Paper
Whatever you want to decorate with!

Work space

Completed Project

  

Don't you just love that little lion? He's precious!

And, an added bonus to this post:  A patriotic cheesecake I made for the 4th of July.  It was super easy to make and super delicious but my family couldn't finish it. 

Patriotic Cheesecake - Thanks Pinterest!

Happy Monday! 

Monday Made It!

So, I saw this "teacher toolbox" on Pinterest a few months ago and pinned it, knowing that I would have time over the summer to actually do it.  I saw it again on some teaching blogs that I stalk and decided that today would be the big day!  I'm linking up with Tara from 4th Grade Frolicks (you should definitely check out her blog!)... she is hosting "Monday Made It." :)

Click here to go to 4th Grade Frolicks!

Anyway, on with the post!  My classroom is going to be jungle themed, so I decided to paint my toolbox green.  I quickly discovered that HEY, acrylic paint doesn't work so well on plastic!  It was too late to fix it though, so I ended up brushing in diagonal strokes and the effect is actually pretty neat!  I used a sponge to put a little bit of gold paint over the green and added some glitter paint to seal the deal.  I also painted the borders blue, then sprayed Mod Podge acrylic sealer over the entire box so that little fingers won't smudge it up! :)

I used Elizabeth's (Fun in Room 4B - Another blog you should definitely check out!) template to make the labels and printed them on scrapbook paper.
Here are a few pictures of the finished product!