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How to Decorate A School Locker

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Not all schools allow you to decorate your locker. However if you do it can be an artistic way of expressing your personality. Decorating lockers is common place in most schools. Still you should check to make sure it is okay with your high school administration. You don’t want to be expelled just for putting decorative stickers where they don’t belong on school property!

How you fix decorations to your locker might depend on what type of materials it is made from. Lockers are not standardized. Lockers are created from different materials including steel, iron, plastic and wood. Whatever you choose, you should try and keep it neat and clean. Keep in mind you may not be able to use certain kinds of fixing materials like glue or nails when you decorate your locker.

Before you decorate consider the size of the locker and how much space you have available to personalize it. Note that some schools may only allow you to decorate the inside of the locker.

To express yourself the best, choose a specific theme. You can chose movies, music, mice, books, Hello Kitty, hockey, horses, baseball or whatever turns your crank. You can also do this in your favorite color. You can get really creative and use posters, photos, fridge magnets, mirrors, ribbons, fabric, acrylic paint and crepe paper. Glitter spray and metallic markers can also help to create designs that liven up a dull looking locker.

If you are going to use stickers make sure they can easily be removed later because some schools might require that you have it all scraped off.

You can also fix a mirror or a cork board to your locker. That way you can glue shells, feathers, stones or fake jewels to it.

The inside of your locker can be lined with paper or cork board as well. You can also use a nice wrapping paper or mylar stick on paper. You can also change the paper to suit your mood. For instance in the winter you could have locker paper with snowmen on it.

Inside your locker you can collect art, posters and photographs of whatever you like including favorite pets, musicians, movie stars or sports heroes.

You can also maximize the space in your locker so it is decorative, yet practical. Consider using shelving, magnetic attachments for mirrors, clocks, hooks and pencil cups to update the look of your locker. You can even go to IKEA and get shoe bag hangers and other storage devices.

How to Decorate Flip Flops

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If you have a pair of old, slightly used or even brand new flip flops you can personalize them by decorating. It is one way to revive an old shoe so it looks new. Plus decorating flip-flops can also be a lot of fun. You can also decorate them to suit the color of a dress or make them so that they are more suitable to your personal style.

There are several ways to decorate flip flops. One of the easiest ways is with ribbons. You simply roll them around the straps of the flip flop. The ribbon makes your straps gleam. If you have a really plain pair one way to gussy it up is to simply add a big bow. A big flower or plastic butterfly also looks good on a thong. Yet another idea is to glue a great big gem on the Y shape that separates the big toe from the rest of the toe.

You can also add bling. You can buy plastic gems and the string the gems on a cord. You then glue the garland of gems on top of the strap of the flip flop. You can also glue the gems on separately but they tend to stay on longer if you do it this way.

You can also buy threads strung with sequins. These can just be glued directly on thongs as well.

It is also quite easy just to paint the flip flops. You can paint designs on them with paint or you can draw on them with marker. Metallic marker looks especially nice. Neon marker looks nice if you want to add polka-dots to some thongs.

You can paint images on thongs to match any theme. You can paint butterflies, hearts, volleyballs, hamburgers, your business or anything you like on flip flops. Brides can paint the date of their wedding on them. You can also give thongs away as party favors.\

You can also decorate your feathered flip flops with feathers. You can even make the look like birds. Paint the bird’s countenance on the upper sole and strap feathers on the tong straps.
There is a fad in California for painting portraits on Flip Flops. You paint your face on the upper soles and your name on the straps.

If you are having a party with a bunch of kids (particularly teenage girls) this is a great project to keep them busy while they are socializing.