Last Minute Lessons: Post Your Thoughts

Sometimes, the best laid plans happen on the fly. It happens for me quite a bit. I'm a spontaneous, just wingin' it, let it happen naturally kind of lesson planner. [wow, that sounds terrible!] BUT, I do plan. Don't get me wrong. I know what content I am covering and when. I know what I will expect my students to do. I know the rigor. But, I don't write scripts. I fit my lessons plans on post-its, for goodness sake. One post-it for a subject, and the whole week fits on a two-page spread. I don't list objectives or standards [I'm blessed not to have to!] I let God lead my teaching. He inspires me, He provides, HE has the BEST ideas!

So.. what does that all have to do with this post? Well, it's exactly what happened this morning and I' thought I'd share with you how it came about.

I was in the shower [the best thinking always happens there! right!?] and I was thinking about my science lessons. For a lot of the time, our lessons come straight from our science books that are a part of our school's curriculum. I find myself easily putting it off or skipping it some days because, well, it's boring. Don't get me wrong, the content is fantastic and we DO have fun with experiments sometimes (I'm working on that!) but our day-to-day lessons are just reading about it. It gets boring and let's face it.. if it's taught in a whole group, they aren't going to listen to me read it to them and Round Robin Reading isn't exactly a best practice. Just ask Jen Jones. So, in trying to solve my own problem and jazz up my teaching in content areas like science & health, I came up with a quick "Post Your Thoughts" informal assessment activity.

I quickly created a template for standard 3x3" sticky notes to fit on. I stuck them on the boxes [you can baarreelly see them in the pic up top, on the left] and labeled the post-its with my students' numbers [so they remained generally anonymous to their classmates when they posted their thoughts but I knew what their answers were] and assigned the reading.

They were to read a chunk from our science books on their own, at their own pace. Usually, we read things together in small groups or whole group, and we highlight important information that might be seen on a quiz or test. Since this was an independent study session, I laid out MY teacher copy and let them come over to look at it, if needed, where they could see the parts I had highlighted. After they got started and I explained how they would use the post-it notes, I let them start reading. After they were all engaged in reading, I then wrote the questions I had for them to find on the board. Why did I decide to wait? So they actually READ EVERYTHING, and didn't just skim in order to find the answers and be done.

So, each question was color-coded for a certain post-it [as you can see on the right]. When they found the answer, they wrote it on the corresponding sticky note and put it on the board right under the question.

As soon as everyone was finished, we talked about what we read, highlighted some important information, and answered those questions. My students read at their own pace, and I now have a small formative assessment piece to show their understanding. They did FANTASTIC! I was super proud of them, seeing as this was the first time we did something like this this school year.... and it's only the TENTH DAY! They loved it, and I definitely seeing us do this activity much more often!

So what do you think? Would you have your students "Post their Learning"? If so, you can grab my template for FREE >>>> right here!

Just print, copy, and cut in half to use! You could even laminate a set, and make them reusable year after year for just about any content area or reading assignment!

Bucket Filling & The Bible

If you've never read my blog before today... WELCOME! My name is Tami and I teach 3rd grade at a Christian school in Ohio. I am passionate about educating our future generation, and especially doing so about our salvation in Jesus Christ.

When I head back to school, I make it point to start our year on a positive, God-honoring note. There's a BTS favorite picture book out there, you've probably heard of... Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud. If you haven't, without ruining it, I'll just say that it sends such a positive message to students about how to treat others. But, in teaching at a Christian school and in-looking at the world from a Biblical perspective, I wanted to utilize this book to do just that. I started to think through the Bible and the more I read in the New Testament, the more I began to realize that Jesus IS the ULTIMATE BUCKET FILLER!

So, on the first day of school, I read this book to my students. We talk about ways to be a Bucket Filler, how we can treat others, and how it feels when we treat others kindly; showing them love. Then, I read them this verse, Matthew 7:12 [NIV]

"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you.."

You may have heard of this verse also as "The Golden Rule".... "treat others how you want to be treated." It is exactly what Jesus intends for us, to LOVE others the way we want to be loved. The way HE LOVES US. He is the ULTIMATE Bucket Filler, perfect and without sin. He showed everyone His Heavenly Father's love and did so especially by dying on the cross for our sins.

