DIY Art Caddy from an Old Beverage Crate (Home School Organization)

Sharing an Easy DIY for to transform an old wooden beverage crate into a DIY Art Caddy to keep ALL your kids art supplies & pencils organized when doing homework, virtually schooling or homeschooling.

Can you believe it’s almost time for school to start?  

With 4 kids ranging from elementary school to high school we have a lot of school & art projects going on at our house. 

We will soon be in the throes of world map coloring, math cube circling and my personal favorite… create a giant president project. 

Although I kept most of our art supplies organized they were stored in 8, (EIGHT) different containers in 2 different rooms which could get a little crazy when we would lose track of where one container was.  

For even more back to school & organization ideas be sure to check out my friend’s ideas below as part of a monthly décor challenge called Back to Basics.

DIY Art Caddy from an Old Beverage Crate (Home School Organization)

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Supplies Needed to Create a DIY Art Caddy

• wooden beverage crate with handles
• empty plastic water bottles
• scissors

Instructions for How to Create a DIY Art Caddy

A close friend found this awesome retro Coke beverage crate at an estate sale she was helping with for just $20! 

I had been on the hunt for an old beverage crate for a few years now and was very excited to finally have one to decorate with. 

Although this crate has seen better days I love that it still has some of the original paint showing through.

The old coke bottle sections are the perfect size for dividing all the different pencils, markers, glue, scissors, highlighters, colored pencils & art supplies. 

Because there are some openings in the bottom of the wood I needed to find a way to keep the colored pencils & crayons from falling out the bottom of the crate without taking away from the history of the wooden crate.

Use Water Bottles to Keep Art Supplies Organized

My solution, water bottles.

I cut the water bottles in half & they were the perfect size for the original bottle compartments.

After I had drank & cut enough water bottles to fill every compartment I had WAY too much fun sharpening & color organizing our art supplies.

I just love how all the colored pencils, scissors, pens & glue sticks look inside the crate.

Our new DIY Art Caddy looks great on our kitchen table & the handles on it are super easy to move the beverage crate off our kitchen table when it is time to eat :).

If you are looking for a caddy for art supplies, I hope you will give my beverage crate turned DIY art caddy a try!

It really has held up the last few years with my 4 kids & especially now that they are doing all their schooling from home.

by Tara Lehman

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Back to Basics – Organization & Back to School Ideas

Scroll down to see all the Back to school Ideas my friends are sharing.

Thanks so much to Vicki and Jenn from 2 Bees in a Pod & Coco from at The Crowned Goat for hosting this challenge.

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