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Wild About Learning Poster

I posted this classroom décor idea last summer and I am reposting today! *****************************************************************

Originally posted on August 18th, 2011

Why do I make things so difficult sometimes? I spent so much time thinking about a theme to use this year in my classroom and finally decided with Dr. Seuss- mainly because I love quotes and I was going to incorporate those famous Seuss quotes into my classroom. However, after spending many hours looking and how all you other bloggers are doing an animal print/jungle theme….I couldn’t resist!

I literally returned over a hundred dollars worth of Seuss supplies that I bought when I thought I was using that theme. It is not fun waiting in the return lines of Dollar Tree, Michael’s, Joanne’s, and Target. However, I am happy to say that I am GOING WILD with the animal print theme! I love it- especially being able to use my favorite colors- purple and pink!- in a fun way.

So for all you wild things who are doing an animal print theme this year, this post is geared for you!

Yesterday I made a cheap sign to hang up in my classroom.
Wild about learning poster

Here’s how!

I printed the phrase I wanted in one of my favorite fonts- much cheaper than the letters that you buy at the teacher store! And since the black color of the font goes with the theme, I did not have to worry about using color ink to print!

I found this awesome animal print wrapping paper for $3.99 at Party City! I had a ton of paper left over after I finished this banner.

I measured how big I wanted the paper and spaced the letters out before I taped them down.

 Wild About Learning Poster

After realizing that my school was out of white butcher paper, I used the BACK of the wrapping paper for the white background.

Wild about learning poster

I then took a little bit of pink tempura paint (you can buy at any craft store for about $2.00) and used a foam brush to outline the border.

Wild about learning poster
This entire project only took 35 minutes!!!
The longest part of the project was cutting the letters out! To save some time on this part, you don’t even need to carefully cut out the letters and go in between the white space of the letter “A,” for example. I found that the white paper of the letters and the white background blended together.
You can use this idea for ANY theme or colors that you have going on in your classroom. Just go look for some wrapping paper and inspiration will strike! :)
I hope you are inspired to make a cheap and easy banner for your classroom!!
An update from this post….
If you are NOT inspired to make your own banner, you can print this colorful poster below and take it to your nearest office supply store to have it enlarged! Enjoy!!
Click here or on the image below to download it from TpT!
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wild about learning

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I hope you have a WILD year of learning!

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9 Responses

  1. This is SUPER cute! I am so glad you shared it. I love using wrapping paper for my bulletin boards during the holidays, but it would be great to use it all year.

  2. Oh my gracious! Thanks for this fabulousness! I've been wanting to do a banner to go above where I have my students' work in the hall, but couldn't figure out how to make it happen without spending big bucks. Thank you!

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