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New Mini Anchor Chart Stand!

July 29, 2014 by lauraschachter@gmail.com 19 Comments

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.

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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)
Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.

½ inch PVC Pipe

Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.

½ inch Tee (Slip)

Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.

½ inch 90° Elbow (Slip)

Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.

PVC Cutter

 Tip: If you are making more than one stand, you can buy the contractor pack to save money!

Make your own Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe. Detailed DIY with pictures will make it easy to create a Tabletop Anchor Chart Stand.

Contractor Pack

Getting Started

If you are cutting the PVC pipe yourself, then I would highly recommend getting a PVC cutter.  When buying a PVC cutting tool, be sure to get one that includes a ratcheting mechanism. The ratcheting function makes it very easy to cut through the PVC pipe. I think the tool that I bought was around $11.  I do not regret buying the cutter, because I have used it a million times since then!
Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.

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.

Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.

PVC Cutter

Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.

DIY: Mini Anchor Chart Stand Steps

DIY Mini Anchor Chart Stand! Create a tabletop anchor chart stand to display your anchor charts, directions, word walls, or more!

1. Cut out the following PVC pipe lengths:

  • Three 10″ pieces
  • Two 12″ pieces
  • Four 2″ pieces
Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.

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.

Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.

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.

Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.
You’ve just created the base!
Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.

5.  Push the 12″ PVC pipes into the Tees of the base.

 Make your own tabletop anchor chart stand. Follow this detailed DIY to make a Mini Anchor Chart Stand out of PVC pipe.

6. Attach the 10″ pipe, that forms the top of the stand, to each of the 12″ pieces.

Display portable word walls on a mini anchor chart stand. This tabletop stand is great for a center!

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.

I hope you find these Mini Anchor Chart Stands as useful as I do! If you make an anchor chart stand, I would LOVE to hear about it!  Leave me a comment or email me directly!

Decorate Your Mini Anchor Chart Stand

Make your stand pretty by covering it with decorative duct tape! I’ve included affiliate links to some of my favorite designs. The links below are for your convenience AND I get a referral commission from the sale 🙂

I linked up with 4th Grade Frolics for her Monday Made It Linky!
http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2015/01/monday-made-it-january.html

 

 

Laura from Differentiation Station Creations

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Comments

  1. Lynne says

    August 16, 2014 at 1:15 pm

    That is fabulous! Off to Lowe's I go…

    Reply
  2. Laura Schachter says

    August 16, 2014 at 1:54 pm

    Thanks so much! I love it, too!

    Reply
  3. Tina says

    August 18, 2014 at 12:22 am

    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! ��

    Reply
  4. Laura Schachter says

    October 10, 2014 at 8:46 am

    I'm so glad, Tina!! You're welcome!!

    Reply
  5. A Kinders Garten Vintage Homeschool says

    January 26, 2015 at 6:53 am

    DIG IT!!!

    Reply
  6. Deldreqka Scott says

    July 14, 2015 at 12:30 am

    I love this!!

    Reply
  7. Deb Krndija says

    April 19, 2016 at 2:07 pm

    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.)

    Reply
  8. Differentiation Station Creations says

    June 5, 2016 at 9:03 am

    Yay!

    Reply
  9. Differentiation Station Creations says

    June 5, 2016 at 9:03 am

    Thanks so much for letting me know!! You made my day!

    Reply
  10. Differentiation Station Creations says

    June 5, 2016 at 9:04 am

    Aw! I wish that you could find it easily! I wonder if there is something else that might work like PVC?

    Reply
  11. Sabrina says

    August 2, 2016 at 4:26 pm

    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!!

    Reply
  12. Jan Messali says

    September 2, 2016 at 3:23 am

    Such a great idea! I'm a retired teacher and am homeschooling my Pre-K grandson. I can't wait to make one.

    Reply
    • lauraschachter@gmail.com says

      October 4, 2016 at 9:29 am

      Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
      Laura

      Reply
  13. Lynn says

    September 26, 2017 at 11:26 pm

    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?

    Reply
    • lauraschachter@gmail.com says

      October 24, 2017 at 10:26 am

      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

      Reply
  14. Valerie Villagran says

    October 23, 2017 at 4:22 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • lauraschachter@gmail.com says

      October 24, 2017 at 10:23 am

      Thanks so much! I would love to see yours when you get it done 🙂
      Laura

      Reply
  15. Joanne Gouveia says

    July 6, 2018 at 8:58 pm

    Thanks so much for the detailed directions! My goal is to make one for each group in my classroom… 🙂

    Reply
    • lauraschachter@gmail.com says

      September 30, 2018 at 11:42 am

      You’re so welcome! I’d love to see how they turn out 🙂
      Laura

      Reply

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