How to Make a Bulletin Board for Teens

Personalize your teen's bulletin board with fabrics that reflect his interests.

Create a bulletin board for your teen's room that suits his personality and complements his room's décor. With a few supplies from the home improvement and fabric store, you can quickly and easily create a custom bulletin board to help your teenager become more organized. Fit the bulletin board design to the available wall space or position the tiles in a horizontal and vertical combination for a funky alternative designs. Cover the tiles individually with a variety of fabrics to alter the appearance, or cover them all with one fabric style.

Things You'll Need

• Cork tiles, 12 inches square
• Duct tape,n 3 inches wide
• Fabric
• Fabric marker
• Rotary fabric cutter
• Cutting mat, self-healing
• Scissors
• D-rings
• Glue gun
• Glue sticks

Instructions

1. On a flat surface, arrange the 12-inch-square cork tiles in your desired format for the bulletin board. Teens may appreciate a configuration other than four tiles in a square. Experiment with alternate arrangements. Place four or more tiles vertically or horizontally. Create a puzzle-piece bulletin board by placing two tiles side by side, fit a third and fourth tile directly beneath the first or second tile and fit two more side-by-side tiles beneath the two vertical tiles.

2. Flip the tile arrangement over so that the cork tiles are face down. Join each of the tiles together along the full length of any touching edges with the duct tape.

3. Place the fabric face down on a flat surface. Position the bulletin board face down on the fabric with the duct tape facing up.

4. Mark the fabric one inch from the edge of the bulletin board around its entire perimeter. Cut the fabric along the marked lines with either a rotary cutter and the cutting mat or scissors. Remove the bulletin board before cutting the fabric.

5. Fold the fabric over the edges of the bulletin board so that it lays flat on the back. Tape the fabric to the back of the bulletin with the duct tape. Overlap the fabric in each corner before taping.

6. Glue D-rings to the back side of the bulletin board using a hot glue gun and glue sticks.

Tips & Warnings

• Purchase a ready-made cork bulletin board from an office supply store and customize it with fabric and duct tape to make this project even easier. .

• You can also attach the fabric to the tiles with a staple gun.

References

• Apartment Therapy: How to Make a Push Pin Canvas Board

Resources

• Apartment Therapy: How to Make a Blank Slate Bulletin Board in One Hour