The Kinder Queen: Crate Seats

I decided to finally make some crate seats a while back. The area near my small group table was a little cramped with regular seats, so I decided crate seats would be the most efficient way to use the space- plus they are great for storage! The kids love sitting on them!

Here is the tutorial:
Before you begin the fun part, you need to do some shopping!! First, I bought my crates. Choose a color that suits your classroom color scheme. I went with bright green(my secondary color) because they didn't have turquoise. Then go to your local home improvement store, crate in hand, to have them cut plywood pieces to fit the top. If you are lucky like me, you will meet a nice man who's wife is a 3rd grade teacher who just completed this project the week before :).

Once the wood is cut, the fun begins! You get to pick out your fabric! I brought in a piece of the plywood with me to the fabric store, and I explained to the ladies what I was doing with it. They were able to tell me exactly how much fabric I would need- since I am completely clueless when it comes to that sort of thing. Also while at the fabric store, I picked up some foam padding. This can be cut down to size.
***Ignore the liquid nails in the photograph and replace with spray adhesive.***

1. Lay your plywood on top of the foam padding. Trace the border of the plywood, and then cut. Spray the plywood with adhesive, and then place foam cushion on top.

2. Flip cushion over so that the foam cushion is laying on top of the back of the fabric. From here, you can estimate how large to cut the fabric. I simply just cut around the plywood, leave about 3 our 4 inches on each side.