Kids DIY Back to School Crafts & School Supplies

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July 29, 2021 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back To School, Back to School Series, Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Frugal Living, Instagram, Pinterest, Seasonal, Social Media, Summer

Kids DIY Back to School Crafts & School Supplies

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It’s time to start thinking about heading Back To School. Didn’t we just get out? If you are looking for some creative things to do with the kids this summer, why not consider Back to School Crafts and DIY Activities that make the kids excited for the bell to ring! Use the time you have now to get your craft on and check out all of these fun ideas! From personalized bookmarks, pens and pencils to Teacher gifts and awesome organization ideas, this list will inspire you!

We think we have the perfect round-up of Kids’ DIY Back to School Crafts for your Homemade School Supplies.

While you collect your child’s school supplies hold off on giving them anything. Take your kids on a Back to School Scavenger Hunt. 20 fun Back to School Themed treasure hunt riddles. This at home scavenger hunt leads them through a series of clues to collect their back to school supplies.

1.) Pencil Vase from Frugal Coupon Living

2) Fabric Covered Books from Two Twenty One

3.) Organize Your Art with Design Improvised

4.) Reusable Snack Bags from Back to Her Roots

5.) Apple Mason Jar Pencil Holder from Tilly’s Nest

6.) Crayon Holder from a Knife Block from Thrift Diving

7.) Art Desk from a Cupboard Board from U Create Crafts

8.) Chalkboard Lunch Boxes from Dukes and Duchesses

9.) Fabric Clipboards from Crazy Little Projects

10.) Pencil Pouch Tutorial from The Pink Doormat

11.) Washi Tape Pencils from The Pink Doormat

12.) Create a Homework Station by Dawn Nicole

13.) Create a Back to School Chart from The 36th Avenue

14.) DIY Stamped Pencils from Camille Styles

15.) FREE DIY Backpack Tag from Lolly Jane

16.) Make a Backpack Wall from Scatter Shot Dot

17.) Homework Station Turn Table from Mom Time Out

18.) Tape Binders from Aunt Peaches

19.) DIY School Notebook from Oh My Crafts

20.) Make a Family Command Center from Achieving Creative Order

21.) Bow Bookmark from Sugar Bee Crafts

22.) Monster Bookmarks from Instructables

23.) Year Journal from Happy Clippings

24.) DIY Neon Pens from Madigan Made

Shown in the larger collage:

25.) DIY Wall Mount Bookshelf from It’s Overflowing

This year thank a teacher with a DIY gift! These are the perfect Thanks A Latte Printable – pair with a gift card. Pin to Pinterest.

Take a look at our DIY Pencil Case with a Ziploc and Duct Tape. Pin to Pinterest.

Also make these DIY Painted Boxes for School Supplies. Pin to Pinterest.

Also enjoy our First Day of School Snacks. Pin to Pinterest.

The Back to School Printables are a real gem! Pin to Pinterest.

WHAT’S TRENDING? Looking for a few engaging activities? Grab Minute to Win it Games – Traditional, Holiday, Group, and more! Use these fun activities in the office, classroom, or at your next birthday party.

Free First Day of School Printables – Signs for All Grades

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July 29, 2021 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back To School, Free, Printable

Can you believe it is almost here – Does this make you leap for joy or cry because your little “baby” is off to school.

Free Printables for First Day of School

Below is a fun round-up of FREE First Day of School Printables.

FREE Chalkboard Printables from Yellow Bliss Road (this one I have used for years!)

FREE Primary Colors Printables from I Should be Mopping

FREE Primary Colors with Yellow Background Printables from ChickaBug

FREE Brightly Colored Printalbes from Nest of Posie

I also made this fun and generic First Day of School Sign – feel free to use and print for your home! You can find more free school printables in our free printable library.

