The 2 Minute Laminating Hack Every Teacher Needs

Teacher Tips

This image shows schedule cards going through the laminator. The text at the bottom of the picture reads The 2 Minute Laminating Hack Every Teacher Needs.

Ever spent hours editing, printing, cutting, and prepping small decor pieces… only to watch them pile on top of each other in the laminator like a tiny traffic jam? 🫠

This quick, 2-minute laminating how to tip will save you hours of mistakes 🙌

And the best part? The secret supply you need is already inside your classroom. 😉

🧩 Step 1: Arrange Pieces

Before we get TOO excited, you need to know exactly where each item is going to go on your laminating sheet.

Solve the puzzle of arranging everything just right so you can laminate the most items in the least amount of time.

🪄 Step 2: Grab a Glue Stick

🤨 Yup, you heard me correctly.

Those purple, Elmer’s glue sticks that you have sitting around in your classroom?

This image shows a teacher adding glue to the back of items she wants to laminate before sending them through the laminator.

This image shows the laminating how to tip of adding glue to the back of items you want to laminate.

Grab one and add a bit of glue to either the back of the items you’re going to laminate or the laminating page itself.

Note: I have not tried this with liquid glue before; I’ve only used the glue stick…and it works so well, I haven’t bothered trying anything else!

🤩 Step 3: Laminate

Now it’s time to send your carefully crafted lamination sheet through the laminator.

This image shows analog clock squares going through a laminator.

This image shows a teacher feeding a laminating page with schedule cards through a laminator without being worried about them falling on top of each other.

But this time, you won’t have to worry about accidentally bumping it or breathing the wrong way as you send it through. 🙌

👏 Step 4: Be Amazed

That’s it! Now you’re ready to cut your laminated items up and actually use them. 🎉

This image shows tiny clocks going through the laminator.

This image shows primary schedule cards going through a laminator without falling on top of each other.

WITHOUT the hassle of reprinting the page, cutting apart overlapping pieces, and starting the entire process over again.

Trust me, once you start using this lamination hack, you’ll never go back. 🤩

This image shows an upper elementary version of visual schedule cards with clocks off to the side designed to match the retro rodeo theme.

This image shows a primary elementary version of visual schedule cards with clip art for each subject and clocks off to the side designed to match the retro rodeo theme.

😍 Loving these schedule cards? Grab your own set of Retro Rodeo Schedule cards for your classroom. With this tip, they really could be up in your classroom tomorrow!