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Monday Made It…

Now, let me first begin by saying that this is my first MMI link up.  So, I like to thank Tara at 4thGrade Frolics for hosting this wonderful link-y party.

At the school I'm at, on the first day of school, teachers gather on the school playground and hold up a “teacher sign” {like the ones that you see at the airport Arrival section} guiding parents and students to meet their teacher for the very first time.  For the past few years, my sign has always been made out of Bristol board and some scrapbook stickers.....BO-ringgg!  This year, I thought I try something different.  I made a sign using a wooden paneled picture frame;  bought at DeSerres.

Then, I used Modge Podge and adhered the scrapbook paper and ribbon onto the wood panel.  (I don’t have a picture of the ribbon, but the ribbon goes on the seams.)

Excuse the side ways picture....I tried so many times to rotate the picture, but no such luck :-(

Using green glittered scrapbook paper I traced out the letters of my name out of the wooden letters.  Then, using Modge Podge, I glued the scrapbook paper onto the wooden letters. 

Letter "D" is all done 

Once the letters were all dry, I used my hot glue gun to glue on the wooden letters onto the wooden panel frame. 

Then, to make it more cheerful, I traced out a wooden flower onto yellow and green glitter scrapbook paper.  Using my hot glue gun, I glued the wooden flowers onto the corners of my frame.  Lastly, I tied a big striped bow. 

I will hang this on my bulletin board outside my classroom.  Do you post any name signs outside your classroom?   I’d love to hear about the different ideas in making your classroom inviting from the outside. 

Don’t forget to visit and see who else has linked up at 4thGrade Frolics.  I’m sure you will come across tons of other creative Back to School ideas over there.

Have a Happy Monday!

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