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How to Take a First Day of School Photo

There are many ways to take a first day of school photo. Creating a first day of school photo tradition is find of fun as you can see how your child has grown not only during the current school year but through their entire schooling. A few examples of first day photos

Holding a balloon with the school year
In a driveaway with chalk lettering
School year framed printable
Photoshop edits for a first and last day combination
Chalk board sign you change yearly
Interview sign

Also check out this fun photoshop tutorial (from How Does She) for how to incorporate your last day of school and first day of school photos into one photo.

Check out Frugal Coupon Living on Instagram where you can see my fun display of First and Last Day of School Photos! The Instagram photo above was taken by my family last year – love watching how time flies!

Save these Free Last Day of School Printables – you will want to come back later!

Don’t forget more freebies and Back to School Deals on Frugal Coupon Living.

School Scavenger Hunt Printable

Get the kids excited and have little fun collecting school supplies with a Back to School Scavenger hunt! 20 fun Back to School Themed treasure hunt riddles. This at home scavenger hunt leads them through a series of clues to collect their back to school supplies.

First Day of School Traditions

Yearly back to school photos are important. There are other ways to enjoy the first day of school. Take a look at these first day of school traditions and ideas including special notes, printables, crafts, first day photo ideas and more.

Creative and Easy First Day of School Snacks

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July 29, 2021 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back To School, Back to School Series, Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Frugal Living, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Seasonal, Social Media, Summer

Who doesn’t a love a little fun with food? These 35 food crafts provide creative and easy first day of school snacks for your kids. Warning, these schoolyard snacks might be too cute to eat!

Ready for back to school? The kids will be excited and then exhausted! Give them a creative fun after school snack that will give them a pep in their step when they get home and gear them up for … homework time!

What are some good snacks for school?

The best snacks for school are healthy and build brain power instead of providing sugar that will later drop in the day and create an afternoon crash. It’s important to provide you child with protein, a small amount of carbohydrates and healthy sugars. You also want to be aware of allergies in the classroom and know the rules for sending in such snacks such a peanuts and dairy allergies.

Some good snacks for school include

Trail mix
Cheese sticks
Fruit
Apple sauce
Yogurt sticks
Veggie sticks
Wheat crackers
Goldfish
Individually wrapped non-perishable snacks

It’s okay, as well, to offer a fun school snack for a special occasion like a birthday treat or the first day of school!

School Snacks

These schoolyard snacks would be great to pack in their lunches. They’re perfect for a school playdate, classroom school snack for students and a sweet treat for the teacher (let’s not forget our wonderful educators!) I encourage you to have them help in the preparation process. The only thing they’ll love more than making these snacks is eating them!

These schoolyard snacks are excellent for a tasty treat and create fun Back to School Traditions. Healthy snack for kids options including fruit on a stick but also a tasty treat like back to school apple rice kripsies treat – with a secrete candy for a steam!

Apple Rice Krispie Treats from Gourmet Month Ego

Banana Splits on a Stick on Frugal Coupon Living

Graham Crackers Pencils on Frugal Coupon Living

School Bus Treat from Happy Home Fairy

Apple Oreo Pops from Frugal Coupon Living.

You Are One Smart Cookie from Jaseys Crazy Daisy

Apples and apples and more apples make up these back to school snacks for students.

Apple Donuts from Frugal Coupon Living

Donut Sandwich from Super Healthy Kids

Apple Sauce Cupcakes from Parenting.com

Chalkboard Cookies and Edible Chalk from Frugal Coupon Living.

Pencil Push Up Pops from Bakerella

Apple Cupcakes from Frugal Coupon Living

For these first day of school snacks we are adding in a few fruit kabobs, a back to school lunch trail mix and even kissing hand cookies!

Fruit and Cheese Kabobs from My Baking Addiction

Woodland Owl Bagel from Frugal Coupon Living

Owl and Tree Snack from Meet the Dubiens (link no longer available)

FREE You Rule Snack Bag Wraps from Thrifty Handmade Days

Back to School Snack Mix from Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons

The Kissing Hand Cookies from Kidney Garden

These back to the schoolyard snack ideas include such a unique lunch entrée, an edible wrapped candy pencil craft (no spreading germs) and a cute healthy snack for kids that looks like a snail!

