Beginning of the Year Bulletin Boards

Here are some easy beginning of the year bulletin boards!  
These bulletin boards can be done for any elementary grade!

I had a jungle themed classroom my 1st year and I used this as my beginning of the year board!  I loved it because I kept this up in my room all year.  I used fabric as the backing and it never fades and is super cheap! "We are wild about 1st grade!" 

"Look who popped up in 1st grade!"  If I did this beginning of the year bulletin board again, I would buy those mini bags of microwave popcorn and put the student's names on those instead of the popcorn cut outs.

"A New Twist on a New Year". This was the beginning of the year bulletin board my first year. I bought a Twister board for $10 and I used the box and the spinner for 3D decorations on my board.  You can look for a used one at any thrift store.

"Kids at Work-Under Kidstruction", This is currently my beginning of the year board! Love it! The kid bulletin board is from DJ Inkers.

I love this bulletin board idea from my teammate Amber!  She used Hershey's wrappers, graham crackers, and bags of marshmallows! I am pretty sure she traced clipart on her projector and then cut it out of butcher paper. A lot of work, but SO cute!

Glue

GLUE! Do you have a love/hate relationship with glue in your classroom or at home?
  
It's great for art projects or review worksheets, but it is always clogging! I get quite frustrated during every project using glue because I am spending most of my time with a thumb tack  in my hand digging out hard glue clogged in each bottle!  I have a great tip for you! Just use oil in the lids. Here is a tutorial. -Thank you to my student teaching cooperating teacher who gave me this tip a couple years ago!


Disclaimer:  This does not work miracles unless you teach your students to take care of their glue bottles. You'll just notice that your glue will clog much less (if at all!) and will be easier to un-clog if it does! I honestly have NO problems with my glue ALL year- as long as my student close their glue and wipe off the top. 

1. Take the lids off of the glue bottles.

2. Put the lids in a bowl and pour oil over them (I use vegetable oil because it's cheap) and stir up the lids so they get oil inside of them.

3. Rinse (don't wash) off the lids.

4. Dab the glue lids dry (don't wipe all the oil off). You can leave them out to dry if you want.

5. Put he lids back on.

I usually buy my glue on Amazon (affiliate link) HERE. 

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