How to Make Locker Magnets & Whiteboards

Make your locker stand out from the crowd with magnets.

Your locker is your own private place for your personal items at school. There are ways you can decorate it to make it more personal. A whiteboard gives you the chance to draw pictures and write notes on your locker in a non-destructive manner. Magnets let you adorn your locker with photographs of your friends, family and important events.

Things You'll Need

• Wire coat hanger
• Wire cutters
• Magnets
• Hot glue gun
• Measuring tape
• Tileboard
• Saw

Instructions

Magnets

1. Cut the hook off of the top of a coat hanger with wire cutters. Glue the hook to a magnet with a hot glue gun. Use the magnet hook to hang your keys or other small items that are easily lost in your locker.

2. Cut out photos and logos from theatrical productions, sporting events, school dances and other important events and glue them to magnets. Use the magnets to hold up tests and other important papers inside your locker.

3. Glue a pen cap to a magnet, then replace the pen in the cap and put the magnet on the inside of your locker door. You'll always have a pen handy at your locker. Do the same for dry-erase markers in your locker.

Whiteboard

1. Measure the height and width of your locker with a measuring tape.

2. Cut a piece of tileboard with a saw into a size that fits in your locker. Tileboard is the material used to make the walls in showers.

3. Glue magnets to the back corners of the board with a hot glue gun. The whiteboard is ready for your locker.

Tips & Warnings

• Get tileboard from a hardware store.

Resources

• Kidz World: Decorate Your Locker!