Snail Snack and Bug from goodNes (no longer available)

FREE Printable Your’e O-FISH-ALLY a Second Grader (and other grades) from The Bubbly Blonde Teacher

Deep Dish Cupcakes from Plain Chicken

Back to School Rice Krispie Treats from Frugal Coupon Living

Peanut Butter Banana Roll Ups from Cincy Shopper

ROLO Pencil Treat from Live Laugh Growe

More creative school snacks like apple nachos, chalk board cookies, and tasty roll-up grilled cheese.

Grilled Cheese Roll-ups from Coupon Clipping Cook

Homemade Fruit Roll-ups from Raining Hot Coupons

No Bake Cereal Bars from Reasons to Skip Housework

Fruit Salad Ice Cream Cones from Bakers Royale

Blackboard Graham Crackers from Crissy Crafts

Apple Nachos from Frugal Coupon Living

Down to the last few tasty and easy snacks for kids. Hopefully you were able to celebrate the first day of school with a tasty treat and some good memories!

Apple Pretzels from Make Bake Celebrate we also like these from Two Sister Crafting.

This Year is Going to Rock Pop Rocks from Doodle Bugs Teaching

Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich Cookies from Munchkins Munchies (unavailable now)

Owl Pancakes from Little Nummies (unavailable now)

Apple Shaped Cupcakes from Make and Takes

Also check out these FREE Back to School Printables (Pin to Pinterest) and these Kids DIY Back to School Crafts & School Supplies (Pin to Pinterest).

Take the kids on an adventure with this Back to School Treasure Hunt. It’s a school supply scavenger hunt with 20 at home clues at they hunt for their back to school school supplies.

Don’t forget these Memorable First Day of School ideas. Pin to Pinterest.

College Dorm Room Ideas for Girls

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July 27, 2021 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back To School, Crafts, Facebook, Home Improvement, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

Inspiring College Dorm Décor Ideas are covered – from storage, to organization, decorations, and hacks. These dorm room ideas for girls include all the dorm essentials, where to buy dorm room décor cheap and affordable college living spaces you will want to copy.

College Dorm Room Ideas

If this post has desire anything, I have a huge craving to use my wallet size of today and go back to college to decorate my dorm! Your jaw will hit the floor with these college dorm room ideas. Find the best places to buy dorm room décor and get inspired by all the budget-friendly options!

Happy Decorating.

Best Places to Buy Dorm Room Décor

You cannot decorate a dorm room without knowing the best places to buy dorm room décor. While it has been almost 20 years since I have been in college, my my pre-teens are not yet at this stage, I found (through this post) there are so many awesome places to buy college dorm décor.

Many of these dorm room purchases can be used for apartment living, small homes, or even carried over into a starter home. Some of the ideas (like rugs) you might want to toss at the end of the school year. other items, you will find yourself carrying to your first home. In fact, a combination of eight kids later, my college roommate still has the bookshelf we used in our first college room. I actually still sleep with the same blanket.

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Best Dorm Room Ideas for Girls

Get inspired with these Dorm Room Ideas Pinterest worthy for girls. All the social media platforms like Instagram, Pinterest and TikTok dorm room décor inspiration. Let’s create the best home away from home.

Dorm Room Pinterest

Follow Neelam, an interior designer who turned a cold college dorm into a warm home away from home. Details about dorm room storage, laying textures, and adding little touches to define your personality through your college room décor for girls – five stars and two thumbs up! | Patterns and Prosecco

Dorm Room Door Decorations

Inspire your welcome with a temporary polka dot door. If looking for things to put on a dorm room door, try vinyl. Using white vinyl, a cutting machine or a circle cutter this dorm room décor ideas craft can be done in under 30 minutes. Make sure you are using Removable Vinyl! | Sarah Hearts

Free Dorm Room Décor

This college dorm room wall décor is cheap. So cheap it’s free. Use command strips and decorative clipboards. Easily change out art or calendars using clipboards for dorm wall décor that is constantly on the change.

