So at the beginning of the school year, I used some of my "teacher funds" to buy these:They're pretty awesome...four cubes with dry erase surfaces. They're great for the classroom! Unfortunately, they also belong to my school. Since I won't be there next year, I won't have access to them. Also sometimes I find myself wanting a few more cubes. I looked at them one day and thought to myself..."Hey, those are literally just colorful foam squares with white surfaces on them...pretty sure I can do that." And thus began the wheels in my head.
First, I needed something light. With my kids, I couldn't use something like wooden blocks or even heavy plastic...someone would get hurt. The solution? The new computer printer. Finally the school got a new color printer that doesn't print streaks! Better yet, the printer came packed in Styrofoam:
Using my pocket knife and scissors, I hacked 6 cubes out of the various pieces, 2 small, 2 medium, 2 large. Then I dug out some scraps of brightly colored fabric and covered them, using my handy glue gun to secure them. 
I cut some squares of card stock and sent them through the laminator. (Laminated papers double as dry erase surfaces!)
Using the glue gun again, I affixed the card stock squares to each of the cubes. The end results:
Crazy?? The colors match! Anyway, these are great to use in the classroom, and now I have a set of 6!
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