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11/11/2014
Hello again, I’m Amy Cross and I am a graduate student working in the Instructional Technology Center at Eastern Illinois University. This month I created two bulletin board projects with a November theme for the ITC. I wanted to create a couple of fall-like bulletin boards that matched the season.
I went to my favorite website of all time, Pinterest, to find some ideas on what I should do for a bulletin board. For those of you that don’t know, Pinterest is a great resource to find ideas for just about anything in life. In this case, I searched for November bulletin boards and there were a bunch to choose from. I selected three that were my favorite, and went to work on those.
Fall Tree Bulletin Board with Paper Bag Owls
The first bulletin board that I put together was the tree and owl bulletin board. First, I measured out the bulletin board that I would be working on. This is a major step that many often forget to do. When students come into the ITC and want to have paper cut for their bulletin board, they usually end up getting too much or too little because they have not measured out in advance. Be sure to have your measurements beforehand so you know what you will need for your project.
My next step was cutting out the roll paper that I would be using as my backdrop for the bulletin board. I chose blue, just so that the rest of the bulletin board would stick out. I then selected an orange boarder and placed that around the edges of the board.
Next, I began working on the tree which I based off of the picture that I had previously found on Pinterest, I free-handed the tree to the best of my ability.
Once again, it is important to know how big the bulletin board is so that your objects that you create can actually fit onto the bulletin board. Then I used the Ellison Die-cuts to create the maple leaf cutouts. I used orange, yellow and red to represent the fall colors of the leaves. Once I had all of those objects on the board, I began working on the Owl, the best part.
It was really simple to make the Owls. I had left over brown paper bags that people often use for sack lunches.
I opened up the bags as if I were going to put something inside of it. Then, I folded the top of the bag over twice and stapled it shut. The next step is creating the Owls body parts. I used left over black construction paper to create the little feet on the owl and used rubber cement to paste the feet to the bag.
I used left over white construction paper and cut out circles to represent the eyes. Using a black permanent maker I drew on the black parts of the Owls eyes. Finally, I found orange left over construction paper to use to create the beak of the Owl. I folded the paper in half, and cut out a triangle. This gave the Owl more 3-D like qualities. Once finished, I stapled the Owls to the bulletin board for the final product.
Turkey Bulletin Board
The second bulletin board I created was the Turkey bulletin board. Once again, I used blue roll paper for the backdrop and then I used orange boarder to go along the edges of the bulletin board. I found some brown roll paper that I used to create the body of the Turkey, which essentially I did by making a figure 8.
Once that was accomplished I used orange, yellow and red construction paper to create the feathers of the Turkey. I used left over white construction paper to create the eyes and drew in with black permanent marker the darker shades of the eyes. I then used yellow construction paper and created the beak of the Turkey much like I did with the Owls.
I wanted to make it look 3-D, so I have them sticking off of the Turkey. Finally, I crumpled up red construction paper and cut out a shape to create the Turkey’s gobbler on the side of his beak and yellow construction paper to create the Turkey’s legs.
I used Ellison Die-Cuts to create the musical notes and the text that is above and around the Turkey, which was really easy to do. As a final touch, I added the ITC TechTalk4Teachers MP3 player and ear phones to show that the Turkey is listening to Dr. Grissom’s TechTalk4Teachers podcast.
The ITC is a great place for future and current teachers to look for educational resources. Our Ellison Die-Cuts make creating projects much easier to do. I recommend that you all come in and have a look!
by
Amy Cross
Graduate Assistant
Instructional Technology Center
There are so many uses of Office Mix for teachers and students. Office Mix is extremely easy to use and I will be sharing more about it in future projects.
Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.
@tomgrissom
