Let's face it... Every single art teacher has those HUGE art prints shoved in a drawer somewhere in their classroom. You know, those ones from the 90's, 80's, or earlier. They no longer have any use since PowerPoint and classroom projectors became commonplace.

I had a ton of them taking up valuable storage space in a couple of drawers. I didn't want to just throw them away, so I decided to hold on to them until I came up with a use for them. One day I had my "Aha!" moment! I decided to cut out the prints and add them to my students' chairs. Check out my steps below!

1. I have these pretty standard stools in my room, but I'm sure this DIY could work for other types of chairs. I started by measuring the "pad" area of the stools (11"). I wanted to leave about an inch of the pad around the image, so I subtracted two from my measurement (9") and made a round tracer of that size.

2. I had already painted my chair pads to match my table colors, but I decided to give them a fresh coat before I stuck my images down. I sorted through all of my posters and separated them by color. I wanted the color of the image to match the color of the chair I was sticking it to.

3. Once they were sorted, I started tracing my 9" round tracer onto the images I wanted to cut out. After all of the circles were traced, I cut them out.

4. After letting the paint on the chairs dry, I applied some Mod Podge to the back of each image. I then carefully placed them on the center of each chair and smoothed them out with my hands.

5. Once the images were secured, I used Sharpie to write the name of the artist of the piece in the 1" ring surrounding the image. 

6. Finally, I sealed the top of the seats with a couple coats of Mod Podge and acrylic clear coat. Unfortunately, if you do this in the hotter months, prepare for it to feel a little sticky for a while!

And that's it!
I absolutely love how they came out and my students get so excited to see who they get to sit with each week.

After having these on my chairs for about a year, some of the students have started peeling the paint and images off of the seats. If possible, a resin seal would be an amazing way to finish off these beautiful chairs!