Hello and welcome to the July Bright Ideas Link-Up. This month, I have decided to do a simple post on something that I end up wasting time on every year…bulletin boards! For me, they are the greatest thing to see and the absolute most annoying task in a classroom. So, I would like to introduce you to a simple strategy that will save you a ton of time.
The first thing I do is lay the set out on the floor. I lay it exactly how I would want it posted on the wall, and I measure it just to make sure the dimensions I used on the floor will work in the bulletin board space I have.
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When I put the parts of the set on the bulletin board, I only put one staple in the top of each piece. If I mess up, I do not have a ton of holes in the pieces. Needless to say, I did not mess up. Laying the pieces on the floor helps tremendously.
And there you go! Flawless bulletin boards on the first try!
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The Schroeder Page says
July 19, 2014 at 6:13 amI always struggle with keeping everything straight! Great idea! I am totally using this when I set up my classroom in the fall!
☮Monica
The Schroeder Page
Penelope Sanchez says
July 19, 2014 at 8:12 amI have never those of this before, such a simple fix. I know I constantly have had to rearrange. Again why didn’t I think of one staple until it was all up. Thank you so much for sharing this idea.
Jennifer White says
July 19, 2014 at 8:16 amLove this idea!!
Jennifer
First Grade Blue SKies
Jennifer @ Simply Kinder says
July 19, 2014 at 9:56 amGreat idea!
Jennifer
Simply Kinder
Angela Watson says
July 19, 2014 at 1:40 pmThis is genius, what a timesaver!
Sally says
July 19, 2014 at 8:05 pmGreat idea! It took me a while to figure out not to “overstaple”, since all those staples eventually have to come out, especially if it’s crooked! Thanks for the tip!
Sally from Elementary Matters
Shelley- TheWriteStuffTeaching says
July 20, 2014 at 1:54 pmYou are a smarty pants!
🙂 Shelley
The Write Stuff Teaching
Stephanie Seigel says
July 21, 2014 at 9:30 amIsn’t it funny- when I first started teaching, I LOVED setting up bulletin boards. Now, they are the bane of my existence. Ha! This tip is great- saves time for things that I would rather be doing! Thanks for the bright idea!
🙂 Stephanie from First Grade Bangs
Kelly Parrish says
July 31, 2014 at 11:56 amIs it sad to say I actually scale mine down in Photoshop to visualize way before I even make them? …. 🙂