Saturday, August 13, 2011

I need Help!!


I need some cute Birthday ideas!!  I want to display my kids' birthdays but I am just at a loss for creativity.  This is always something in the past, that gets thrown by the wayside and before I know it it is May and I never did anything with it!  I am always caught off guard with birthdays and would like to change that this year!!  So, if you have any grand ideas on how I can do this to match my decor I would be forever grateful!!!!
at 9:27 PM

16 comments:

  1. Miss KindergartenAugust 13, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    Check out my product on TpT! Maybe you can use something like that. The candles do have polka dots! lol http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Birthday-Bulletin-Board

    Hadar :)

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  2. JessAugust 13, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    I put up each month and then I'm going to put the kids pictures underneath with them holding up their birth date number. Also check out my birthday bags I just made!
    Rambling About Reading

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  3. AnonymousAugust 13, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    I like to do a birthday photograph on one of my b-boards. I have all the labels printed and let the kids decorate a birthday cake die cut. We do it the first few days of school. Get to know each other by putting the cakes on the graph...plus it is a quick mini-math lesson. Wish I had a pic. :)

    Victoria
    wisewittyteacher.blogspot.com

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  4. Pam and JessAugust 13, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    For my birthdays, I have fishbowls for each month with fish for each child with their names and birthdays. These are on display all year. At Dollar Tree, I got small birthday cupcake die cuts to put in my calendar so we can do countdowns and just remember the day! I also got goodie bags, bookmarks, awards, pencils, stickers, and party hats at the Dollar Store and Target Dollar Spot. The party hats are so much cheaper than the crowns! I have these all put together now. I have a birthday gift bag with the goodie bags and all my birthday read aloud books. When it is a child's birthday, I simply pull out the birthday bag, hand out the goodie bag, and the birthday child chooses our read aloud from the birthday bag. We also sing "Hey A it's your birthday. . ." by Dr. Jean as our alphabet song for the day. Whew, that was long, but I hope it helped!
    Pam@Kindergarten Night Owls

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  5. KimberlyAugust 13, 2011 at 10:47 PM

    I am going to try this fabulous idea from Erica Boher's classroom. Here is the link.
    http://ericabohrersclassroom.shutterfly.com/81#83
    Kimberly
    Funky First Grade Fun

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  6. RachelleAugust 13, 2011 at 10:49 PM

    Hadars stuff is super cute for a bulletin board! I have a few things too {no bulletin board ideas, just a few ways to celebrate each child}

    http://whattheteacherwants.blogspot.com/2010/11/student-birthdays.html

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  7. Nicole KarodAugust 13, 2011 at 11:01 PM

    Check out my blog post about birthdays: http://colorfulteaching.blogspot.com/2011/08/happy-birthday-two-freebies.html I have such a hard time remembering who and when and I always miss something and feel soo bad so I posted my ideas and freebies on my blog!

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  8. Ms. LAugust 13, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    I'm planning on meshing two ideas from two different blogs (clutter free classroom's birthday pictograph and Step into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons' AR bulletin board) to create my new birthday display. Here's a link to the display in progress.

    https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_WjdqdErmH1NGQ5MDhlMTYtZWFiNy00MzI4LWFjYTctNzYzOWYzNjdiYmE2&hl=en_US

    I'll take a picture of the kids holding up the date and then clip it under their birthday month. I'll post up the final product on my blog on Monday when I'm back in the classroom. (I'm adding polka dot trimming to my room too. Just waiting for the borders to get here.)

    Jamie @ Teaching Little Firsties!

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  9. Marisa from Yee-haw in KindergartenAugust 14, 2011 at 12:07 AM

    I made my own birthday bulletin board(I'm putting them on the cabinet actually)I have a cute little polka dot sign that says "You say it's your birthday!" And then I have polka dot signs that say "August (enter any month here) Birthdays" Then I am placing cute cupcakes with each kids Name, birthdate and a pic of them underneath. Each kid gets a birthday pencil and birthday bag.
    I'll place my signs if you want to use them on my blog.

    mstinezskids.blogspot.com

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  10. Ms. BrownAugust 14, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    I just made these: http://bulletinboardideas.org/231/cupcake-birthday-wall/ for my birthdays! You could totally change the colors and add polka dots to make them go with your room! I have to say, they turn out pretty darn cute!

    teachhappiness.blogspot.com

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  11. DonnaAugust 14, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    I gave away a cute birthday packet on my blog earlier in the summer - if you take a look and think you can use it, I'd me happy to send you a copy!
    Donna
    Peace, Love & Learning Birthday Packet

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  12. Ashley NicholsAugust 14, 2011 at 10:10 PM

    Thank you all so much for your suggestions!! I am loving the cupcake idea Hadar... and might pair it with ribbon!!! :) Donna - I couldn't get your link to work - could you try it again??? Thank you all again!!!

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  13. DonnaAugust 14, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    Oops! Here you go:

    www.peacelovelearning.blogspot.com/2011/07/bonus-birthday-freebie.html

    Donna

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  14. KarenAugust 31, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    I have birthday bags for each of my children that I have hanging above my whiteboard in front of my room. I purchase the multipack colored (primary or neon) handle backs that you buy at your local Hobby Lobby or Michaels. Put a curling ribbon bow on each handle and stuff them with colored tissue paper. Then I attach a birthday horn and crazy straw coming out of the top of the bag. To the front of the bag I attach on of the DJ Hook cupcakes with each child's name and birthday written on them. Each child has a bag and I put them in order of their birthday. I just staple the back of the bag to the bulletin board strip at the top of my white board. This serves as a reminder to me but also as a great decorative birthday display. On the child's birthday I give them a bag just like the one hanging with a few little goodies inside.

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  15. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2012 at 6:59 PM

    I teach 4th grade, but I think younger kids would like this too. I send each student a birthday post card. I write a little message and decorate it with stickers. I mail it to their home address. They always come in the next day after they receive and thank me for their card. I do something similar at Christmas with Thank your post cards.

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  16. talhaJune 4, 2012 at 5:57 AM

    I hope you have gained a lot of ideas on it,and we have also enjoyed them.


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