First day project

The first day of school (or sometimes a day or two before the actual start date) we make personal supply boxes for each child.  These boxes give each child a place to keep a pencil, ruler, erasers, and all the little etcetera that they use each week.

Materials You Will Need:

• Shoe box (or other cardboard box with a lid, large enough to hold the items you want to store)
• Self-adhesive Shelf Liner (like Contact Paper, enough to cover the box and lid)
• Scissors
• Clear Packing Tape

I do a ‘dry run’ of covering the box before exposing the sticky side of the liner. It’s very similar to wrapping a present.  Clipping the corners carefully and leaving enough overlap at the edges gives the best result.  Use the packing tape to assure the edges of the liner don’t start to peel up.

Decorate it!  The supply box is a great place to put stickers.  Older kids can make cardboard dividers to further organize their stuff.