Bulletin Boards

I've taught several grades from Kindergarten to 7th grade Math. Each grade had something
I enjoyed about it, however my favorite grade level was 7th grade Math. I enjoyed decorating my class for Kindergarten the most, as I was able to let my creative side take over.

I really enjoyed thinking of ideas for different bulletin boards. Here are a few of my favorites:

 

 

Starbucks Themed Bulletin Board



 Starbucks is a FAVORITE of mine (especially the Caramel Light Frappuccino).

There were many days when Starbucks helped get me

ready for my day. (I had a 6:45am start time!)

I made a Starbucks themed Christmas tree this past Christmas. I'll share in

another post (it turned out so CUTE!).

 

(This was my inspiration, but I was unable to locate who created it to give

credit. I found it on Pinterest.)

 

I located something similar while searching online and this

was my interpretation. I created Barista Name Tags for all the math

teachers, made mini latte cups, a large focal latte cup, and then

added glitter paper (my favorite! - everything looks better with a little sparkle)

as a background where we could put up "STAR" student work.

 

The large cup I made by pulling up the cup template and projecting it onto my

dry erase board. I put up two pieces of white post-it poster paper, and traced

the cup. I made the cup holder from brown wrapping paper (paper bag paper). I made

 the large logo and printed it out. Attach the brown paper to the cup, then center

and attach the logo. Finally, laminate your project.

 

Here is my template for the smaller cups with instructions.

 

 

Large logo:

 

Barista Name Tags:

 

 

Thanksgiving Themed Board

 



I drew a basic tree trunk, sprayed it with spray adhesive and put

on the brown glitter. The leaves I bought at the local teacher supply store. I

found my favorite glitter card stock at the local craft and hobby store. I

purchase it when it's on sale. The pumpkins were used as a background

to display student work.

 

 

Mardi Gras Bulletin Board

 

Another fun board! The first time I saw a Mardi Gras bulletin board was when I

went to pick my 3 year old up from preschool. The teachers had made a super

cute bulletin board with construction paper for the king cake, and had

pasted the kids faces onto the little babies (it was so cute to see my little ones'

face on the baby). This was my variation on that bulletin board.

 

How it was made:

I took brown paper on the roll and cut off pieces that were about 20 inches wide. If

I had to do it over again I would make them wider (I like a fat king cake), probably

36 inches wide. Next, I scrunched the paper a bit to give it a crumpled look. Then, I

connected the ends and stapled them together, basically making a tube. The number

of tubes you need depends on how wide your king cake will be. For the corners,

I pleated the paper then stapled until I had a nice curve.

 

To attach the tubes onto the bulletin board I put the seam (stapled part) on the

bottom (facing the bulletin board), and put my arm inside the tube and stapled

it onto the board. After all of the sections were attached, I needed to put on

the icing. The icing were pieces of white tissue paper that I cut with

a scalloped edge. I sprayed the sections with spray adhesive and sprinkled

my glitter onto the paper. Then I sprayed the king cake with the spray adhesive

and lightly pressed the tissue paper onto the brown paper. I continued to do this

until all the sections were covered.

 

The next step was to put up a border. I wanted something flashy, so I pulled out

the deco mesh from my craft supplies. I cut 6 inch sections and bunched and stapled

it onto the board. I had some confetti that I wanted to use, and the spray adhesive

came in handy again. I sprayed a section of the board and took a handful of

confetti and pressed it onto the board until it looked like I envisioned it.

 

The last step was what made this board so stinking cute! I took pictures of all the kindergarten

classes (I needed small faces, so group pictures worked perfectly). I printed the pictures, cut

out the tiny heads, then hot glued the faces onto the king cake babies. I hot glued each

baby onto the bulletin board, and voila! The kids LOVED walking by and

looking for their baby.

 

King Cake Babies - Amazon.com

 

Mardi Gras Deco Mesh - Amazon.com

 

Brown Wrapping Paper - Amazon.com

 

 

Pete The Cat Board

 

This was a quick board that was put together last minute. I found an image of Pete

online and used the projector to project the image onto the dry erase board. I taped up

some navy butcher paper and traced Pete. I cut him out and painted on his eyes and nose.

The shoes were clipart that I purchased (the link is listed below). I printed the shoes

onto cardstock and cut them out.

 

Shoes clipart - Regina Berns - Teacherspayteachers.com

(I was not able to find the exact link to where I purchased these,

but I did find a store that had very similar shoes. I've linked to

that store.)