Bulletin Board Hints

It is a good idea to have interesting bulletin boards and displays around your room. These can satisfy a variety of needs, including the presentation of student work, the imparting of important information, and the reinforcement of key elements in the curriculum.
Get creative and really express yourself! Hints in this section give ideas for various methods of making letters, materials for covering backgrounds and borders, and props that can be used to spice up any bulletin board.

Lettering
Print block letters onto construction paper with wide-line black markers. Then draw dots on the ends of the letters.
Type a bulletin board title. Enlarge it on a photocopying machine. Attach the title to the bulletin board.
Put two straight pins on each letter (use ready made ones that can be cut out from stencils). Push T-pins into the bulleting board background and pull the letters up against the head of the pins.
If you want a level line for your title, the easiest way to put up letters is to measure down at the right side of your board and again at the left. Put in pins and strech a string between. This will make your letters straight enough for the toughest critic! If you want your letters to be centered, find the middle of both the board and the caption and work your way out to the ends.