Our Family Tree

We are in LOVE with our family tree for our classroom this year.  

I drew inspiration from the blogs listed below. 

(All currently pinned to my Classroom Ideas Pinterest board.)

Tree 1

Tree 2

Tree 3

I then free-handed a tree trunk on brown butcher paper, laminated it, and cut it out.  Note: I cut the tree along the lines I drew on the paper after I laminated it to save myself from not only having to cut it out twice, but also to keep from wrinkling the branches as they laminated.  

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I laminated these dots from Creative Teaching Press, purchased from The School Box. 

(I honestly don't remember if I have the 6" or 10" dots.)

I used a glue gun and started layering.  

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The finished product, sans family pictures.

I added a sign created on Microsoft Publisher.  I have always liked that pre-made bubble frame they have as an option.  I just changed the colors to match our tree better.

I goes great with our class bulletin board.  I'll post it at another time. ;)

Quick Fix -- Inside of a cabinet

Here's quick fix I did at home a few weeks ago.  Sorry the picture quality isn't the best.  

The inside door of the cabinet on our Ikea computer desk.

Clutter that had been sitting behind our laptop.

Add cork board squares (trimmed to fit and stuck on with double sided stickies).

Voila!

A place to stick anything I need to hide inside a cabinet door.

This would be Pampers & Huggies codes to enter online for points.