While the types of products available for locker decorating may have grown over the years, the same items standard during the 1950s remain mainstays in 2011. The locker backdrop is the first step in getting your locker ready for viewing by all of your friends at the start of a new school year. Girls routinely hang colorful locker-mate paper or magnetic strips to cover the blank metal walls.
Lightweight tack board can also be temporarily attached to a locker so small items can be hung with push pins. This is an alternative to making a boyfriend collage of photos as a backdrop, because the love interest may change several times throughout the year. Gluing a photo collage of cute guys and friends directly on the locker is typically frowned upon by the school. Butcher or construction paper should be used as a backing for photos and affixed with magnets. Artistic young women may choose to use plain white butcher paper to display their own design.
A mirror is a must for a girl's school locker. A quick hair check between classes requires a looking glass with a magnetic backing to hang on the locker door. The classic pen holders serve more purposes than just holding classroom tools. Colorful pen holders also double as cellphone and make-up holders. A plain holder with a magnetic backing can be purchased at a dollar store and adorned with photos, feathers, gems, wrapping paper or basically anything that will attach with glue. Locker decorating stores both online and in many malls across the country offer themed locker decorating sets in popular animal prints and designs.
Locker chandeliers and lights are new additions to locker decorating schemes and are experiencing such popularity with teen girls that many supplies have placed them on back order for the 2011 school year. The battery-powered plastic light fixtures operate both by switch and motion sensors and attach to the locker ceiling with a magnet. Locker rugs are also a fairly new product and come in a variety of feminine styles to place on the floor of the locker. Girls on a budget can visit a craft store and buy a package or half-yard of faux fur or fuzzy fabric to create the same look on their own for a fraction of the cost.