Teacher Toolbox

I am so excited! I just finished my first teacher toolbox! I've been seeing this idea all over Facebook and Pinterest and I decided it was going on my teacher to-do list for summer 2012.

I found the 22-drawer toolbox at Mill's Fleet Farm, but you can get them at Lowe's or Home Depot as well. I found some teacher/school like cardstock paper at Michael's, and then I created my own label document on Microsoft Word. I had found some already made freebie's out there on Teachers pay Teachers, but I REALLY wanted to use my teacher cardstock paper which had a vertical alignment. The freebies I had found were to be printed horizontally, therefore my apples and I<3 school paper wouldn't work!

My Teacher Toolbox!

I printed my labels on my school themed cardstock, but realized it was hard to read some of the labels because of the paper design. So, I reprinted the labels on white card stock, trimmed them down, and used double stick tape to adhere them to the design paper labels. I then used double stick tape to stick them to the inside of the drawers!

*update*

I decided I was bored by the gray colored toolbox…so I spray painted it with chalkboard paint! I don’t know if I’ll actually write on it with chalk, but the finish looks cool! I’ll take a picture of it next time I stop at my classroom!