Spring Bulletin Board

Sometimes I change the look of our bulletin board on a monthly basis.  Sometimes I change it just because I get the hankering for something new.  Spring is always something that inspires me and today it did just that.  Plus I thought it was time to retire the little snow men. I think it is important to keep happy, brightly colored decor everywhere you look and today this one did the trick.

First, I made a bunch of clovers out of hearts on my computer and printed them out.  I gave the kids several shades of green to color the clover with.  Then during nap time I cut them out.  I had quite a lot.  Enough so that I can use them in other areas of the DC once March gets here.

Next I broke out the freezer paper and cut the length of my bulletin board.  The board is bigger than the paper so I have to cut an extra strip at the bottom.  Then I push pinned it all down. 

I did the painting part by mixing a little bit of water with light blue for the sky and three shades of green paint with water for the grass.  I was worried about the grass because while I was painting the lines of grass I felt I should have painted a green background first, but nap time is only so long so I proceeded to paint.  Each of my strokes of paint seemed to fill in more and more until I was happy with the result. 

For the buttercups I simply folded a piece of yellow construction paper in half and drew pointed ovals then cut them out.  The paper had been colored on before on one side.  Personally I think it adds to the glamour of a kid's world. 

When the paint was (semi) dry I used Modge Podge glue to put them in place and added a yellow cupcake liner for the center of the flower.  I also used the glue to affix the cut out clover in the grass. 

Lastly, I had to add some glitter glue stems to the clover, pink glitter blobs here and there for clover blooms and gold glitter glue for the flower centers.  It seems a bit sloppy but looks great and adds a piece of Spring to our play room.