Decorate a Small Locker

If your school locker is tiny, squishy and you have to share it with somebody else, but want it to look nice, then here are some suggestions for making your locker look super cool! Make it personal! Why not? It's yours, so personalize it. Do what you like!

Steps

  1. Call your locker partner (if you have one) and find out what you both want your locker to look like.
  2. Before decorating, check with your school's locker decorating policy. Infringing it could mean that your decorating will be removed.
  3. Avoid using sticky stuff. Many schools don't let you use tape, so try to avoid other sticky things also. You can buy small jeweled picture frames that are really cute and don't take up a ton of space. Or, instead of tape, use easy-to-apply-and-remove magnets.

Mirrors and shine

  1. Put mirrors in the back of your half-locker for reflection only, to help you to find loose stuff at the back; don't put your personal mirror way back there or you'll find that you practically have to stick your head all the way inside to see. For your own needs, put a mirror on the door where you can see your face easily.
  2. Buy a mirror that comes with a marker. That way you can write on the mirror and save the space a dry erase board would take up. Make sure you have erasing liquid as well. Use a healthy natural kitchen cleaning spray which is kind to your lungs and the atmosphere.
  3. Use CDs to make your locker sparkly. Just add some on the back wall of your locker, and you can even put pictures in the hole in the middle.

Adding decorative elements

You may wish to do one or a combination of the following ideas:

  1. Decorate your locker with wrapping paper. Buy cute wrapping paper to use as a wallpaper for the inside of the locker door. Cut the paper to size, and tape it up nicely. Don't let the tape show.
  2. Put up some of your favorite quotes. For quotes, go to a scrapbook store. There you can find cute quotes that are all decorated and pretty. Get some magnetic strips and attach them to the backs of the quote.
  3. Decorate clothespins with fun designs. Attach them to a decorative ribbon to hang pictures and other small items from. Hang from one of the hooks in the locker.
  4. Make a collage. Aim to fill the whole back wall of the locker.
  5. Put magnets on the back of a mini basketball hoop. Attach it to the back of the locker for fun between periods. Of course, this will only work if there is space.
    • This should fold down, otherwise it's probable that another student will either bump into it or pull it down.
  6. Decorate with magazines. Find a magazine that you don't mind cutting up. Cut our your favorite words or pictures. Glue them onto the paper. Take a small picture of you (and maybe your locker mate) and glue it on top. Tape over it all to provide strength and durability. Put it in your locker.
  7. Decorate the locker each holiday or season. This will make it look cute and festive and gives you a chance to redecorate every few months.

Storage space

  1. Hang stuff on the hooks. The hooks are there for a reason. Hang your purse, lunch box, and whatever else there so you have more room. It makes the space go a lot further.
  2. Buy a shelf and put your books on it. It will leave space below for your bag, clothes, etc.

Tips

  • If you buy a shelf, make sure that it will fit, some are too big for smaller lockers.
  • Get a pencil holder and keep some extras just in case.
  • You can also consider using magnets in your locker. Magnets usually won't stick or damage your locker and they will make your locker look cool!
  • Write down your friends' locker numbers and send them notes. Make sure you have the right locker!
  • Try using magnet tape.
  • You could try hanging things from ribbon instead of sticking them - pin things onto the ribbon that you tie from the top of your locker space.
  • If you want to hang a mirror in your locker and your locker is not magnetic get a magnet board put it in the back of your locker so you can put a mirror or something there.
  • If you are sharing a locker, you might be able to design a decorative scheme with the person you're sharing with.
  • On someone's birthday you can decorate the outside of their locker.
  • Put in a storage case for pens and pencils for jotting down friends' numbers or things to do.
  • To keep your locker from smelling like a dirty gym bag, bring perfume or cologne and store it in your locker. This will keep both you and your locker smelling fresh in between classes.
  • Try asking to ask the office about what the past kids have done.
  • Keep a dispensing air freshener near any areas where you place your gym bag or extra clothes. If you don't have anything smelly, it's still a good idea just so your locker smells nice.
  • Don't mess with your partners stuff!
  • Keep a little hand sanitizer in your locker so your hands are clean and aren't dirty later on in the day.
  • If you have a PE locker, be careful about which perfume you choose to place in there. A lot of people dislike or are allergic to the smell.
  • Using carpets makes the locker have a better look.

Warnings

  • If you can decorate your locker, then between classes don't get caught up staring at yourself in the mirror or drawing pictures on the dry erase board etc... because teachers can take your locker decorating privileges away
  • If you have a locker with a lock built in to the door, don't put any magnets on top of the box the lock is in. When they fall (and sometime during the year, they will) they will jam the lock and you won't be able to get it open.
  • Make sure you don't write in your locker. Especially inappropriate words.
  • Don't leave food in your locker. It stains and, of course, it stinks.
  • If your locker is on the bottom (see picture), try not to wear skirts.
  • If you can't decorate your locker best to leave it plain so you won't get into trouble!
  • Make sure your school doesn't mind locker decorating. Some schools only allow the basic essentials; books, backpack, everyday needs (deodorant, brush, etc), and a mirror. Although rare, some schools won't let you even hang pictures in your locker so if your school is like that and you want to have pics, small picture frames are a must.

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