Easy School Locker Decor DIY
Kids around the country heading back-to-school made me think about how middle school and high school can be the best of years and they can be the worst of years.
If your tween/teen is a little anxious about transitioning from elementary school to middle school (or middle school to high school) sometimes a little DIY project like decorating their locker can give your kid a sense of control over their tiny corner of the school universe. Lockers aren’t very big spaces but there are a few things kids can do to make them their own.
My daughter had her heart set on a corkboard, even though lockers are usually magnetic and you don’t really need to push pins into anything when simple magnets will do the trick. I think she liked the warm brown aesthetic better than the cold blue metal that the school lockers are made from. So we set about creating a magnetic cork board and some flower push pins for her. It’s really easy.
Supplies needed to create our Decorative Locker Corkboard
- corkboard tiles (we bought these)
- small flat magnets (we bought these but sort of wish we had bought these tiny ones)
- small fake flowers
- push pins
- a glue gun and glue (as always, have a responsible crafter handle a hot glue gun)
How we decorated my daughter’s school locker
First, we cut the corkboard down to 10″x 10″. We doubled up two boards to create a thicker corkboard by gluing two 10×10 pieces together. Then we glued magnets to the corners on the back.
We created floral push pins by simply gluing a single flower to each pin. So easy and so cute!
My daughter also purchased a fake pathos plant (that we hung from the hook in her locker), a magnetic pencil holder, and a shelf unit so she could put her P.E. clothes and lunch box above her books. It was tight but we made it work.
She added some magnets, a few favorite polaroids and she was happy. It’s the little things!
Happy Back-to-School Days, students! Let us know how you decorated your lockers!
More Back-to-School Crafts from Alpha Mom:
1. Washi Tape and Wrapping Paper Book Covers DIY
2. Magnetic Pencil Holder for Back-to-School
3. Pom-Pom Crafts for Back-to-School