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Dorm Room Storage Idea

This dorm room storage ideas acts as both a Collapsible storage ottoman and a bench with seat back for dorm room seating. Comes in white, gray and black to match to any dorm room theme for girls. Get this dorm storage ottoman here.

Mood Board Example

Display all your feelings on a rotating mood board for cheap dorm decorations! You can use anything from magazines, articles, sticky notes, and other materials to put together your board and of course turn to inspiration of Pinterest. | Just Josie (page no longer available)

Dorm Room Layout

Sometimes for dorm room layout ideas, take it a different direction like an L shape. For more design ideas, layer textiles. Cover your standard title floor with the largest rug you can to fit your room. Even if you don’t like this larger rug, you can add smaller rugs on top to define your space and style. | Dormify

Dorm Room Light Ideas

Instead of using the overhead florescent lighting, adding your own DIY lighting will warm up the room and make such a mood difference. Head to Home Goods (Marshalls, TJMaxx, etc) and find affordable table lamps. Jump on Amazon for hanging string lights. We used these Command light hooks to hang my daughters. I highly recommend adding Powered Bed Risers for more opportunities to make your dorm room brighter. | Belly Itch Blog

Tip: See our Vibey Lights and Cool Lighting Effects for a bedroom too for more dorm room light ideas.

Dorm Room Picture Wall

Smile with this dorm room picture collage idea. Place your favorite memories when you these this Dry Erase Polaroid Frame Decal Set. This allows you to easily rotate photos plus it it’s safe for walls and won’t leave a sticky residue.

Dorm Room Ideas for Two

Talk about a dorm room makeover. These college roommates took a scary 50 year old residence into a place to relax and rest with custom drapes, two loft beds, white dressers, monogrammed chairs, and more. They took this two person dorm room idea from drab to fab. | Today.com

Dorm Room Decorations for Girls

For this college student bedroom decorating idea, white brick wall paper will change the entire feel of an ugly cinder block wall! Bring a charming vibe within a matter of minutes. The best part about it is, if you mess up, it’s repositionable and removeable! Get your white brick removeable wall paper here.

Dorm Room Wall Décor Ideas

Create perfect under bed storage as well has hide an ugly wall with a tapestry. You can get this pull out storage here, tapestry clips here and black/white tapestry here. | Driven by Decor (Take a second and look at this entire blog – so much inspiration for mom’s home too!)

Dorm Room Wall Décor Tip: Look at our Dorm Room Hacks for a trick for hanging dorm room wall décor.

Dorm Room Décor Ideas

This dorm décor is doing so many things right. A perfect mix of textures, prints, pom-pom garland duvet cover, and a dorm room gallery wall add serious personality to this space. And of course for the ultimate small dorm room hack, a table beside the bed triples as a bedside nightstand, a vanity, and a desk. | René Quickle’s Freshman Dorm on Pinterest

Tip: Everyone needs a fur chair cover to hide basic dorm room chairs.

Dorm Room Plants

Easy to maintain pants will create some responsibility as well as provide some fresh air. Succulents, cacti, and aloe plants are super easy to take care of. Not to mention, those leafy greens can help purify the air quality in your dorm. If you’re too intimidated by becoming a plant mother, then just buy fake ones. | Room 264

Dorm Room Essentials

Create your own dorm room kitchenet with this Mini Fridge Organizer. This freestanding organizer fits over a compact mini fridge to provide organized storage in the available space above your fridge. Will also fit a microwave. Get your mini refrigerator storage cabinet here.

Dorm Room Seating

There higher you go with the bed, the more storage you are given below. Make sure to invest in a step stool. You can also use it as an end table, as storage, or even as a place to sit. Shop Blush Pink Storage Ottoman

Also consider getting these powered bed risers for bed height and extra long dorm bed skirt for covering unsightly storage.

