Hanging Hallway Classroom Sign {Monday Made It}

I think Monday Made It is my favorite day to blog!

I am super big on crafting things for my classroom and love sharing it with you!!

This week I made a hanging hallways classroom sign....At my school, each grade level is down a long hallway. The teachers have signs with their names hanging outside their door facing down the hallway so it is easy to see who's room is where! 

I redid mine for this year... just because....no real rhyme or reason.. but who needs a reason to redo something???

Here is my new hallway sign!

The only thing I don't like is how LONG my stinkin' name is! My maiden name was Robb...so I went from a short name to a long name.. I think I made it work though....

I also created more numbered clips for my students. These will either be for my behavior clip chart OR my class jobs chart... I'm thinking I may use Velcro dots for my class jobs....We will see!

Here are the clothespins that I covered in scrapbook paper and then added the numbers to.

I think I"m a clothespin snob now... I can't look at a regular plain clothespin without cringing... I HAVE to cover it... and I think that is only because it is SO quick and easy!! I have a post on it from a while back. Click here to see the post on how easy it is to cover clothespins! Seriously, it only takes about 10 mins to cover a large batch! 

Anywho..here are my newest clothespins..

{sorry about the bad lighting...I'm no photographer!}

 {haha...can you tell how much I love chevron?? You can see in the background on the photo below that the rotunda in my house is painted chevron!}

Have a fabulous week! This is my last week of summer school.. woohoo! Then I have a week left of NOTHING to do before we start trainings...I'm ready for ONE last week of sweet summertime! 

Adding a Little Sumpin' Sumpin'!

Today I was spending some time in my craft corner. :) I had picked up a 50 pack of clothespins from the dollar store to use in my classroom for hanging things on my bulletin boards, student work in the hallway, etc. I decided to jazz up the clothespins with some of my scrapbook paper. It is really a very simple craft and it seems like a very minimal decoration, but I think it will really add "a little sumpin' sumpin'" to my classroom. :) I just used the clothespins, one sheet of scrapbook paper, mod podge, and craft knife.

First, I placed the clothespin on the scrapbook paper. I cut around the end to get a perfect fit.

 

 Then I used mod podge to glue to scrapbook paper to the clothespin.

 

Finally, I layered on another coat of mod podge on top of the scrapbook paper to seal it. 

Here is a before and after shot. Now, tell me you can't say that those will add a little sumpin' sumpin' to my bulletin boards ;-) hehe...

I only covered about 28 clothespins with the black pattern. It barely used up a 1/4th of the one 12X12 piece of scrapbook paper. I'm thinking of covering the rest with a purple or blue...since those are my classroom theme colors for next year.  

You should really try it!!