Monday, December 12, 2011

School notebook pockets

I just started having my big girls use spiral notebooks for their school work (their 3 ring notebooks are already too full and I'm not ready to thin them out). I needed someplace quick to store them as they just didn't stand nicely on the shelves and there wasn't enough room to lay them down. I had recently read a school teacher turned pillowcases into chair back pockets; I have extra pillow cases we don't use...so voila we have our solution!


First, I turned the case inside out.



Then turned it halfway right side out so the opening and the open end and the bottom seam met. At this point I just safety pinned the corners, but I will go back later and stitch the sides so they will hold better.



Finally, I opened one side to slip it over the chair back, so the notebooks sit on the bottom seam of the case.



The Girls picked out their own pillowcases and I can tell the side stitching will be necessary soon but the pins should be sufficient till the weekend. Quick, easy, and colorful. Who could ask for more?

8 comments:

  1. Thank you, the is the easiest to follow instructions by far, feel a Brit classroom revolution coming on!

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  2. Thank you for the idea; definitely gonna prepare to use in 2014-2015 school year!!!

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  3. Have you tried putting binders or books in the pouches to see how sturdy the pouches are? I teach upper elementary and want to make pouches because the ones we bought all ripped!

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  4. I am going to try this for my classroom. I, too, would like to know how strong they are for books! I think I have the directions understood!!

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    1. The pockets out lasted the chairs we were using (about 4 years). They were regularly filled with notebooks, binders, and school books.

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    2. The pockets out lasted the chairs we were using (about 4 years). They were regularly filled with notebooks, binders, and school books.

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  5. Great, affordable and practical! I will try them with my new grade one class!! Thank you fro sharing =)

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