Dorm Room Cart

Use a dorm room utility rolling cart for practical things like essential pantry items and kitchen supplies. Easy to pull out, easy to push back. | Jessica Slaughter

Dorm Room Themes for Girls

Go with a dorm room theme. These gold polka dot wall decals create a mural on a wall with little time and effort – instant dorm room wall décor. | Preptista

Dorm Room Kitchen

Head to thrift stores, search Facebook market place, look high and low for recycled furniture. Distress your own dorm room coffee station for late night studying or a mini dorm kitchenette. | Source Unknown.

College Roommates Quotes

Change messages and inspirational quotes in your room with a letter board. Hang with command strips for easily going on and coming off! Take a look at all of our felt letter board quotes or search your own college dorm room quotes. A felt board would be a great thing to put on a dorm room door.

Do yourself a favor and make sure you do this – take a dorm room before and after photo. It will be so exciting to see your artistic side and personality show when decorating a dorm room. Can’t wait to see what you do! | Cosmopolitan.

Dorm Room Checklist

We provided a free dorm room cleaning checklist printable. Included in our dorm cleaning checklist is a list of daily, weekly, and monthly responsibilities. Give each roommate their own copy or share the chores.

Daily

Make Your Bed
Pick Up Clutter
Wash Dishes

Weekly

Clean Out Refrigerator
Vacuum and Take Out Trash
Laundry

Monthly

Declutter Rooms
Wipe Windows and Mirrors
Dust

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More Dorm Room Décor Ideas

Save these Small Apartment and Dorm Room Hacks and Tips. Pin to Pinterest.

Looking for Dorm Room ideas? Take some inspiration from these Vibey Lights & Neon Room Lighting Affects. Pin to Pinterest.

Also save these Dorm Room Recipes – Snacks, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. No Bake Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.

Going to College? Dorm Room Ideas, Hacks & Tips

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July 27, 2021 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back To School, Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Frugal Living, Hacks, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

What didn’t I think of that? Dorm Room Hacks and College Tips. Creative dorm room décor ideas to create efficient space, loads of color, lots of fun, and a little reminder of home. From freshman to seniors, these Dorm Room Ideas for Girls will have you all set for school.

The Best Dorm Room Ideas

Whether you are a freshman or a rising senior, we all can use some organizational tips, especially for smaller spaces! We were so inspired by these Dorm Room Hacks and Tips that we even had ideas for our own home. Get ready to stock on no Washi Tape, Duct Tape, burst of color, creativity and more! We love these Dorm Room Ideas for all ages and living situations!

Tip: Also visit our Don’t forget our College Dorm Room Decor Ideas and Neon Rooms & Cool Lighting Effects.

Many of the hacks I share below come with items you can find easily on Amazon! The benefits of having an .edu (student) email address is getting 6 month free trial of Amazon Prime Student Account. Thanks covers you from August to February, cancel when you like!

Amazon for Students Prime Free

You first tip is trying free Amazon Prime for Students. Having the access of Amazon is great for purchases you quickly need shipped to your dorm. You mgiht even save on packing costs if you can purchase many of your Dorm Room Décor ideas and ship straight to your college dorm hall.

Six Month Free trial
Unlimited FREE Two-Day Shipping (with no minimum order size)
Exclusive deals and promotions for college students
Unlimited streaming of Prime movies and TV shows
Unlimited photo storage with Prime Photos
20% off pre-order and new release video games

After your six-month trial ends, your Prime Student membership makes you eligible to receive 50% off Amazon Prime, and includes access to all Prime benefits.

Also pick up a month free trial to Amazon Music! Listen to tens of millions of songs on any device anywhere. After your trial, Prime Students pay only $.99 per month (this makes me extremely jealous – such a deal!)

