Cut Costs on Classroom Creations

One of the most daunting tasks for any teacher is the task of decorating their classroom for the school year. Most teachers feel pressured to impress their students and to keep them interested and eager to learn through the energy and visual interest within the classroom. A fun room is necessary to stimulating learning and keeping students excited about school. Decorating a room, however, is easier said than done. Creating a dynamic, exciting environment can be costly and time consuming.  Fortunately, there are wonderful establishes like SchoolOutlet.com that offer quality classroom essentials at affordable prices.

Not only are cost-efficient, reliable classroom items available at SchoolOutlet.com, but we’ve also gathered the top 4 ways to bring lively, fun décor to any classroom without breaking the bank…

1 Pick a simple theme: Choosing a theme is a great place to start when beginning your decorating process. There’s no greater way to get organized and stay on task than by selecting an overall theme or idea for the classroom. The trick, though, is to keep the theme simple. Color themes are a great way to add thematic organization and fun to a classroom without blowing your budget. A fun, creative room filled with blues and oranges is just as interesting as a room decorated head to toe with Hollywood themed objects, or Disney, or the ocean, etc.

2 Printers are your best friend: Printing out elements for the classroom such as signs, borders, name tags, labels and other decorative material will save not only time but loads of money. There’s no need to spend hundreds at a printing store or Party Land when you can create your own signage right from home!

3 Utilize items you already have: Never underestimate what you may already have on hand. Look around your house or even a friend’s (ask first, of course) for essentials like tape, glue, scissors, baskets, construction paper, etc. Also, utilize items you may have laying around or stored away that you make have forgotten about, like old stickers, posters, cool pictures, wall paper or wrapping paper.

4 Think outside the box: There’s no greater tool to decorating on a budget than using your own imagination! Get creative with DIY ideas; scour the internet, magazines or online forums such as Pinterest. Use unexpected items for creative projects like stamps, newspaper cut outs, paper mache, old crayons, spray paint or old tissue boxes. Make a crayon wreath, or wall decals made out of magazine or newspaper clippings. Try making school supply holders or storage units with old tissue boxes or flower vases.

The sky's the limit (and your wallet is thankful) the more creative risks you’re willing to take!

10 Ways to Jazz Up Your Classroom

School Outlet is corporately based in beautiful Lake Tahoe, Nevada and has been providing classroom furniture solutions from preschools to the nation's top universities for the past 10 years. We pride ourselves in helping schools and learning institutions find the right school furniture at the lowest possible prices including student desks, school chairs, toddler activity tables, and much more. School Outlet features the most popular brands of school furniture in America -- quality products that will stand up to the rough demands of today's classroom.

Not only is it important to find quality classroom essentials at affordable prices, it is also important to bring fun and creativity to the classroom setting as well. Don’t let a boring classroom deflate your students’ interests—keep them imaginative and excited in a well decorated, energetic classroom environment all year long. We’ve listed our top ten most exciting classroom decorating ideas to spruce up any basic school room into a whimsical land of learning!

• Use hodge-podge wrapping paper to cover ugly filing cabinets
• Turn an old step ladder into a fun easel for classroom announcements, drawings assignments, etc.
• Use stickers, wall paper or funky wall decals to jazz up basic bookshelves
• Paint a cabinet with chalkboard paint and let students sign and/or draw on it
• Stencil fun, colorful words around the classroom
• Dress up your classroom door knobs or even cabinet knobs with flowers, fun stickers or even clever, unexpected objects (i.e. rope, buttons, bent silverware, etc.)
• Use bold, funky wrapping paper with bright colors and patterns to cover up that boring, metal teacher’s desk
• Make colorful paper lanterns during art time with students or simply buy them at any party goods store and hang them from ceiling to add visual interest and a dynamic energy to the classroom
• Cover classroom door with wall paper or themed wrapping paper; change it up based on holidays, seasons or special occasions
• Use crayons or markers to make fun classroom decorations like pictures frames, clocks or wreaths to hang on the walls