Our children have been home from school for a month now.  The papers, the books - it's everywhere.  How to organize and make systems?

My friend has three school aged children in a very small A frame - so adding desks to the slanted walls would have been very difficult (or at the least, very space consuming).  There's also not enough room to add three more desk chairs to her living room. She's been brainstorming ideas on how to create desks for the kids despite these challenges.  Finally, we decided to try something creative.

Together we designed lap desks that stack up like a bookcase when not in use.  Each child has their own lap desk, that holds all their supplies.  When in use, simply flip over and it's a sturdy, perfect sized workspace.  The lap desks are big enough for a child under five feet tall to sit with crossed legs.  

We went simple with our lap desks - but though there could be so many creative ways that these little desks could be modified.  
 

This was a very quick and easy build with barely any scraps left over.  This is certainly a project that most any mom or dad could knock out in no time.

Here's the video of us building them:

I did change a few things up in the plans from the video, just to make it easier to build and easier to stack. The free plans follow.  Please do share if you build, we love seeing your completed projects!