Use your child's favorite team colors to turn plain bifold doors into lockers.
| Prep Time: Weekend Project | |
| What you need: | |
| Paint
Sandpaper Card stock Tacky glue Paper fastener-style brads Wire rope clamp | |
| Seasons: Year round | |
| Materials: card stock, paints | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | Remove the doors and set them on sawhorses. To prepare them for painting, lightly sand them. Then paint each section the color you wish (we used latex semigloss interior paint). Let them dry for at least 48 hours. |
| 2. |  Create a template out of card stock for drawing vents at
the top of each of the raised center panels. A black paint pen
works well for outlining and filling in the shapes. Next, draw
horizontal lines between the raised panels to divide each door
section into lockers. |
| 3. |  For name tags, use tacky glue to attach a metal label
holder (sold in craft stores in the scrapbooking section). Use
the type with paper fastener-style brads so the holders will lie
flat against the door. Once the glue dries, your child can insert
card stock rectangles (cut to fit) displaying his name and those
of his favorite athletes. |
| 4. |  For a realistic final touch, glue a wire rope clamp (sold
in hardware stores) on each locker. First, glue the base of the
clamp to the door, then fill the holes with more glue and insert
the threaded ends of the U-bolt into the holes so they touch the
door (you won't need the nuts that come with the clamp). |
| 5. |  When the glue is dry, rehang the doors and attach padlocks
to the clamps. |
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