Friday, May 25, 2012

DIY Closet Dividers for Baby E's Nursery

Here's an easy DIY project that cost me under $20 start to finish including my trial and error attempts! While browsing Etsy I saw the cute and functional idea to put closet dividers into Baby E's nursery closet to help us organize the different sizes of his clothes. I thought I would try it myself and if I didn't like the result I'd just order him these or these as my back up plan.
Supplies:
-Scissors (free)
-Scrapbook paper of your choice, I bought 6 pieces of 12x12 sized paper from Hobby Lobby ($0.59 each sheet) and I had plenty of extra.
-All purpose Tacky Glue (already had some)
-Scrapbook stickers, make sure you have enough packages to cover all the numbers and letters you want to use ($1.99 per pack - I used 4 packs)
-Plastic closet dividers from The Container Store ($0.99 each)


Supplies

How to:
1.) Cut out a stencil by tracing the closet divider onto the paper. Try to get one good fit to use for all the others. I wanted 8 dividers: newborn, 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 18 months and 24 months, so I had 16 patterns cut (one for each side of each divider).
Stencil

2.) Spread a thin layer of glue onto one side of the divider and attach paper stencil. Once dry (pretty quick) attach to the opposite side. I wanted to use a mix of 3 paper patterns I found so I alternated between sizes.
3.) Stick on the letters/numbers on each side of the divider and you're done! (I did each one at a time to make sure the right size showed on front and back)
Baby E's closet dividers 
Here's a look at Lincoln's closet!

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