Fashion

Decorate it!

Get creative and decorate your locker with essentials and fun stuff to keep you going all year long

By Flare Staff July 30, 2007

Decorate it! Waking up early, papers, tests and oh yes, homework, homework, homework. But going back to school can be fun too when you get to make things your own. Get creative and decorate your locker with essentials and fun stuff to keep you going all year long. By Raquel Lowe
Magnets Post important dates, events or photos of you and your friends with tiny, funky magnets and magnet frames. Lynka magnet frames, $13.50, Umbra. Tiny Mighties magnets, $9.15, and Colour Dots, $8.15, Three by Three Seattle. (Available at Home Depot) Mini Spot magnet hooks, $9.99, Three by Three Seattle. (Available at Home Depot)
Mirror Great for checking to make sure that everything is ‘properly sorted’. High school can provide enough embarrassing moments so if you can prevent any ‘nose friendlies’ or lunch mishaps from staying on your face, all the better. Magnetic mirror, 3. 19, Locnetics. (Available at Grand & Toy)
Stackable locker shelves Keep your textbooks, binders and notebooks separate from lunch or your gym gear. Locker shelf, $4.79, Locnetics. ( www.buroplus.ca )
Organizing the small stuff Store these in your locker, you’ll never know when you’ll need ‘em! Extra pens, pencils and self stick notes. Use small storage containers. Think outside the box! Use anything from plastic, stackable ‘food’ containers to cute ‘takeout’ boxes. Modular Mates from Tupperware. (www.tupperware.ca) Chinese take-out, Solutions. (www.solutions-stores.ca)