So, I like to be frugal when decorating. I am planning my classroom for this upcoming year and decided I want to decorate my classroom in black and red. 
I bought plain, cheap clipboards from the dollar tree and picked up duct tape from Wal-Mart. It took about 5-10 minutes to tape the entire thing and presto, I have a nice clipboard that goes with the classroom decor. 🙂
This was my strategy as well!!! Cheap-o clipboards and colorful duct tape! I also added in colorful numbers so that we know which ones are missing if necessary. I keep them in numbered table baskets for organizational purposes.
Great idea!