We spend time the first day studying this in my 3rd grade class to set a positive, Jesus-centered tone in our classroom.
I also have a plastic bucket I got one summer and have it hanging by the door to my room. I show my students that it is hanging there and it serves as our reminder to be a Bucket Filler to someone every day, just like Jesus. My students absolutely love this book and completely understand how to treat others kindly, and how not treating them kindly [or being a Bucket Dipper] is not a choice Jesus made. We strive to be like Him at our school, and this book takes that idea straight from the words and actions of Jesus Himself and makes them relevant for the brain and heart of an eight year old child.

If you teach in a Christian school, I hope this gives you a practical idea to implement in your classrooms to set a positive tone in your classroom. It would even be a great study for your whole school during Chapel!

I pray you are having a blessed beginning of the school year!

BTS 2015 Prep: Bulletin Boards!

*this post includes Amazon affiliate links


Hey friends!! I am so excited to link up today (a day behind..oops!) with Ashley & Angie for the #2getherwearebetter linky!

Every month they host a link up that [in the words of Ashley herself] "brings teachers together to share among, collaborate with, and inspire one another!" How amazing is that?!?

So, I am here to talk to you more about my bulletin boards, specifically to show off  show you my latest creation as I was able to get into my classroom last week and begin my BTS prep for the new year!

This was the only board I was truly able to finish at the moment, but I hope it gives you some inspiration for colors, designs, and fonts to use in your classroom!

My FAVORITE color is orange! So, I was able to find a roll of fadeless orange bulletin board paper at school (score!) and hung that as my background. Then, I layered my borders. It's is one of my favorite things to do with border! I love how the white makes the border POP!, gives a straight edge finish, and highlights the scalloped edge of the border! You can see that I am pairing orange and turquoise in my room with year, so those colors will be represented throughout my classroom and other bulletin boards to come! 

Here's a close-up of the borders and font:

I'm in love! *swoon*

I used the font MTF Jumpin' Jack EXT for the banner title.. it's my new favorite and will be allll over my room this year!

I also like using thumbtacks to hang borders... it does just a little less damage to your borders than stapling, and sometimes (depending on the colors/patterns) you can hide them better than a staple!

I wish I had more to share with you right now, but I promise I'll be back with a TON more decor ideas and inspiration I get into my classroom later this week and next week! Our annual Back to School picnic is the 15th of this month, so I don't have tooo much time to get myself ready, even though we start back the 25th with the kiddos!

What do you think of this board? I hope it gives you some inspiration as you start back to school!

If you love it, you can purchase the banner title and rules here on TpT to save yourself some time! >>> CLICK HERE! <<<

You can click the picture below if you like the scalloped border and want to purchase it as well!

The Famous Americans Museum

I have been waiting for waaayyyy to long to write this post! I've been gathering the pictures and working hard to prep this all so I can show you what an AMAZING job my students did at the end of our school year with my newest classroom project: The Famous Americans Museum!

Last year, my students created scrapbook pages as if they were the Famous American they chose to study. They turned out great, but I wanted something MORE. More engaging, more interactive, just more fun in general, and something from which they would take more away.

So, after some thinking and researching, and an entire day of creating and writing.. The Famous Americans Museum was born!

I took it to school and started planning the dates.. which became a difficult task. We had so many school events, testing, and other time off that setting the due dates was not easy. It kept getting pushed back, but finally I had a date set for mid-May.

My students knew something BIG for our history project was coming and were itching to hear about. Finally, the day came that I could send home the information packets and tell them alllll about it!
Let me tell you what.... they were SOOO EXCITED!! When I sent the packets home, I read them the information and told them all I could think to tell them. Then, I said that they had to wait until they went home, read over everything with their parents, and came back the next day to ask me any questions. I do this so that they can talk with their parents and (hopefully) come back with less questions after reading the information twice. Well, it didn't quite work that way...which didn't surprise me. They had SO MANY questions when they came back the next day!! We spent almost 2 hours talking only about the museum and report projects! That seems like so much time (and let's face it, that is a lot of instructional time gone) but I didn't mind it one bit because they were fully engaged that entire time. They were thinking, planning, and completely excited to do a research project. I was beyond thrilled.

So, let's get into how we did this project so that if you want to do this in your classroom, you can do what I did!

I sent home the packets that outlined what my expectations were, and gave my students about 3 days to think about their Famous Americans choices. I asked them to make 3 choices (in a prioritized order) because I did not want any choices to be repeated in the museum.