Dorm Room Ideas

Let’s get started with these Dorm Room Tips, Hacks and Ideas. For the college freshman to the college senior, learn how to make a small space efficient with these college dorm room hacks and tips to create the perfect home away from home. Make your dorm room Pinterest worthy with these essential college dorm hacks and tips.

Dorm Room Décor DIY

This cheap dorm room décor idea is free. Print on Frugal Coupon Living, Dorm Sweet Dorm. Download this beautiful “dorm sweet dorm” free printable art work, Pick up a cheap white frame and hang with command strips.

For a perfect DIY Dorm Décor on a budget, make these cute flower string lights from an upcycled egg carton.

For dorm room décor for small rooms and space, make sure you get organized! Line your drawers with scrapbook paper like I Heart Organizing. Pick up these acrylic drawer organizers.

Never miss an activity with this Weekly Dorm Room Calendar – This dorm wall décor idea is so frugal to make!

Dorm Room Organization

If you lack dorm room closet organization or for dorm rooms don’t have kitchens, get creative with this Dorm Room Kitchen Cart from Jessica Slaughter. Get a metal dorm room car organizer in many different colors.

The dorm room set up you are given will likely be ugly. Hide the particle board on a dorm room desk with washi tape from A Girl and a Glue Gun.

Another dorm wall décor idea – Do you have ugly walls you cannot paint? Hang a Tapestry Damage Free with this tip from Drea’s DIY. Beautiful Tapestries under $15 here.

Tapestries are beautiful and can hide ugly cinder blocks. Also consider a macramé wall art. We love this boho wall décor but this macrame wall hanging might be a bit more affordable.

Dorm Room Hacks

Lift the bed but also make it efficient with these USB/Power Outlets Bed Risers on Amazon. This dorm room storage hack also gives you more under bed hidden storage.

Speaking of bedding, you will want this Dorm Room Docking Station for easy access to things you might need at night like ear pods or your phone. Find a similar one.

This bedside shelf will also work for staying organized when pulling together your decorating dorm room hacks.

Hungry, try this dorm room cooking hack! Make grilled cheese with a clothing iron. Dinner in five minutes! Idea from Grilled Cheese Social.

Don’t forget all of our Dorm Room Recipes and Grilled Cheese Recipes.

Dorm Room Décor Cheap

Hit the Dollar Tree for some Dorm Room cheap décor ideas. Stay organized. Sort Snacks with a Door Shoe Organizer on Drama Mama (no longer available). Grab a Shoe Organizer for your dorm room.

Want to light the room. Look at this easy tutorial on DIY Ping Pong Ball Light String. Use on a patio, porch, bedroom, dorm room and more. Also found in our Upcycle Christmas Lights post – cute ideas for living! Ping Pong Ball idea The Surznick Common Room

Also use this cheap dorm room décor organizer for easy access to school supplies with Door Shoe Organizer. Idea on A Bowl Full of Lemons.

Dorm Room Upcycle Ideas

Talk about an Upcycle, Make a Headboard Out of Cardboard – You heard us right! This cheap dorm room décor idea uses an upcycled box. Idea on Stars for Street Lights.

Dorm room décor on a budget? Utilize the outdoors with this Tree Branch Jewelry Holder from I Like Fall Blog. Think I saw something like this at Pottery Barn for $100s.

Organize a desk and cord area with upcycled binder clips. Source Unknown. The black clips are beautiful, but this binder clip set has a beautiful pattern.

Consider skipping a headboard for a Dorm Room Headboard Shelf. Source Unknown. They actually make Headboard Shelves to buy! I would line with Removeable Wallpaper as a DIY Dorm Room Décor Hack – a whole new look!

Colorful Dorm Room Ideas

Duct Tape and Washi Tape are your decorative friends – we love these Duct Tape Storage Ideas that look amazing from DIY Home Sweet Home – it makes them sturdy too!

Again, back to your decorative friend – Line Your Bookshelves with Washi Tape for some dorm room fun. Idea on Aunt Peaches. How beautiful is this Washi Tape Bundle?

