Classroom Organization

I am a bit of a nut when it comes to classroom organization. I love to make all of these cute things to keep my supplies in. Unfortunately, after about 2 or 3 days everything is still a mess! I have to say, last summer, Pinterest was a lifesaver for me! I created several organizational tools that were great for helping me and my students to keep up with our supplies. 

Strings Supplies:

This is just a small parts (nuts, bolts, nails, etc...) caddy from Lowe's or K-Mart. I liked this tall one for holding all of the supplies we use in class regularly. I went to a craft store and picked up 3-4 sheets of music themed scrap book paper and used it to make the drawer fronts. It worked like a charm for rosin and rubber bands. I have to say that with the number of kids I have, the rock stop drawers had a tendency to get overfilled! Eventually, I just went to a little plastic bin for those. To make the front and sides nice, I covered them with contact paper (sides) and a thin duct tape (K-Mart).

Below is the one that I made for my teacher's desk. Also worked well so that I had a place to put everything and my middle desk drawer didn't begin eating my hand each time I opened it! 

Again, I just used some card stock to line the drawers. Here is what they look like w/o all of the decoration. 

I also found some old magazine holders at various thrift stores throughout the summer and covered them with contact paper. These were nice to look at, but I will be honest - they ended up holding a lot of papers that I was too lazy to file at the end of the day. I am hoping to repurpose them this year. Ideas?

This green frog basket was a great find! Frogs are our class mascot, since it's a part of our instrument. I cut off the cloth handle so that I could use it to store my class set of shoulder rests. I teach in an area where kids can't always afford everything, so I find it's better to have 4-5 shoulder rests on hand then to have kids with bad posture! You can see where the supply caddy from above sits as well - and yes, the end of the year mess! Sorry for that! :)

Happy Organizing!,

Angela