Here's a look at some of the information parents saw in the packets..

Here you can see where choices were listed for the student. I required parents to sign when this paper was returned so I know they saw this information and knew this project was assigned. I also required the students to sign so they knew what was expected of them as well.

I gave my students a variety of Famous Americans to choose from. This list is a bit different from what was sent home. I had 13 girls in my class this year, so I needed 13 female Famous Americans, because (of course) they all wanted to be a female!

At the museum, students had two choices of the project to display. They could create either a tri-fold board or a set of artifacts that gave factual information & representation of their Famous American.

My favorite part of the entire project was the portion listed in #3 above. When my students participated in the museum on the due date above, they could either participate as a museum guide, dressed as their Famous American and speaking in the third person.. OR they could speak in the first person, as that American come to life!

I wasn't sure about that part of the museum, as it was more of a challenge. I had a very high-achieving class this year and wanted to kick up the rigor a notch. But, it was a great way to differentiate and let my students make that choice for themselves. Let me tell you what, they were the MOST excited about this part. They started thinking about the movie "The Night at the Museum," and relating it to the characters that came to life at night when the museum closed... and instantly everyone wanted to do this! To be honest, I was still nervous and unsure about it... but by the day of the museum, those feelings were completely gone! But, I'm getting ahead of myself...

So, once my students brought in their choices, I started to organize them with these two documents on my computer. (I could have easily done this in my Erin Condren planner checklist pages, or on a sheet of paper.. but I like nice, neat fonts. I'm OCD like that!)

It took a day and some extra research to help all 13 girls settle on different Famous Americans, but we got them selected and I was able to send home their final choice for their parents to confirm and start gathering materials. I worked hard to honor first choices, and went by a first-come, first-serve basis. Many students turned their choices in immediately, so I put their #1 choice down first. If someone else had the same #1 choice, I went to their #2 choice. It didn't really cause too many issues. My girls were very gracious about it and were just so excited to get started working that they went with something that sounded interesting. They didn't want to hold up the project any longer! I loved their example of flexibility and understanding to their friends.. so sweet :)

Once students brought in their resources for research, we got to work in class researching and writing. The written report was an in-class only part of the project so that I could help them with research and writing, and also ensure that the work they did was completely and authentically their own. 

We used these research organizers I made to gather specific information about each Famous American to help my students organize it before turning it into their final draft.

Once students got the information gathered, I help them organize the thoughts into complete sentences that made sense, which we then turned into paragraphs to form a written report. Finally, they had the opportunity to type their report for a clean,, final product.

As the museum date approached, I created an invitation flyer that I sent home to parents so they could come to view all of our hard work. I also included a time for other classes in our building to come and see all we had put together as well. In the end, we had two one-hour blocks of time set aside for everyone to come check us out!

I also made some brochures to pass out (my students' idea!) and organized the Famous Americans into groups of similar historical impact, and made signs to match that hung throughout the museum to guide our guests. I also wore a name tag that day, serving as the museum "curator." I greeted and welcomed the visitors (mainly each class in the building that came) and review the "rules" of the museum, especially emphasizing all of my students' hard work!

I wish I had taken a picture of my outfit that day. My students insisted I look the part (even suggesting I wear a tux! haha) but to give you a sense, I work dress pants, a button down shirt, and a vest with a chic, bright colored scarf, you know, to look the artsy, yet professional type! lol.. I know. Too funny.

Before I show you their amazing hard work that came to life, I just have to tell you how BLOWN AWAY I was with their presentations. They were absolutely AMAZING! I was speechless and BURSTING with pride all day! I really have no other words to say, but just how fantastic they did. Many of them spent days memorizing their speeches in the first person and rehearsed so many times with their classmates.

I required their at-home projects to be brought in two days before the museum date so that if anyone forgot anything, it wouldn't be forgotten on the day of the museum. They used the day before the museum to practice their presentations, and we spent most of our day rehearsing. Many students actually had what they wanted to say completely memorized, but I gave everyone some notecards so they could have notes in front of them (and of course they had their tri-fold and artifacts for prompting as well).

The next day they brought in their costumes and we prepped ourselves for the day. I highly recommend some parent volunteers to help with costumes, if you can! A few extra hands DOES NOT HURT!

