PDO Peeps Bulletin Board

For our Spring

Parents Day Out Bulletin Board

at church this year

I was inspired by

a pack of foam chicks/birds

I picked up at

Target's Dollar Spot...

 I traced the hands of all the preschoolers

on different brown patterned scrapbook paper

and cut them out...

...to form nests for all of the little birdies.

The birds were just plain yellow foam,

so I added different colored

scrapbook paper wings to them

to give the board some more visual interest.

I used crumpled up brown construction paper strips

to create tree limbs for most of the nests

to rest on.

Using scraps for leaves from the green corrugated paper border

gave the board some more dimension.

The paper letters for the board 

were constructed from the same paper I used

for the bird wings.

All in all,

this was a simple board to pull together,

but it will definitely bring the feel of Spring

in the church hallway!

Peep!  Peep!

Cold Hands, Warm Heart Bulletin Board

This past week I finally put the final touches

on the new bulletin board display

for our

Parents Day Out Program

at church.

Since this board will be up for January and February,

I wanted to tie together

a winter and Valentine's Day theme.

I was inspired by

Jenni Swenson's Intagram pic

of a mitten craft

she had her preschoolers make recently...

(Don't ya just adore those little hand prints?)

Instead of the mitten hands holding a snowball...

...I had them hold hearts.

This image lent itself beautifully to the phrase:

It is such a cheerfully colorful board

for the dark Winter months-

I {heart} it!

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Fall Bulletin Board: PDO is a Hoot!

In September,

the kiddos and I headed back over to the church

to help create a new bulletin board

for the Parents Day Out program.

(You can go HERE to see the previous bulletin boards

we have helped put together for

our PDO program...)

This fall themed bulletin board
is covered in the CUTEST little owls
which all the preschoolers made...

I found the template for this owl

HERE via Pinterest.

I then printed out several on 

different shades of orange and blue

card stock,

and pre-cut the parts out before meeting 

with the little ones.

The kiddos glued their pieces on the paper by themselves

and then, with our guidance,

created wings with their hand prints

and paint.

Each owl definitely has its own personality:

The letters for

"PDO is a Hoot"

were from The Dollar Tree...

...and I added some feathers to my previous

paint chip border

to save time when pulling the board together.

Whoooooo doesn't love a simple, sweet bulletin board?

Spring and Summer Bulletin Boards

I change the Bulletin Board 

at our church for our 

Parents Day Out program,

and may I just say how 

THANKFUL

I am for Pinterest!

It consistently inspires me with ideas,

which I need,

since I plan on changing the board about

six times a year.

So,

let me introduce you to

the Spring P.D.O. bulletin board...

...P.D.O. if the Place to "Bee!"

By combining THIS, THIS, and THIS

bulletin board ideas,

I was able to create the board above.

First...

...I had the kiddos make bumblebees using

pre-cut paper shapes, wax paper wings, googly eyes, and glue.

I created flowers out of tissue paper

and construction paper...

...for the bees to buzz around.

With touches like a braided crepe paper border...

...the board was ready to stay until Summer...

...leaving me time to stop and smell the roses.  ;0)

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When Summer came,

I knew what board to put together

after being inspired by THIS and THIS...

Summer Bulletin Board:

"Our Future is so Bright,

We Gotta Wear Shades!"

These paint chip samples 

made such a pretty

(and simple)...

...border.

They also served...

...as the sun's rays.

(BTW, my Baby Girl is the one who suggested I use

the flower from the Spring bulletin board

as the center of the sun-

she is so creative!)  :0)

But the best part of the board is...

...the cute kiddos, of course!

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I need to give a BIG shout out to my kiddos...

...for always helping me out with these 

bulletin board projects.

They keep kiddos corralled...

...and entertained while I put up the board.

Yes,

my kiddos ARE so cool

they gotta wear shades!  ;0)

Winter is SNOW Much Fun!

We have a 

"Parents Day Out"

program

at our church.

This is a program that offers childcare,

twice a week,

for kiddos ages

infant through Preschool.

There are a couple of wonderful ladies 

who care for the children 

during that time.

Since they are busy women,

I asked if I could "take over"

putting up the 

monthly bulletin board display.

(I know this may sound weird to some of you,

but I MISS that part of my old teaching job...)

They agreed,

so each month I do some kind of project with the 

wee ones

and then find a way to creatively

display their work.

January's art project was...

...Snowflake Painting,

idea courtesy of Inner Child Fun.

I displayed their gorgeous work

on a bulletin board with a paper created snowman...

...and a doily "snowflake" border.

I am pretty sure these flakes would warm the heart
of any snowball sculpture...

:0)