The perfect centerpiece for a homeschooled dining table
Aug 13th, 2008 by learningumbrella
I’ve had the idea for this lazy susan organizer for a long time, and last week I finally finished it. I bought the lazy susan at a big box store, and collected cans for a while. We don’t eat very much food from cans, so it took me a long time to actually get enough cans for this project. I bought some juice in a can just because I wanted the big can it came in.
The kids picked out fabric scraps from my closet, and I glued the fabric on. I wrapped duct tape over the open lips, so there wouldn’t be any exposed sharp edges for little ones to get cut.
I experimented with a couple different ideas for attaching the cans to the board. I didn’t have any screws that would go through the cans, and nails didn’t have good grip. In the end, I just glued the cans down, and that is holding up fine so far.
It’s actually ridiculously nice to have this on the table for both school and art time. The kids love it, and they are keeping their stuff organized in there.
I love it! What a great idea. I’m always seeing lazy susans at the thrift store or yard sales. Unfortunately our current table is too small to keep a lazy susan on and still have room to work… but I might be able to make it work on one of our shelves or bookcase tops. Hmmm… as always, thanks for the inspiration!
Great idea! I may have to snitch this one.
That is awesome!!!!!
What a great idea. It looks great.
That is VERY cool!