I am teaching a craft class to middle schoolers over the next 3 weeks. I had to come up with a craft for each week that would take 1-2 hours at a time and be interesting to 7th and 8th graders. I decided on a locker message board, a tie-dyed beach towel and one of my clipboards.
The cast of characters:
- Fabric
- 2 colors of coordinating ribbon
- 12 x 12 cork tiles (mine came in a 4-pack at Hobby Lobby)
- Magnetic strips
- Measuring tape
- Low-temp glue gun
I cut the fabric to 16 x 16 and laid it face down with the cork board centered. I glued one side down and then pulled tightly and glued the other side.
For the other sides, I folded the corners in like wrapping a present and glued them down tightly too.
I cut 3 pieces of the pink ribbon with 1-2 inches to spare at each end, and did the same with the blue.
Then, I flipped it over and started at one corner. I glued it down and then pulled it tightly to the other corner and secured it with hot glue. I followed the same step for the center blue piece too.
After all the ribbons were secured, then I added magnetic strips. They had a sticky back, but I added some extra glue too.
I also added a ribbon to the top so it could hang as well.
3 comments:
Yeah!! So glad you are joining the partaaay!! I love this!! How fun! I would love to teach a craft class!!
~Whitney
I bet your kids will love this! What a great craft!
These look like fun! I will talk to you about ordering some of the message boards. Wow....why didn't I think of that!
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