Fall Craftiness

Parker's teacher asked me if I had any fall ideas for the 2nd Grade Pod's bulletin board. Oddly enough that day I saw a very cute ad in Southern Living that would make the perfect board. I brought newspaper in to the kids and they painted it with watered down acrylic paint. Painting newspaper accomplishes two thing: 1. We are recycling and 2. It gives the kids a part in the making of the board. I took the paper home and cut out the leaves and wrote their names in corresponding marker and then a friend and I put it up (which was a mighty big job because the board is 8 ft x 8 ft.) I love the colors--it's a modern spin on fall colors. We took bets on how long it would be before the cute little owl gets torn off! Nothing at a school is safe from little hands.



Then my super crafty friend Michelle put her spin on it. Oh my goodness....CUTE! Her daughter is going to wear this to the Pumpkin Patch on our class field trip. Can you stand it!!!??? She cut all of this stuff out on her Cricut (she is the Queen of the Cricut!) Make sure you check out her blog where she gives the details on how she did this AND look around at all her other waaaay cute stuff!