"Whoo Can Help You With..." School Counselor Bulletin Board
I decided to use my Cricut Expression paper cutter to make my own version of the bulletin board for the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade hallway at school.
I got my Cricut Expression paper cutter for Christmas last year. I used it a lot over the summer to make bulletin boards. I am just getting around to posting pictures of some of the ones I made. You can also check out the "College and Career Ready!" bulletin board I made using my Cricut Expressiont.
Bulletin Board How To
Background and Tree
I covered the bulletin board with light blue roll paper.
I then drew a tree free-hand on brown roll paper. I cut it out with scissors and stapled it to the background.
I then drew a tree free-hand on brown roll paper. I cut it out with scissors and stapled it to the background.
Letters
I cut out the letters for "Who Can Help You With..." on black cardstock using my Cricut Expression paper cutting machine and the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge. I used a piece of red cardstock to cut out the word "You."
You could also use an a school paper cuter, like an Ellison die-cut machine or buy pre-cut letters. (I have seen pre-cut letters at the dollar store!)
You could also use an a school paper cuter, like an Ellison die-cut machine or buy pre-cut letters. (I have seen pre-cut letters at the dollar store!)
I stapled the letters to the bulletin board background.
Owl
I cut out the owl on two different shades of blue textured cardstock using my Cricut Expression paper cutting machine and the Creat A Critter Cricut Cartridge.
You could also buy a die cut owl, print out a clip art picture of an owl, or draw an owl.
Leaves and Grass
I cut out the leaves on green, red, and yellow cardstock using my Cricut Expression paper cutting machine and the Cricut Cartridge, Plantin School Book. I also cut the grass out using green cardstock.
I printed out the words in DJ Light font on Avery Clear Sticker Paper, If I did this bulletin board in the future I would probably just write the words on the leaves with a sharpie because it is kind of hard to read.
I cut the words out with scissors and affixed them to the leaves. I then stapled the grass to the background and the leaves onto the tree.
Pictures and Description
I printed out a picture of the other school counselor I work with, and myself to put on the bulletin board. On white computer paper, using the DJ Light font I printed "Mrs. Schultz, School Counselor, Grades 5-8, and my room number."I cut the descriptions and picture to size using my paper cutter. I then affixed the picture to black cardstock and our names and information on yellow cardstock. I used the paper cutter to leave a border around each one.
Here is a full list of the supplies I used:
- Light Blue Roll Paper
- Brown Roll Paper
- Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Blue, Light Blue, and Black Cardstock
- White computer paper
- Avery Clear Sticker Paper
- Scissors
- Fiskars Paper Cutter
- Cricut Expression Paper Cutter
- Cricut Cartridge, Plantin Schoolbook -Leaves, Grass, Letters
- Cricut Cartridge, Creat A Critter - Owl
- DJ Light (words on leaves)
- Things school counselors can help with words PDF - doc version
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