Maybe it’s silly, but if you are lacking some color or a view outside your window, bring the rainbow to you with this Dorm Room Fan idea! A fan is a must dorm room essential. Source.

Dorm Room Storage

Dorm room storage hacks will help you stuff the room with all your needs. Maximize your drawer space with this T-Shirt Folding Tip. Have you seen this t-shirt folding board? It is thin enough to hide behind a dresser!

Speaking of clothing, display your dirties in style. Do you love this dorm room laundry tote as much as we do? It comes with the perfect handle to carry all that laundry home to mom!

ET phone home (name that movie!) Show everyone where you live with this zip code pillow (other options available like a reminder to phone home!) One dorm room storage idea is to fill your decorative pillows with clothing, socks, underwear and other essentials.

Dorm Room Essentials

We also think this Dorm Room Shower Caddy is the perfect addition for getting to the showers.

This space is totally personalized with photographs and so magical with the additional lighting – a perfect teen bedroom or dorm room makeover! This is a great Instagram craft idea. There is a great string light strand on Amazon that comes with a remote control and is very affordable. Change your settings, colors, brightness, etc. Also seen in our Teen Bedroom Ideas. and Upcycled Christmas Lights. A

A dorm room essentials list includes a calendar. Stay organized with this DIY project – a Paint Strip Calendar from DIY Ready. You can also look at our Paint Strip Calendar for a weekly line up.

Drawers and extra space are a rarity, so is dorm room décor. Display your earrings on this frame. Not only is it resourceful, it adds color and is cute!

Dorm Room Design

Who thought up Dorm Room Design? It is so hard to find places to hide things. Hide accessories and shoes underneath a bed skirt with the Bedskirt Organizer.

Get the smell out with this Dorm Room Hack. Use Febreze Car Clips and add to Air Vents to Help Freshen the Room! Source Unknown.

Command Hooks are apart of dorm room essentials. If you find yourself lucky enough to have a cabinet, use command hooks to hang your tools. | Source Unknown.

The best Dorm Room advice? Make your Dorm Room Décor Pinterest worthy with lots of color like this idea from Hobby Lobby.

Dorm Room Checklist

No idea what to pack? Take a look at this Dorm Room College Packing List from Society 19 for a list of dorm room essentials.

More Dorm Room Tips

Don’t forget our College Dorm Room Decor Ideas – Pin to Pinterest.

Looking for more Dorm Room ideas? Take some inspiration from these Vibey Lights & Neon Room Lighting Affects. Pin to Pinterest.

Take a look at our No Bake Dorm Room Recipes – Pin to Pinterest.

Going far? Also check out our Moving Hacks and Tips. Pin to Pinterest.

Originally posted July 3, 2016. Updated July 2021.

Creative and Affordable Gifts for Teachers

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July 8, 2021 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back To School, Education, Free

I had an opportunity to do a guest post, Creative and Affordable Gift Ideas for Teachers, on Baby Cheapskate last year Have a look HERE.

Back to school is coming and VERY thoughtful and CHEAP (even FREE) gifts are abundantly available on Vista Print right now.

Use address labels to make this book belongs to or encouragement stickers (good job, great work) HERE
Use business cards for the teacher to give to parents at the beginning of the year HERE.
Make a tote for his/her school supplies – if you don’t know their name, make it generic to the school. Fill it with the free school supplies we will get over the next few weeks. HERE.
Use post cards to make Thank You Notes – you don’t even need to include his/her name. Post cards can also be made with a neat education/teacher saying on the front. She/He can use them for nice notes to students, parents, etc. HERE.
Use a banner to write welcome back students, happy graduation, happy birthday, etc. Maybe even fit to a ciriculum subject for the year (no longer available)
Create a t-Shirt for the first day of school or special events HERE.
Use a calendar to make a planner or plan for after school activities and events HERE.

Any ideas you have? Leave a comment below.

