March/April board

This board was fun to do and I'm just going to keep it up until May. So the teacher told me the board was 80 inches long so I measured the grass and when I got to the school to put up the board, the grass wasn't even close to the right size, I don't know if I just measured wrong or if she told me the wrong size. Luckily when I showed the teacher she said to just leave it because she is going to put kids work around it, so it worked out :) The big rain drop says on it "Rain showers bring spring flowers" 
-Brooke

December/January Board

For these 2 months the teacher requested a winter board. She then had the kids make snowflakes and she later added them to the board.

By~Megan Dec. 2011

December Christmas Tree Board

I didn't have much time this month but luckily the teacher requested something pretty basic.

The kids decorated ornaments and I hung then on the tree. The teacher added more around the tree as the holiday went on.

By Megan Dec 2011

December board

This board was fun to do! I just made a template and cut out all the different color lights, and since butcher paper is so thin I could cut out 4 or 5 at a time. With the Cricut I cut out "Learning "Lights" the way". This is what it looked like finished, which turned out pretty good considering I didn't measure how big the board was. The teacher ended up laminating the words all together and added kids art work but I don't have a picture of it, this will have to do :)

-Brooke

November Mayflower & Plymouth Rock Board

This board was the most fun board to make. I did it in a record 3 hours. I only had one day to fit it in so I had to rush.
I used 2 really long sheets of blue for the water. I put the light and dark blue sheets on top of each other then folded them in half the short way. Then I drew waves right down the middle of the paper and cut the waves out. I separated the pieces then layered them until I like how it looked. Then glued it all down with glue sticks. I used a white ink pad to outline the waves and add some depth.
I made the Mayflower out of brown butcher paper. Then I used various shades of gold and brown to make the ship look like it was made out of wood. The sails were cut out of white butcher paper and I used light blue ink pads to outline the sails.

Plymouth Rock was made out of black butcher paper and I used the same white ink pads from the water to give the rock some dimension.

The kids will be writing about the pilgrims this month and will post that in the empty space on the top left corner.

by Megan Nov 2011

Thanksgiving board

So far my boards have mostly just been from what Megan had done last year (pilgrim and turkey).... so thanks Megan :)My pictures are fuzzy this time too and I don't know why. Anyway I just used fake fall leaves that I bought in a little package from Micheals for $1 and the little honeycomb fall pumpkins I got at the dollar store.

Fall Board

Owen's teacher asked me to make a fall tree to keep up for Oct and Nov.

I crumpled up some brown butcher paper for the trunk of the tree then cut out leaves free hand with a bunch of 12x12 papers that I have had forever.

I used 5 green 12x12 patterned papers for the grass. I cut the 12x12s in 3rds then cut fringe on the top and crumpled the tops to give them some texture.

The boarder are orange leaves that came in a pack from Target for .89 cents.

Mrs. Creel had the kids make apples and pumpkins and I think those turned out so cute.

by: Megan Oct. 2011