Crate AKA Stadium Seats - Phase 1

So continuing on my crafting journey this summer and the next stop are some adorable crate seats for my Interactive Theater area.  I am calling these my Stadium Seating.  Woohoo!  Got this fabulous idea from Pinterest, of course!  This is my inspiration.  I have seen other ideas where you make the crate more of a storage container and a seat all in one.  However with my 5th graders, I worry about the strength, so I'm doing as this blogger did and turning my crate upside down and attaching my wood to the bottom.

Source: tupelohoneycaro.blogspot.ca via Betty on Pinterest

They aren't complete yet but here is my progress so far.

Step 1: Buy 6 Crates from Target - I even got them on sale!
Step 2: Select Fabric - Got a nice lime green solid fabric from Joann's - 40% off too!
Step 3: Buy other materials - Foam, Spray Adhesive (have already), Sand Paper - I ended up getting a Foam Mattress Pad.  Much cheaper.  However, I got a full when I probably could have gotten away with a Twin.
Step 4: Buy and Cut Plywood - I got a 1/2" piece of plywood at Home Depot.  I had to buy a whole sheet.  FYI a whole sheet will make you about 18 crates.  So I have extra.  About $1 a seat if anyone wants it.  But they cut it for free for me.  So that was nice.
Step 5:  Get to Work.

So I started by sanding all of my plywood.  I didn't spend a whole lot of time on it.  Just gave all the edges a quick go over.  Next I cut my foam and used spray adhesive to stick it to the plywood.  I cut the foam a little bigger than I needed so that I had some wiggle room attaching it.  Finally it's sitting letting the glue set in a pile.  While it's setting, I'm blogging.

So far tonight I've spent about 45 minutes on this project.  My next step tonight is to try to attach the fabric using a glue gun or my E6000 glue.  I decided against staples mostly because I don't have a staple gun and I don't really want to buy something else.  We shall see how that works out.  I might be getting a staple gun tomorrow. ;)

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