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.

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.

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

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.

I hope you have a WILD year of learning!