Pallet Kid's Corner

We are having fun making things out of pallets here at Goodwill. We did a little kid's corner. It is set up in one of the cubicle areas at our headquarters on Alcott Street in Kalamazoo.

The table was the most challenging project. It seems fairly straightforward, but pallets are not always square, so I had to do some adjusting, which means, taking apart and rebuilding some of the pallet. Next time I would search longer for two pallets that were more "perfect".  I used two pallets that were similar is size and the boards were similarly spaced apart. I used 1/4" plywood for the top and the seat.

The shelves were a simple one cut. You can get two shelves out of one pallet. Pallet books shelves are a little heavy so we used plant hangers to hang them from the sides of the cubicle since this is not a permanent display.

Here is a awesome tutorial from sixsistersstuff.com to make pallet shelves.

(A big thank you to sixsisterstuff for sharing your photo and project with Goodwill!)

  

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This artwork holder is just a sanded and painted pallet board. I simply hot glued painted clothes pins to the board. Nothing fancy here!

The word "love" was handwritten with blue paint, then painted over that with glue and blue glitter on top. It helps to have a paint color first and not just glue and glitter to really make it stand out.  

The crayon holder was not made out of a pallet - but out of a landscape timber! 

We just cut a piece to size and drilled out the holes.

I stained it to match the sides of the table. So cute! 

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