Since I noticed the lovely portrait of me looking all disheveled with my shiny new iPad was appearing in the "people I follow" section of some of your wonderful blogs, I was inspired to put up a new post quickly.
And I figured I would find inspiration in being disheveled to share with you my favorite way to do a bulletin board.
All disheveled-ish.
There was once a time that I made myself crazy trying to create symmetrical, straight boards. I used rulers. I used yard sticks. I even had a little level to aid in my attempts at perfection.
It never worked.
Something would always be off center or at an angle that was a few degrees from where I had wanted it to be.
And it made me crazy to look at it.
I would cringe each time I walked by.
Then I adopted the "just go with it" philosophy and started slanting my letters left and right. I put up the kids' work with a zig and a zag.
And in its own messy way it was perfect.
My new favorite thing to do is to add creative interest by stapling the corners of the papers and adding a little wiggly-wave in the middle.
Isn't it fun?
How did you make that beautiful sign in the center of the board? Are all of your bulletin boards so lovely? I would love to see more photos of your classroom and how you organize it... I'll have to look through your archives now! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOh I too gave up on "perfect" bulletin boards some time ago. I like the way you puckered the paper. I will have to try it. I tend to like putting my students work at an angle or askew.
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Adorable bulletin board! Love the look of it! I go insane trying to get them straight so I often don't go straight anymore either. Too stressful! LOL! Those houses are adorable by the way! Can you remind me to do that next Dec??
ReplyDeleteI do this, too! So much easier than trying to make everything perfectly straight (and I pretty much have OCD...I'd go crazy if my goal was for things to be straight and they weren't)! Cute bulletin board idea, too! =)
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