Those who can't sew (or just don't want to), staple

Have I ever mentioned that I have an awesome collection of curtains for my classroom? They go with the major holidays / seasons. I've got tie-dyed ones for summer, harvesty-ones for fall, snowflakes for winter, and heart checkerboard for Valentine's Day.

Have I mentioned that I put every single curtain together with my classroom stapler? LOL From plain old unhemmed fabric.

I didn't want to take them home and drag out my sewing machine, that might or might not give me a hard time using it.

Really, all you have to do is fold the fabric over, hiding raw edges inside, and create casings to run a curtain rod through. Staple, fold some more, then string up on a rod.

Then stuff the curtain with something like loosely wadded white paper or Wal-Mart bags for fluffiness, and you have curtains that certainly look more sophistocated than they really are. Nobody ever notices they were stapled until I mention it, and they're all impressed by my curtain-making expertise.

It's a really nice way to jazz up my classroom without a SINGLE permanent addition, with very little time invested.