Winter Bulletin Board Charlie Brown Snoopy Peanuts Gang

 Hey everyone!! Happy Holidays!
This is my new creation at my childrens school. Some of the Peanuts gang.
Yes, every time I do a bulletin board I try to step it up.

 Take the time to make something that has dimension. If it pops out a little the kiddos and adults tend to notice. Even just using tissue paper. I cut some branches from my yard and spray painted then white, Make sure you have it standing up when you do that so it looks like the snow has fallen on the branches.

 All of the characters were drawn on poster board paper. I cut them out, then hot glued material around the characters. To get the puffy look I used some stuffing material.

 I used yarn for the girls hair.

I hope this gives you some ideas on what to put on your bulletin board!!!!

FALL BULLETIN BOARD Interactive

My main focus when starting a board is making it some what durable.  You have to remember there are over 300 people each day who will be flipping up flaps and taking the velcro pieces off and on in the morning and when school gets out.

This months bulletin board is educational with a colorful fall feel.

 This board is about photosynthesis. It has 9 flip up flaps that blend with the background. (The kids and teachers just love this)

 The vines are yarn with pipe cleaner. Some tissue paper leaves and flowers. It is just great to get different textures together on the wall.



 For the interactive feature I made 4 velcro pieces that come off the board were I made a display of how photosynthesis works.  There is a pocket at the bottom and when I go in to school I take the pieces down so the kids can place them in the right spots.

I hope this helps your creative mind to do great things with your bulletin boards!

DR SEUSS MARCH READING SCHOOL BULLETIN BOARD

This might have been my first school bulletin board I did.  It is all about learning.

Flip up flaps are the best on a board.  The many hands working and touching things for a whole month means everything you put up should be as durable as possible.

I learned that the pull down pop out is not a good idea. Kids tend to push down on the flap so that it would break the strings.

In the middle of this board I made spinning fish in two cookie containers. The first said One fish, Two fish and the second said Red fish, Blue fish when you twisted the bottom stick. This one lasted longer than the pull down, but people were a little aggressive with it and broke the bottom part of the sticks.  I think it would work well in the classroom but not for the whole school to be admiring everyday.

So just to note what everyone liked most about this one was the hands that I had popping out of the window part of the Lorax. Pipe cleaners, tissue paper, staples and tape to make the hands.

April Showers Brings May Flowers & BUGS! School Bulletin Board

                                                THE BUG BULLETIN BOARD
Coming into the last month and a half of school it is a challenge to keep the kids interested in learning. Having this interactive board with bright colors, cool bugs and a velcro challenge even interests the 6th graders.

 What a challenge to make the bugs stand out and attached to a flap on the board.
This was absolutely the best. Why you ask......the kids really did read and check out the board.

 Since the kids liked to put up and use the velcro I made a center piece quiz. Match the picture to the scientific name. Mind you all the answers are on the board under the bugs. Just flip the flap and read the facts.

Winter Bulletin Board Frozen Characters with Trees and Lights

                                       I had so much fun doing this one for the school. Using the fun characters from Frozen just excited everyone who saw it.

The black background I sprayed a glitter and glued on clear blue snowflakes and painted a mountain range.

The trees are branches from my yard that I sprayed with white paint so it would have a misting of snow. Lights and a few ball decorations and it just looks so colorful and inviting.

To cover up were I did not have enough blue background I used white tissue paper as snow.  Worked great for my boo boos.

Since the board is so big it was a little difficult to get the dimensions perfect. I made everything at home then brought it in to put up.

POEM & EARTH DAY Bulletin Board Lorax

                                                  EARTH DAY BULLETIN BOARD
To save time I added items I made the previous year. With the garbage can, recycle bins and all the trash.

I used a heavy duty staple gun to attach velcro squares to the board for the trash.

I printed out many different trash or recyclable items, laminated them and attached velcro to the back side.

This Dr. Seuss board I added a road with a Thneed vehicle and tried to make a few stumps of truffula trees to show them cut down.

DR. SEUSS BULLETIN BOARD LORAX

DR SEUSS THE LORAX

Everybody just loved this bulletin board this year.

Tissue paper truffula trees, Fuzzy material for the bears with some foam to make the cheeks and parts of the body poof out from the board. A 3-D affect.

I also made some butterflies out of coffee filters and pipe cleaners.

The Lorax is made out of felt. The grass has Easter basket grass in patches to give it more texture.

Everybody just loved touching the fuzzy bears and did not want the board to come down.

Most of the items I make,  I try to save for the next year. It saves time with making the board.

As you know it takes MANY hours to make and even put up bulletin boards this elaborate. It is worth the effort to get the children's imagination flowing.

School Bulletin Board Valentine's Random Acts of Kindness

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS BULLETIN BOARD
Take the challenge!

If you see an act of kindness write it down and fill the heart boxes.  Make them overflow with all the nice things you and your classmates do for others around the school.



Candy boxes made with card stock and coffee filters for the wrappers inside.

To add a little POP I made some lollipops and wrapped candy around the board.

Keep in mind this board is about 11" X 6".  

I still have a very hard time putting up the backdrop paper by myself.

But in the end the teachers, kids and parents really like the bulletin boards.