Monday Made it!!

Well after seeing the post by Miss V's Kinder Kraziness, I decided I needed these for my Write the Room Work Station.  I usually have the children write the room with a lap board I purchased at Discount School Supply.  I love these! They are so versatile and I pull them out whenever we the need arises.  However, there have been times when the children need more than just a pencil to complete an activity.  These boxes can hold a fully stocked crayon box  and more.  I will probably put some books and extra activities in each box if they finish early.

Here's How I made mine:

I bought the clear scrapbook boxes at Michaels when they were on sale for 50% off.  I used Creative Clips free cupcake clipart to decorate them.  My back to school door is going to be a cupcake shop, so I thought putting cupcakes on these would be cute.

Next, I cut out the cupcakes and ran them through my sticker machine. I love this machine; I seriously could not get by without it. I can put laminating film or sticker film in it.  

So I put the cupcakes in the machine...

 the wrong way at first.  Oops!

And then....

the right way, so I could stick them on the inside of the box. 

After I run them through the machine, they look like this:

I pull off the sticky back and take the pieces off the backing.  They are now sticky on the picture side and I can place them on the box.

I thought they needed something more, so I added some ribbon with double stick tape. I'm hoping it stays, but I am not optimistic. I like having the decorations on the inside to keep the writing surface smooth.  I also put ribbon around the bottom on the inside as well, but it still needed something...

so I added the pencil clipart too.

I love how they turned out and they fit perfectly in my Michaels clearance find!

Of course I ran out of ribbon though...back to the store I go!http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2014/07/monday-made-it-summer-week-9.html