Bulletin board borders storage ideas are something I searched for a few times when I was trying to figure out how to organize all my borders and I kept coming up with the same results. Then, I just happened to see this AMAZING pocket chart while walking around a teacher supply store a few years ago and immediately fell in love.
I was hesitant to believe it actually worked or would save space. When I think of pocket charts, I think of them taking up a decent chunk of space. However, this amazing one FOLDS up so it’s only one pocket thick so you can make it SO small and thin and tuck it anywhere!
This post has affiliate links to the pocket chart I use which means I get commission if you purchase through the link – I don’t care if you do or don’t – but I wanted to be transparent and let you know 🙂
The one I’ve been using and loving is this Border Storage Pocket Chart!
All you do is put your bulletin board borders in each of the pockets (I put several different border sets in each pocket as you can see here) and then roll it up and it’s TINY! It folds up to the size of only 1 pocket!
The best part about it is your borders are kept perfectly STRAIGHT. Before I had this amazing border organization masterpiece, I was rolling my borders in a roll then clipping them with a binder clip. That was not very space saving or quick to do, but what I disliked most about it was my borders were all curled when I unrolled them which made putting them up on the wall frustrating. Maybe that’s just me, but it bothered me so I absolutely love that this stores them flat. Plus those rolls took up space and didn’t look very pretty – I had to just shove them in a cabinet.
Also I often have extra small pieces of border I cut off the ends sometimes when I’m trying to fit borders on a board so this lets you simply put those in the pocket with the rest instead of trying to clip them on the inside of the roll. I don’t feel like rolling them up really kept them protected either. Plus the clip sometimes left indentations I didn’t like right in the middle of the borders. So I absolutely love how this keeps them protected in the pockets.. and also not dusty 🙂
Anyway, I absolutely love this thing so I was excited to show it to you. I put all of my borders in it then fold it up into one little strip and shove it between my filing cabinet and desk. Yes, it actually fits in that tiny slot! 🙂
This shows it unfolded but you can find pictures of it folded up too to show you what it looks like.
Any time I want to get out a new border, I simply grab it and unstrap it. It folds out into the pretty display of all my borders, like I showed in the 1st picture in this post, so I can pick the border I want to use. It makes doing a new bulletin board so much more fun to be able to see them all displayed and pick the one I want. Before, when I was rolling them, I would have to think of the one I wanted first then rummage through to find the roll by looking at each one and pulling out each roll I had thrown into the back of a cabinet.
This way, it’s more creative and fun and sometimes I get bulletin board ideas simply looking at my pretty display of them 🙂 I can also pick out 1 piece of each bulletin border really easily to put it next to what I want to display and see if it goes together nicely. So easy to take out and put back.
I hope you love it if you get it!
If you have any fun ideas for how you store your bulletin board pieces, let me know below!
For actual pieces like letters, I put them in sheet protectors in binders so I can quickly find the letter sets I want. There’s an extra tip for you 🙂 For a tutorial on how to make your own bulletin board letters, check out DIY Classroom Decor Bulletin Board Letters
This was shown in my Classroom Must Haves list – you can check out that list if you want to see other things I love and recommend.
I really enjoy making lists so if you are in the mood to browse fun teacher lists (or want to save the page for later), here is a big list of the lists from this page 🙂
Here are a couple lists I’ve made to get you started:
Classroom Management Books Organized BY BEHAVIOR
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