The Elementary Entourage: class decor

My Top 20 Amazon Teacher Finds!

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With two little ones, activities, volunteering, everything that comes with being a teacher on top of a husband who is deployed half of the year I rely on Amazon for all of my teacher items! I have been an Amazon Prime member for 5 years now and it is the best thing ever! I started as an Amazon Mom for diapers and wipes and now we use Subscribe and Save plus all the digital features in my home. The best part for me is, at work when something is needed I just quickly get on my phone to go to Amazon and get what I need!

99% of everything in my classroom has came from Amazon! Yes, everything you see in these photos below came from Amazon. Below are a few photos of my classroom that just shout Amazon! I completely create and put together my entire classroom through the app on my phone.

[colored card-stock, ink, border, fadeless bulletin board paper, laminating pouches, laminator]

[white card-stock, printer ink, magnetic tape, laminating pouches, laminator]

[white card-stock, ink, writing items, laminating pouches, laminator]

[the holder was a Target Dollar Spot steal along with the #2 pencils]

[hangers and command hooks to hang anchor charts]

[best magnets ever]

[favorite storage]

[colored card-stock, ink border, fadeless bulletin board paper, laminating pouches, laminator]

To be honest... Taking time to make trips to the store + gas, doesn't make sense to me. Amazon normally saves me $ on the product I want, plus I save more $ in gas and I don't waste time driving around town. It is seriously a lifesaver! I can get what I need and want without lugging little ones around in car seats and carts!

Here are some of my favorite teacher finds on Amazon that are used in my classroom daily:

1- Magnets
2- Magnetic Tape
3- Laminator
4- Laminating Pouches
5- Black Hanging File Folders
6- Hangers for Anchor Charts
7- Markers, Pens & more!

8- Storage
9- Paper Cutting Board
10- Colored Copy Paper
11- Card-Stock
12- Fadeless Bulletin Board Paper
13- Border
14- Automatic Air Freshener [Um, yes because I have 5th graders!]
15- Variety of Student Supplies

16- Writing Folders
17- Dry Erase Pockets
18- Mini Erasers for Student White Boards

19- Teacher Supply Box

20- Write on Tabs

If you are not using Amazon, then you are not saving time and $ on your classroom! I hope you gained a few ideas from this post along with some items you can use delivered to your door step!

I swear I love to 'buy' anything that is FREE. Yep, I'll go dumpster diving, curbside shopping and anything else if I see something for my classroom that can save me tons of money. Sometimes it's a super easy fix with a can of spray paint or it just needs a few layers of painting. I know everyone has been going crazy about the things in Target, but I'm looking a little closer to the classroom for my first few thrifty finds.

One of my coworkers and I decided that we needed another ~~junk~~ trade table this summer. What's a trade table? As teachers are cleaning their classrooms and putting things back into their places, PURGE and get rid of good items that you're no longer using. The idea is to put them on the TRADE TABLE. All you have to do is drop some items that are still in good condition on the table. Then, someone else comes in and if they want it, they take it.

There has always been a room for this at my other schools, but we don't have one here. We wanted to "spice" things up and let people know to drop their treasured belongings here. Hopefully, this will cause some teachers to get rid of some things that could be beneficial and useful for other teachers. The deal is that either she or I need to take all the stuff to Goodwill at the end of the month or throw the old stuff away. DEAL! When people purge, I get to look at the goods in the process. This is some of the things in our workroom. Hopefully, some of our teachers take these goodie back to their rooms.

Just throw a sign up and start trading

Nameplates, month headers, books, craft supplies

100th Day hats, puzzles, workbooks

I found this LOVELY chair dumpster diving... okay not really diving, BUT it was next to a dumpster. I could only fit one in my car at the time so I took the one that didn't wiggle. I'm going to give it a nice fresh coat of paint. I just need a table to go with it and I'll be SET.

This was another teacher trade. I got these two bookcases for FREE! Once it's advertised that teachers can purge freely and others can come by and get it, there will be some happy campers. I'm just going to add some paint to these as well! I am SUPER excited about these.

My FAVORITE Thrifty Finds are actually not mine. One of my teammates scored these on clearance at Hobby Lobby. They were less only a few dollars I think she said. She's going to add a picture to the frame. HOW CUTE?!

Here's an easy image for you to pin to remember our thrift finds! Get started on that trade table at school and see what free items you can score.

We're also having a giveaway celebrating our growing family!

This is the TRUE official welcoming for them! You can enter to win a CUSTOMIZED Tallahasse Sunday Pencil, Quiet Pencil Sharpener and a set of Scented Smencils! Even though it's summer, we're getting you all set for Back to School when it's time! Just enter the rafflecopter below and be sure to tell ALL your friends! Then, head back here tomorrow for more thrifty finds.

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