Monday Made It: Writing Toolkits

I have officially created my first "Monday Made It" project and I am joining my first linky party!!! Please forgive me if I goof since I am a newbie to the blogging world. Anywho, I have a ton of projects that I want to complete before the start of the new school year, but I have been dragging lately. Despite a slight case of the lazies, I managed to make these pencil cases for my students.

So, how did these pencil cases come about? My husband is a huge Crystal Light fan, and he buys the pouches that makes about two quarts.  The pouches come in the plastic containers shown above.  One day as I was about to throw this container in the trash when I thought of an idea.  Why not use them for pencil cases?  I tore off the Crystal Light wrapper, took a few measurements, and created the labels you see above.  Now, I will say that pencils are just a little too long for this case, but students love to sharpen pencils. I'm sure the pencils will be able to fit after a short trip to the pencil sharpener.  Highlighters and pens will definitely fit in this case.  I am so excited about using these cases this school year. I am thinking about changing up the labels just a bit though.  Hopefully, it will cut down on missing red pens and pencils littering the floors.  And at the rate my husband drinks Crystal Light, I am sure I will have enough of these little babies by the first day of school.  I hope!