We set up our "Big Room," (the nickname for our multipurpose chapel & cafeteria) and waited for our first guests. It was a whirlwind. It was exhausting. It was fantastic. They set the bar so high for my future 3rd graders who will do this project (because I could never NOT do it again!) and got the entire school so excited about it.

Kinders to 4th graders were so impressed with their work, and the 2nd graders across the hall cannot wait to get the 3rd grade to do it too! and neither can I! It was a priceless day full of engaged students (and parents) everywhere I looked. I was on the verge of tears all day!

Like I said, it was so fantastic. I was bursting all day! My mother-in-law came to help and took pictures of all of the students, and EVERY child's parents and family members came to see it as well. How amazing is that?! We received thank you cards and sweet, congratulatory words from my teacher-bestie's fourth graders when we returned on Monday (oh yeah, it's highly important you pick the museum to be on a FRIDAY! they need the weekend to recoup...and so do you!) and my entire class was floating from that project through the end of the year!

So, what are your thoughts? How would you like to do this with your students? I will tell you, it is absolutely worth the work and time that we all put in, and so rewarding!

If you're interested, you can take a look at my TpT store for the time saving pack I created if you want to implement this yourself! It includes all of the forms you saw above, plus so much more so you can jump in and start right away!

Monday Made It >>>> Marquee Letter!

My first ever Monday Made It link up project!!! (except that I made this last Thursday... ha!)

A few weeks ago I was wandering through Hobby Lobby and happened upon these marquee letter light kits. I thought about how great they would like in my classroom library to spell out "READ"... buuuttt I already have letters hanging that spell that out next to my bulletin board. So, that seemed wasteful. Still... I really wanted to do something with one or some of them....

It was only $12.99 for the kit.. which includes everything you need except the batteries. Oh yeah - IT TAKES BATTERIES! Only two AAAs.. which means you can put this baby anywhere you want! No restrictions to outlets or an ugly cord to hide! I pulled up a 40% off coupon on my phone, grabbed an 'M' for my last initial (Morrison) and I was sold.

It shows you on the back of the box that you can decorate it to look however you like because it comes with a template of the letter that you can decorate or use as a tracer and insert into your light. So, I grabbed a sheet of orange glitter cardstock (orange is my favorite color!) and headed to the checkout.

When I got home, I unpacked everything and got to tracing!

 Here's everything you get (minus the hole puncher....)

Here, I traced the 'M' onto the back of the glitter cardstock, cut it out and traced the circles...

But then, I encountered a DIY FAIL! My hole puncher would reach ANY of the holes. So, I had this beautiful 'M" but no way to get the lights to come through. I couldn't locate my xacto knife (I think it is sadly packed away at school.. sigh) So.. I put the project on hold until I got more supplies.

I finally made it to Target one day, and bought some Modge Podge and glitter. I decided instead to just use the template they gave me (that you can see above) and would glitterize it to put back in so I wouldn't have to worry about making those pesky holes.

Here are all of my supplies.. (the Modge Podge was only $1 in the Dollar Spot - just sayin'!)

I started with a small paint brush and just started covering the template in the glue. I didn't want it to dry too quickly, so after I covered the right half with glue I quickly glitterized it and then started to glue the other half.

After I glitterized the entire thing, some of it wasn't quite heavy enough on the glitter compared to other parts, so I touched them up with more glue and glitter... 

...and then finally decided to cover the spots and let the whole thing set and dry for a while.

It still wasn't as perfect as the glitter cardstock would have been.. but oh well, it's good enough!

Once it was dry, I put it all back together.. here are some pictures for you to check out of the finished product!

 from the back, installed and turned on..

A small shot of how it looks if you choose to leave it white... still looks good to me!

I know there are some teachers & DIYers out there who despise glitter.... I'm so sorry for you. I just LOVE glitter. I don't care if it makes a mess. I can vacuum and wipe it up a few times. The clean up does not out weigh the beauty of the sparkle. But, if you really feel that way and want to make one of these sans glitter, the box gives you lots of ideas. You can use duct tape, washi tape, spray paint, you could even color it if you wanted to! You can totally have fun with it and make it what you want!

My new glittery version is going to sit on my bookshelf in the classroom. I am going without a desk this upcoming year and saw a great bookshelf at Office Max that I can stand at with my laptop on the top, and keep my supplies down below. I am low on outlet space over there between my laptop charger, intercom, and CD player, so this battery operated beauty can sit anywhere I want and shine some orange sparkles on me :)

What did you make today!??

