What are you at? Classroom seating for little ones

When Angela McDonald's daughter, a music teacher, needed some flexible seating for her classroom, she turned to her mother for help.

McDonald, of Bishop's Falls, has turned her hand to all sorts of sewing, knitting and design projects over the years.

She pondered her daughter's classroom needs: seating that can be configured in all sorts of arrangements and that can work for both small kindergarten students and larger Grade 6 students.

McDonald decided to work with plastic milk-crate style containers and plastic buckets.  

"We did some on some small buckets, and we did some on some tall buckets," McDonald said.

"And I even went to the local ice cream parlour and picked up some of the large ice cream buckets to try out."

McDonald used Frisbees to cover the ridge on the plastic bucket covers, and then cut some unused sofa cushions and bed foam to make cushions. She then covered the cushy seating with colourful fabric.

McDonald said her bucket and crate furniture is a hit with her daughter's students.

"One young guy is basically lying over one crate, doing his homework," said McDonald.

"They love it. It's obviously more interesting than the traditional seating."

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