I think it is a requirement of teachers to…
- Love clipboards… and have about 1 million…. you never know when you need one.
- Have a near obsession over post-its. Cant they be used for just about anything!?!? Math… yes…. Science… yes… Reading… always…. Love them!
So what’s a better way than incorporating the two into a great gift for my Secret Pal at school. She’s a teacher…. any by that fact… she must love school supplies. What teacher doesn’t??? The smell of crayons… having paperclips in a wide variety of colors… and when paperclips cant work pull out those marvelous big guns…. the bracket clips….
Ahhh yes…. teacher supplies.
So this is what I made for my wonderful teacher friend:
It took me about an hour and a 1/2…. because I am a perfectionist…. but I did all 3 in that time! 🙂 That’s 1/2 and hour per gift! (yes… I am a math teacher… )
Here are the supplies I needed:
Grab your trusty mod podge. Mine is glossy, but I only used it as a glue. |
The secret to all mod podge: some sort of squeegee!!! You must press out all those air bubbles or your paper will crinkle and it will not be pretty. |
Use an exacto to carefully cut around the edges of the coaster. |
Clipboard:
Paint the sides first. |
Cut your paper to the size you want. I wanted to use 2 different types of paper…. I started with the bottom and worked my way up. |
Mod Podge only the bottom. I used mine only as a glue; I did not put a top layer of it on. |
Use that squeegee to get it nice and smooth with no bubbles. |
The toughest part was cutting around the silver head area. You could paint the top black and skip all the cutting, but I only wanted it covered in paper. |
I used the same painting technique around the board like I did on the coaster. Then add a little bow… so cute! |
Ta-Da! Done. And if you want to know more about the teacher survival kit… you can find that post right here. Or a little more about secret pals…. you can check here.
Have fun crafting…. and if you don’t have a secret pal, maybe make something special for that wonderful custodian or secretary who we all know the school would burn down if we didn’t have either of them 🙂
I wanna be your secret pal, I wanna be your secret pal! Too Cute!! I have had clipboards on my list forever to make over super cute but haven't gotten around to it….you have motivated me to get moving:)
4th Grade Frolics
Ummmmm I want one!!!! SUPER cute. I make my own clipboards too but yours are wayyyy cuter.
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K, so I did it….mine aren't near as cute as yours but at least I made time to do it and had fun:) I also posted and linked about yours on my blog so people will come see your awesomeness:)
4th Grade Frolics
OmGosh!! I am LOVING that clipboard! I want one please! 😀
Thanks yall!!!! Maybe when I reach 150 followers my giveaway can be a clipboard, postit, and notebook customizable to your favorite colors…. hmmm…..
thanks for all the wonderful comments:)
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