hey guys welcome to another episode of dadicated in this video I'm going to
show you how to make one of these seats for your kids that can be used as
storage they're also good for classrooms I'm actually making it for my daughter's
first grade class the teacher asks who can make these and I volunteered so I
decided to record the process of how I made them so here we go so you're gonna
need the following items some fabric scissors hot glue tape measure milk
crate storage box piece of plywood and some foam and the staple gun no I got
mine at Hobby Lobby and it was the cheapest one and I don't recommend this
one alright because as you can see doesn't do good quality and it looks in
garbage but whatever I think it was like six seven bucks so what do I expect but
yeah I'm gonna get a better one for next project so first measure the inside of
the box or this ledges that's where your applied we're just gonna sit on so 15
three quarters alright twelve seven eight now take that measurement and lay
it out on you piece of plywood so 15 three-quarter so then take a straight
edge or a level and draw a line and time to cut make sure you take safety first
so let's put these on
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they can stand here in the corners to get rid of all the birds now a mic crate
I have round corners right here so I need to cut these off a little bit too
round for them to make a fit because otherwise it's not going to fit around
the box with sandpaper
time to try the wood to see if it fits but first we don't need one anymore
[Music] since this foam is a 14 by 14 and my
piece is 15 3/4 by 12 7/8 I'm gonna have to trim it a little bit
use a brand new box cutter blade set it up like this where it's straight on one
side like that then hold it and flip it over and use the board to cut as a ruler
I'm just be careful to cut yourself because they are sharp and but it cuts
through the foam really nicely like that then flip it over then flip the phone
over make sure this cut side is on the same side again line up on this side
make sure it's nice and straight then flip it over again and cut it from this
side now careful not to get a splinter with this wood over here just like that
now don't throw this piece of light because we're gonna reuse it now take
the piece make sure it's aligned on both sides and somewhat here I mean it's okay
that you leave a little edge and now you have all this extra space here where
we're gonna put this piece over here but we still have to trim it and just kind
of cut through it just like that now take your hot glue and we're gonna
glue this to the board that way it's easier when we're gonna be wrapping it
with fabric and that it doesn't move around and we're gonna glue this piece
together as well no we're gonna lay out our fabric and Desai's put it on the
corner in such manner in that way you cannot you only need to cut those two
sides and you don't cut all four sides just makes it easier make sure you leave
enough so that way you have room to staple your fabric to the wood like this
and cut the other sides so now Dartmouth one side by folding it
like this and then use your staple gun to start stapling it make sure you kind
of pull it a little tight to where it has some tension on it now do the other
side now you want to make sure you put this into some tension of it again and
then start stapling it so the corner is a little bit tricky but if you do them
like you're be wrapping your Christmas present that seems to work well so kind
of like put it like this and then staple this corner like that and then you do
the other side and then you basically pull it like this kind of again kind of
like you're wrapping a Christmas present [Music]
now if you want you can cut extra pieces off with your laser razor blade just so
it looks nicer and cleaner but you don't have to so this is what it turned out to
look like not too bad so now we're gonna make a tab right here to pull it open so
we're gonna take a small piece of fabric flip it over and then hold the seams in
the cut seams I think this might be helpful to use an iron to help you fold
it or I used like a corner went like this on the on the corner to make that
Bend line and then we're gonna carefully fold it in half again like this so this
is gonna be our tab right here so measure out the tab to make sure it
sticks out long enough oh you like it and basically just put it down and then
staple it also and then cut off Thanks so let's see how it fits perfect looks
good and then if you want to open it store
anything you want in there just close it have a seat
they're kids so that's it that's how you make one of these little seats you like
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