Christmas Bulletin Board

Christmas Bulletin Board
We Shine When We are Kind!

Now that we are back from Thanksgiving break, I wanted to change my bulletin board to a more Christmas-y theme :) 

While looking around for ideas (obviously I believe in working smart not hard-never re-create the wheel if you don't have to!), I came across a cute theme with Christmas lights. The shining Christmas lights are to remind the students to keep up good character behaviors (as we all know towards Christmas break students can forget their manners!). 

I titled my bulletin board "We Shine When We are Kind!". Again, I wanted to remind the students that although we are getting closer towards Christmas break, it's still important to treat each other with kindness. 

For my bulletin board, I made a Christmas tree from green butcher paper. I just cut three sections and added some brown construction paper at the bottom to create the tree stump. I also just got a star from Microsoft Word shapes and added that at the top of my tree. 

I found the great Christmas light bulbs at  http://www.cliparthut.com/

On each light bulb there was an example of how we can show kindness to others. These included:

• showing empathy 
• being a good listener
• smiling at a friend
• giving a compliment
• treat others with kindness and generosity
• help others in need
• use kind words. 

I also added some presents under the tree found on Pinterest

For an extra touch, I found some battery powered Christmas lights at Michael's for $9.99!

Here is my finished project: