I am over my ribbon borders on my bulletin boards. I mean, they are cute and all but I am just over them. I needed something new to replace the borders so I decided I would go "thematic."The first board that I changed out was a board with my students' A Day in the Life "photo journals" that they just completed. I cut up long sentence strips down to 7" long. I asked the kids to think about one activity that people would do during a day in colonial times.
They then wrote that activity on the sentence strip piece and colored around it, filling in the piece entirely. I stapled the pieces around the board and, viola, a new bulletin board border! 
I have to tell you, in person, this looks awesome! It gives more information to the passerby detailing what it actually inside the work being displayed as well as gives a bit of "differentness" to the board itself. I am now in the process of doing this will all of my boards. I really, really love how it looks!
What is something you have done for the borders on your bulletin board that you love and would like to share?
(and I have to say, I am impressed with how short and sweet this post is! If you follow this blog, you know that short and sweet is NOT my thing ;) )
I have a surfing theme in my classroom. I created a flip-flop template and a surfboard template. On the first days of school, students color them to reflect their own personality and they become my bulletin board borders for the year!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute idea! Thank you for sharing with us :)
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