How to Create a Back-to-School Family Bulletin Board

Before the kids head back to school, celebrate the start of the new scholastic year with a family-created bulletin board. Dress up the plain cork board that's hanging in your kitchen or get a new one to display in a often-frequented space, such as your living or family room. Gather the gang together and get everyone to contribute to a back-to-school themed board that features photos, handmade drawings, cutouts and other crafty items that all have an education focus.

Things You'll Need

  • Rolled paper or plain gift wrap
  • Stapler
  • Clear tape
  • Scissors
  • Construction paper
  • Family photos
  • Crayons or markers

Instructions

    • 1

      Cover the bulletin board with a solid-colored rolled paper or gift wrap. Unroll the paper, and cut it to fit your bulletin board's dimensions. Staple the paper to the board.

    • 2

      Brainstorm themed ideas with your entire family. Ask for each member to say one idea, making sure that they each have a back-to-school theme. Suggest themes such as a back-to-school timeline -- with photos from each child's first day of preschool on up through the present grade. Other decorations could include apples, a schoolhouse or a back-to-school calendar countdown.

    • 3

      Create a border for your bulletin board's outer edges that matches your theme. Trace apple stencils onto red construction paper, and cut them out to make an "apples for the teacher" border or make a mix-and-match type of edging that includes school-themed items such as cutouts of notebooks, pencils, crayon boxes and textbooks.

    • 4

      Design a centerpiece to adorn the main part of your bulletin board. Base the design on your chosen theme. Tape or staple photos onto a drawn line or arrow to make a timeline theme, cut out construction paper apples and place pictures of each family member on them for an "apples for the teacher" idea, draw and cut out a schoolhouse shape or make your own imaginative creation.

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