November 2014 Bulletin Board Projects

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.

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.