Monday, August 4, 2014

Monday Made It: A Picture Tutorial of Making a Big Kid Crate Bench!! :)

I am so excited to link up for Monday Made It today because I've had this project in the works for a few days now. I saw a million pins on Pinterest for crate seats, but I thought a bench would be more useful in my classroom. I have fourth graders that range in size and we spend a lot of time reading on the carpet. My students LOVE sitting on fun seats and I think a crate bench or two will surely make the students enjoy time on the carpet too. I do like how it came out, but I'd like it more if it was chevron. I let my son pick out the material because all the chevron material had white in it, and I knew better than to use that. If this material doesn't last, I will recover it with a plastic table cloth from the Christmas Tree Shop. It will be easy to wipe down and stay thick.


Materials: 
*2 yards of fabric (dark colors will hide dirt)
*3 sturdy crates (I found out local grocery stores or gas stations will donate some to you)
*1.5in plywood (cut to the length of your bench/Home Depot will cut it for you if you ask nicely!)
*A staple gun
*A glue gun 
*Foam, old chair cushions, or some type of fluff for the bench
*(6 of each) 1.5 inch hex bolts, 5/16 in diameter, 5/16 nuts and fender washers that would span the diameter of the crate 




I took pictures through every step to help out anyone interested in making a crate bench! I hope this makes sense. Please let me know if you have any questions! :)

SO if you'd like to try making one of these, here are the steps you can take...







I hope you like them! I will let you all know how they last! :)

Don't forget! You can't miss the TPT sale (it's actually August 4-5th)!! My whole store is on sale!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Pinkadots-Elementary

5 comments:

  1. I would LOVE to make these but am not sure if I can find sturdy enough ones for middle school kids! But maybe if I ask for true milk crates from the grocery store....

    -Lisa
    Mrs. Spangler in the Middle

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  2. I love how it turned out! I need to redo the fabric on mine. I haven learned to do everything in super dark color because goodness knows the dirt is gonna show!!

    Hope
    Teaching with Hope

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  3. Super cool idea! I'm in the process of making crate seats too! Wish I had seen your post before! Maybe I'll do both! I'll add a bench to my list and see what happens!

    Susan
    Passioninportableland

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