How to Make a Headboard Out of Your Favorite College Sweatshirts

Dorm Room College Sweatshirt Headboard Craft Project

Making a College Sweatshirt upholstered headboard is an easy weekend project you can make to transform and design your dorm room on a budget.

Use their favorite College Sweatshirt to make this simple upholstered headboard. If you like to collect College Sweatshirt from your alma mater, then you should have a huge headboard.

Try making this College Sweatshirt headboard with a themed in mind. Use all College Sweatshirt from your college, your sorority, you school, or all of the above.

You can complete this College Sweatshirt project in one day, for less than $50 plus the cost of your sweatshirts. The final cost will depend on how pricey your College Sweatshirt is. To save money making your headboard I recommend using a your own College Sweatshirt from your closets to cover the headboard.

To Make an Upholstered College Sweatshirt Head Board You Will Need:

MDF (3, 6, or 9 Pieces, sizes described below)

Jig Saw

Foam

Fabric

Staple Gun

Screws

Flat L brackets

Spray adhesive

College Sweatshirt (lots!)

The first step is to cut your MDF to size. I recommend letting the professionals at the home improvement store make these cuts for you. They only charge 25 cents a cut!

My measurements are merely recommendations for a bed headboard. You can easily change the dimensions of this College Sweatshirt headboard for a twin, full, or king-sized bed based on the size of your College Sweatshirts.

Cut separate pieces of MDF to these specific measurements:

Measure how wide your College Sweatshirt is. Now measure how tall they are.

Now, have the MDF cut ot the largest square possible to hold the College Sweatshirt, but still allow for about 3 inches to overlap onto the back to attach it.

You need at least three of these, but you can make it as wide or as tall as you want.

Now, cut a piece of foam to fit each of the three or more pieces of MDF exactly. You can buy sheets of foam at any fabric store. To save time you can as them to cut it. You can also easily cut it at home using an electric knife.