DIY Pencil Case with a Ziploc and Duct Tape

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July 6, 2021 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back to School, Back To School, Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

DIY Pencil Case with a Ziploc and Duct Tape

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Not too long ago we shared with you some DIY Back to School Crafts and Supplies for Kids. In our effort to keep our own school supply expenses down, we had fun with this DIY Pencil Case made with Ziploc Bags and Duct Tape. It is so easy, bright, fun, and also durable – no replacing this school supply mid-year, and if you must, it’s a cheap replacement!

Materials:

Directions:

Use your standard size Duct Tape to tape a row across the top of your Ziploc bag right under the blue plastic top.
Turn your bag over and wrap both sides over to cover both sides of the plastic bag.
Repeats steps 1 and 2 with your second row of tape.
Cut off the bottom part of the plastic bag.
Repeat steps 1 and 2 with your third row of tape.
Cut about 1/2″ of tape off the bottom of the bag, making sure to leave a little extra off the tape to stick together to hold the bag together.
Use your mini Duct Tape rolls to add a little color to the top and bottom edges creating a contrasting border.

Also make these DIY Painted Boxes for School Supplies. Pin to Pinterest.

Also enjoy our Kids DIY Back to School Crafts and Supplies. Pin to Pinterest.

Take a look at these Back to School Printables – you might find a lunch note or two! Pin to Pinterest.

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DIY Friendship Kit Tutorial – Clipboard, Box, and Bracelet

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July 6, 2021 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back To School, Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Instagram, Online Shopping, Pinterest, Social Media

DIY Friendship Kit Tutorial – Bracelet, Box & Clipboard

Remember making friendship bracelets? We used to always pin the ends to our jeans and lug around bags of different color threads. This kit will keep everything in one place and no more safety pins! Personalize the clipboard with fabulous papers that match your personality. Give these as a gift and use different papers to match their favorite color and add a monogram. There are so many ways you can embellish the clipboard! When you’re done, just clip the end of the bracelet to the clipboard and begin creating!

Supplies:

Clipboard
Thread Organizer Box
Mod Podge
E6000 Glue
Acrylic Paint (Chalk Paint would also be fun!)
Paint Brush
Scrapbook Paper
Scissors

Instructions:

First you will need to remove any price tags and paint the back of your clipboard.
While you are painting you will want to pay special attention to painting the edges of your clipboard.
While the paint is drying, begin working on the thread organizer. Select the scrapbook paper that you would like to use to cover the organizer. Measure and cut strips to fit the outside rim of the thread organizer.
Adhere the scrapbook paper on to the organizer using Mod Podge.
You will need one piece of scrapbook paper to cover the top of the organizer. Once the paper is secured and dry, use the E6000 glue (you can use hot glue, but this glue is very strong and will make sure that it does not separate.) to glue the bottom of the thread organizer to the back of the clipboard.
Next we will cover the front of the clipboard with scrapbook paper. I have found the easiest way to do this is to cut a small piece of paper (about 4 inches long and 3 inches wide) and start with the top around the clip. Position the paper and press hard and the edges of the clipboard will leave an indentation. This lets you know where to cut.
Once you have one corner cut, use it as a stencil to create the other side. If you plan on ever covering any more clipboards, I highly recommend making an extra ‘template’ to keep on hand.
Paint around the edges of the front of the clipboard. While the paint is still wet you can open the clip and slide a piece of scrapbook paper as high as it will go. The paint will again, outline the areas letting you know where to cut. Cut your main piece of paper and use Mod Podge to adhere to the front.
Then add the two top areas with Mod Podge around the clip. While it is drying I put a pair of scissors to keep the clip open so the final pieces wouldn’t accidentally move.
Finish with a strip of paper to cover up any seams.
Fill your box with threads, a mini pair of scissors or include a book on friendship bracelet designs to go with your gift! We found some really fun threads including tye-dye and neons that my girls thought were really fun.

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DIY Friendship Kit Tutorial – Bracelet, Box & Clipboard