The TpT Seller Challenge!

For the past two weeks now, I have been working with over 900 (whoa! that's a lot!) other TpT sellers to better ourselves, our stores, our products, and our following through 4 weeks of challenges!

As soon as I saw it, I said "Challenge Accepted!" in my best Barney Stinson voice, and got to work!

The first thing we had to do was collect some data for comparisons... I will tell you, I am SO glad I had to do this. I am terrible about collecting data. I can record grades and keep track of things in the classroom, but as for my business and blog here, I am terrible at it. I try, but I just don't keep up enough. Hopefully, this will help me do a better job of keeping track of stats a long the way.... we'll see.

So, here are my beginning stats from when the challenge started....

I'm excited because just looking at it now, I have already made so many gains! How cool is that!?


Next, our first challenge was to makeover a product in our TpT stores. We could makeover covers, entire products themselves, whatever we felt we needed to do. This was perfect because making over all of my embarrassing old products has been on my list.

So, I quickly got to work and started to improve my products. Something Jen Jones of Hello Literacy said at a conference I attended in May echoed in my mind.... how can I make my store more appealing on first appearance?   So that's where I focused. When a customer comes to my store, I want them to see bright covers that attract their attention. Of course, one can never judge a book by its cover.. but first impressions are important too and customers decide within 6 seconds if they will purchase something or not. My store needs to be prepared.

I started making a cover for my top-selling product and revamped a few other too. Here's what that best-seller makeover looks like..

It is much more eye-catching this way. The color draws your eyes in better, and the product itself is still featured on the cover. I updated the fonts just a tad and left it the same. Now, as the first product customers see.. it's so much nicer. I updated a few others and will take time all summer to make over all the products I can! Excellent challenge.

On Monday came challenge #2 for us... the tell about our dreams... our BIG dreams with TpT. It took me some time to really think about this (hence I am blogging on Thursday and not Monday)... but if I was going to write down my dreams, I wanted them to really be my dreams and not just something I wrote down on my blog to complete a challenge. So, here they are...

1. become a presenter.... I have always wanted to be someone who presents and shares ideas with others in professional developments, conferences, wherever. Maybe it's the teacher in me, but it's something that has been on my heart for a while now, and I think with TpT and all that is has and will continue to equip me with, I could very well be speaking and presenting somewhere, someday.

2.  travel to Europe.... I have ALWAYS wanted to see Europe. Specifically, Italy. My dad's mother is from Italy, as is her entire family, and it is a place I have always wanted to see. Recently, I began using a free app on my phone to teach myself how to speak Italian, and I can never eat enough pasta or seafood.. or cheese! It's a dream and I want to make it happen someday! Even if I don't see the rest of Europe (though how could I not being that close!?) if I just make it to Italy someday, my dream will be fulfilled.

3. adopt a child.... This is something that begins to become difficult for me to talk about. So, for the most part, what I can say about this right now is that God has put on my heart that I need to be a mother.. but to whom I am a mother and how I become a mother is different for me that the world's point of view. My dream is to adopt a child because there are so many children in the world who have absolutely no one. They are God's most precious gift and I know that I have to save these little ones and give them love, safety, and hope in knowing Jesus Christ. I have been so blessed in life and I need to give back and God as shown me that this is exactly His plan and purpose for me and my family.

4. let my husband retire early.... My husband works so incredibly hard every day. He is a plumber/pipefitter by trade and has recently begun to experience a mini "mid-life crisis." [Though, at 32, it's more of a quarter-life crisis! haha] He is tired. He went to college for a year and knew it wasn't for him. He joined the union at age 19 and has been working hard ever since. He completed his apprenticeship and became a journeyman after 5 years and now spends at least 40 hours a week doing hard labor in construction/industrial settings. I am so proud of his work ethic and the Godly example he is to his coworkers, but if I could somehow make it happen that he could retire early, I would. I'd gladly continue to work full-time if it meant he could stay home and do something he enjoys every day. I am already so blessed to truly LOVE what I do when I go to school every day. I don't really "work" a day in my life. But he does, and that is my biggest dream of all with TpT.

What are your dreams? You don't have to be a TpT seller to write down your dreams for your life! What has God put on your heart? I am praying that you find those dreams and lean on our Lord to fulfill them!

One Bulletin Board... all year long!

