Mini anchor chart stands are an easy way to display important information. You can buy ready made stands from teacher stands, or you can head to the hardware store and make your own! Create your own tabletop mini anchor chart stand with these quick & easy directions.
Mini Anchor Chart Stand
I use my anchor chart stand with a 4-year old tornado, so I need a stand that is sturdy enough to stand up to her “love”! Armed with my old stand and a drawing, I went straight to the experts. The great professionals at Lowes were so helpful and I left with a design in 2 minutes flat! I couldn’t be happier!!
DIY: Mini Anchor Chart Stand
Since I am so thrilled with my new stand, I knew that I needed to share the design with all of you! All you need to do is gather the materials and follow the directions to create your own stand.
Materials
- 62 inches of ½ inch PVC pipe
- Two ½ inch Tee attachments (Make sure they are “Slip” and NOT “Threaded”)
- Six ½ inch Elbow (90° Slip)
- PVC cutter
- Decorative duct tape or spray paint (optional)
½ inch PVC Pipe
½ inch Tee (Slip)
½ inch 90° Elbow (Slip)
PVC Cutter
Tip: If you are making more than one stand, you can buy the contractor pack to save money!
Contractor Pack
Getting Started
The blades on the cutting tool are VERY sharp! Please be very careful when using the tools and an adult should be doing the cutting. I mark the PVC pipe with a marker before cutting. Then, line up the blades with the mark on your pipe.
PVC Cutter
DIY: Mini Anchor Chart Stand Steps
1. Cut out the following PVC pipe lengths:
- Three 10″ pieces
- Two 12″ pieces
- Four 2″ pieces
2. If you are using duct tape, attach the duct tape before fitting the pipes together. OR spray paint the PVC before you attach them together.
3. Attach 2 elbows to each of the 10″ pipes. Each 10″ piece should look like the picture below. One of the 10″ pieces will create the top of the stand and the other two pieces will create the bottom of the stand.
4. Now, we will create the base. Gather the two 10″ pieces that are for the base. Insert a 2″ piece of PVC into each elbow joint on both sides of the 10″PVC pipe. Then, attach the Tee to the small piece of PVC that sticks out of the elbow joints.
5. Push the 12″ PVC pipes into the Tees of the base.
6. Attach the 10″ pipe, that forms the top of the stand, to each of the 12″ pieces.
You’ve created a super sturdy Mini Anchor Chart Stand! Now, you’re ready to hang your anchor charts, word walls, activity directions, student work, or whatever resource that you want to display. Attach 2-3 metal rings to the 10″ pipe that creates the top of the stand. Display your resources, by punching holes in the top of the paper that you will hang.
Decorate Your Mini Anchor Chart Stand
That is fabulous! Off to Lowe's I go…
Thanks so much! I love it, too!
My hubby and I made two of them today! Your directions made it so easy…plus my hubs did all the cutting! LOL. I love my new stands and I can't wait to use them this year! Thank you so much for sharing! ��
I'm so glad, Tina!! You're welcome!!
DIG IT!!!
I love this!!
I love this idea… Now if only I knew where I could buy some PVC. (I teach in the Middle East, and we don't seem to have hardware stores like we had back in North America.)
Yay!
Thanks so much for letting me know!! You made my day!
Aw! I wish that you could find it easily! I wonder if there is something else that might work like PVC?
YAY! I just picked up the supplies at Home Depot (they even cut the PVC for me!). I took less than 5 minutes to assemble 2 of these. This will be perfect for my guided reading and math groups. Thanks for the easy and detailed directions!!
Such a great idea! I'm a retired teacher and am homeschooling my Pre-K grandson. I can't wait to make one.
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Laura
Question…when you put the duct tape on, did you wrap it around or lay the pvc pipe long ways on a strip of tape?
I put the tape on after I finished making the stand. I measured out a piece of tape that was long enough for the piece of pipe and wrapped it around the PVC long ways. I needed to wrap two pieces of tape around each piece of pipe.
Let me know how it works for you!
Laura
This is just awesome. I hope I can pull it off and they turn out as nice as yours. Thank you for sharing. This is going to make a serious difference in my preschool.
Thanks so much! I would love to see yours when you get it done 🙂
Laura
Thanks so much for the detailed directions! My goal is to make one for each group in my classroom… 🙂
You’re so welcome! I’d love to see how they turn out 🙂
Laura