Mailbox Makeover!

It's Make-It Monday! Today I gave my old classroom mailboxes a makeover!!! I am so proud of how this looks :)

Here is how they started...

Step one was to remove all of the black plastic strips off the front. I used cheetah print decorative tape from the dollar store to cover them, see below. 

Then it was time to spraypaint. I did great with the black and I got a bit messy with the pink. I decided this might not even be noticeable once I put the dividers in.

After waiting impatiently for the paint to dry, I began to reassemble & added the butterfly clips (this is where I will place the labels with the students' numbers). Beautiful!

Back to School Shopping!

A quick stop at #teacherslovetarget resulted with some amazing #b2s13 deals!!! Recycle bin for my desk (2.99), planner out of recycled paper (7.99), cute mint school id case (1.00), 24 writing journals (17cents ea.) #teachersfollowteachers 

The Owl Tree

Last Summer, this post from the blog "First Grade Glitter and Giggles" really inspired me! Her huge tree was exactly what I needed to make my Owl-themed classroom complete. Make sure you take a few minutes to follow the link and look at all of her amazing classroom makeover ideas.

Anyway, I did it! With a just a few staples, some blue painters tape, a bit of blue sticky putty, and of course some 3M command tabs, I got it to stay up on my wall. However, now that the school year has ended, last week I (very sadly) took my classroom tree down. Here's one more picture to keep it's memory alive...

It's time to start thinking about how I'm going to top it next year. After all -I'm going to have my same students and I know their expectations are high! :)