There is one common thing a lot of teachers seem to dread about their classroom.... BULLETIN BOARDS.

Now, I may be crazy... okay, okay, I AM CRAZY. But I don't mind bulletin boards one bit. I LOVE decorating them, finding fun colors and items to use, and thinking of a creative play on words for the title.

I think the one thing teachers get hung up on is hanging the paper and border every time. (you see what I did there!? #punnerd)  and for me, I only dislike it because I have a GIGANTIC bulletin board and an affinity for patterned wrapping paper. So recovering it every time takes about 2 rolls of paper and seems wasteful.


So this year, I decided to try putting up my paper and border ONCE and leaving it up all year, no matter what I changed it to for the season. I did this last year too, and it seemed to work well, so I thought I would document it for you and see what you think about it. It miiiight just make the task a tad less daunting for you... hopefully!


Here's some tips for how I did it...

Choosing a neutral background is the most important.. which is why I listed it first. Something neutral is going to be able to go with a variety of themes, colors, and seasons. I chose this navy blue striped wrapping paper from Target. It's simple with clean lines and has the potential to match a lot of things.

The year started with a super hero theme, so I matched it accordingly with my borders and other decor::

This went up in August and stayed until November-ish.

I use white thumb tacks to put up my borders. This makes it easier for me to change them down the road if I want to, because removing staples is a pain. It is also super easy to hide them in the border and then they aren't really even seen then! Like the polka dot border above... I just put a tack right on top of a dot and boom.. camouflaged.

Bonus: less holes in your border when you take it down compared to staples.
Double Bonus: you don't need to use a staple remover, so you're less likely to rip it!

..and then change ONE of them. I changed the bulletin board a tad late into the year... and when it started to snow I used this idea I found on Pinterest. I left up the red polka dot border that I had used before and just changed the yellow chevron to gray chevron.... same background but a much softer look for winter with the gray. I changed one piece at at time and it was so simple, compared to taking it allll down and putting something new up.

This stayed up November-ish until March. Winter is long in Ohio!
Click the picture to download the writing prompt paper for FREE!

To make the snowglobe, I traced the clear plastic plates I bought at a party store and drew on the bottom part for the globe freehand. I traced them on cardstock and the students cut them out.

I took their pictures all bundled up in their winter gear in the hallway. By taking them horizontally so that my students' entire bodies were in the picture and printing them as a 4x6" photo, they were able to JUST fit perfectly inside the plate!

I let my students decorate the inside to MATCH their story (so we did the writing process and activity first) and then we made the snow globe.

I mixed white glue and shaving cream for puffy paint for the snow and we broke out the glitter to decorate the bottoms of the snow globes (if they wanted... which they all did, of course!)

After they were completely dry (this took a few days) I hot glued the edge of the plate the cardstock snow globe. It's important to leave a small edge beyond what you trace so that there is room for the plate and paper to attach well. Beware: this uses a LOT of hot glue!

To hang them, I attached a small loop of yarn to the back of the globe with hot glue as well, but that is completely optional, depending on how you want to display them!  This has been one of my most favorite craftivities to date! I highly recommend it!

It's not always easy... so think about it. I had to kind of plan before I could make this bulletin board. I needed something to keep the blue. It reminded me of the sky so that idea led to finding something with clouds, and a Pinterest search led me to the balloon idea, which inspired the title. A little planning goes a long way, if you take a bit of time to do it. So don't rush the bulletin board change. It's okay if you don't change it immediately. Your board is still cute if you wait a week!

Here, you can see I just changed the inside border but left the gray. I went from red polka dots to hot pink on the inside. A few white thumb tacks stand out, but still look cute.

This bulletin board stayed up from late March and into May.

 Don't try to overdue it. I let the borders and background colors speak for the design the most and add just a few touches. A few fun fonts for the title and that's all I needed. The bright yellow pops against the blue and the cloud from the last board stayed up.. then I just added in my students' writing craftivity and that was that. I put this up in May and it stayed up until the end of the year.

and that was that. I made it last all year. I bought those two rolls of wrapping paper for about $6 at Target and made it last all year. I strategically covered any tears or worn out spots with the other items I put up and it didn't look bad through all 9 months... and I didn't have the headache of putting up new paper every time I did a new one.


What do you think? Would this solve your frustration with bulletin boards? Would you try it!?
Let me know in the comments below!