How to Make Pocket Chart Holders

Make a pocket chart holder to organize information on paper

Whether they're made of metal, nylon, wood or paper, pocket chart holders are useful. Whether you work in a school, hospital, medical office or a supermarket, if you need to store paper information, a pocket chart holder is the tool that can best handle the job. How to construct one depends your intended use.

Things You'll Need

• 4 wood squares, 12 by 12 inches, 1/8-inch thick
• 10 short nails
• Two-sided mounting glue
• 2 paper plates
• Hammer
• Wood glue

Instructions

Wood Pocket Chart Holder

1. Give each 12 by 12-inch pine wood square a number (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4).

2. Lay square 1 on a clean flat surface, smooth side up.

3. Line the top three edges of square 1 with wood glue.

4. Stand squares 2 and 3 along the sides of the flat square and square 4 along the front of the flat square, smooth surfaces out.

5. Hold the squares in place until the glue is tacky.

6. Hammer small nails 1/16 inch from the front right and left edges of square 4. The nails should enter 1/8 inch from the top at the center and 1/8 inch above the glue. This will connect square 4 to squares 2 and 3.

7. Turn your wood pocket chart holder over and hammer small nails through the bottom of square 1 at each corner. This will connect square one to squares 2, 3 and 4.

8. Stick two-sided mounting tape along the exposed edges of squares 2 and 3. Mount your wood pocket chart holder to the wall.

Paper Pocket Chart Holder for Children

1. Fold one 9-inch paper plate in half.

2. Cut the paper plate along the fold with scissors.

3. Lay the cut plate face down on an uncut 9-inch plate, matching the edges. There will be an opening between the plates.

4. Staple the half plate to the uncut plate around the edges.

5. Punch a hole using hole puncher in the uncut plate at the top center for mounting.

Tips & Warnings

• For the paper pocket chart holder for children, choose festively colored plates, or allow the children to decorate their own plates. Hang the paper pocket chart holders by sliding colorful 6-inch ribbon through the holes at the top center of the plates, tying off the ends of the ribbon with a bow knot, and hang on hooks attached to the wall.

References

• Wood Glue Pen
• Decorative Plates