{"id":1122,"date":"2018-07-26T06:12:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T02:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2018-07-26T06:23:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T02:53:38","slug":"home-school-desk-dividers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/?p=1122","title":{"rendered":"Making Home-school Desk Dividers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today this Fibro-Momma tried her hand at making some home-school desk dividers to use this coming school year.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

I do admit that being crafty is an outlet for me. I love to sew and paint, too. However, my forever achey Fibro body does not always let me, but I do try!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Having Fibromyalgia<\/a> is a drag. Anyone who suffers from this dread condition will agree. But that does not mean we cannot still (try to) be a productive part of society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My contribution is to my family and our home-school. See, I design my own curriculum, print and bind them for each of our children. It is something I am good at and something I love to do. It helps me to keep going, even on the bad pain days. Sitting at the computer creating all this takes me a lot of T-I-M-E. <\/span><\/p>\n

Weeks…sometimes months.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

But, today was fun for me!! The pain kept coming on hard, but my drive to see these dividers come into being was the motivation I needed to continue on!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you ready to see what I’ve been up to??<\/span><\/p>\n

It all begins with\u00a0several pieces of foam board from Dollar Tree.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Foam board from Dollar Tree<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(I was making three of these and each divider used two and a half pieces.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, I cut one in half and cut another board into 3 inch strips.\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then, I had purchased duct tape in turquoise blue (the girls picked it out!) and I taped the pieces together, leaving a 1\/4 inch gap between each board piece so it would fold. I sealed all exposed sides with duct tape to make it sturdier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The finished design once it is assembled with tape.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next, I began adding various things, like using Velcro to attach a ruler and scissors to the sides. I used clothes pins for the girls to hang up vocabulary sheets, math drills, etc. and bought large paper clips for heavier objects like markers.\u00a0 I also glued a folder to the side to hold papers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of three I made<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The entire thing folds up like a book and the two-3 inch pieces I added to the center allows for bulky items to remain inside!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fold sides in towards the front<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The finished products fold easily for storage when the day is over or company is coming!!<\/span><\/p>\n

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All three are less than 10 inches across when stored<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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All three of these took me a little more than two days to complete, but I am certain a person without Fibro could make them in one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am so happy these are done!! My daughters cannot wait for the new school year to begin!<\/span><\/p>\n

Fibromyalgia and creativity is a win-win, even if it takes days (or weeks, or years) to complete a project. Everyone has some sort of creative genius in them. It is up to you to seek it out and then act upon it!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When I get a creative idea and make myself<\/del> act on it, my adrenaline kicks in and drives me forward through the muck and mire of my pain. I may go to bed with joints that feel as though they will fall off at any given moment, but my sense of accomplishment and self-worth helps to balance it out…a little…<\/span><\/p>\n

Happy Creativity! Let me know if you think you’ll make these!! It is always nice to know others may share in my joys of creativity, too!<\/span><\/p>\n

**Side note to those that do not home-school…these would also make great homework stations to give your child a special place to study. It would work on any table-top surface.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

~The Fibro Momma of Ten<\/span><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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