My Easy Peasy Birthday Display

Hey everyone - thanks for stopping by! I haven't posted in a while...setting up my classroom has taken over my life recently. I will do a full classroom reveal another day, but for now I just wanted to share my cute new birthday display.

So, for the past couple of years I've despised my birthday display. Last school year I completely redesigned my room...all my posters and displays were brand new. I worked ALL summer making new stuff for my walls. I never got around to a birthday display because by the end of the summer, I was burnt out and had no cute ideas. For the life of me, I couldn't come up with a cute way to display birthdays. 

This summer I didn't have as much creating to do and I was a bit more relaxed. Then my creative juices started flowing and it hit me! Boom! I had an idea for my birthday display! I wanted the design to be "new student friendly"...so that when I get a new student, it will be easy for me to add her/him to the display. So, I used clothespins. I use clothespins for SO many things in my classroom....{which I would be glad to share another day}. This way it is easy to take down or add more students....and next year all I will have to do is make new name labels. Yay! 

Anyway....The first step is of course printing, laminating, and cutting out the pieces of the display. 

Then, hot glue a strip of ribbon to the back of the month headers....I kind of just cut a long piece and trimmed it when I hung the display and figured out exactly how much space I had. 

Then, I hot glued the name labels onto clothespins.

Finally, I hung the display in my designated area. I just taped the pieces of the banner to the cabinet to make a banner illusion, but you could also use tulle or ribbon to make an actual banner...haha! 

This is available in my TPT store - you can check it out here. It's an editable file so you can add your students names easily! I also have plans to make it in other themes as well....I have already gotten so many compliments on how nice it looks - which of course makes my little creative heart happy! :)

Thanks again for stopping by! I wish you all a happy school year :)

All About this Kinder Teacher

Today I'm linking up with my friends over at KinderTribe for my first ever linky party! Kindertribe is a place for Kindergarten teachers to unite. We have a Facebook page and a blog. I love being a part of KinderTribe because it is a group filled with passion, new ideas, support, and encouragement!


You can meet more KinderTribe members here:

Here is a little bit about me!

My name is Emily, and I've been teaching for 7 years total. I'll be starting year 8 in just a few short weeks! My very first year I taught 4th grade, and have been in Kinder ever since. You can find out more about me by clicking the "About Me" tab at the top of my blog.

I cannot live without caffeine. It is usually in the form of coffee or soda - and if I had to choose one, I'd choose soda. My two faves are Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper! 9 times out of 10 a Mountain Dew bottle will be found on my teacher desk!

Like most teachers I have a thing for school supplies. I tend to hoard collect them. If I had to choose my absolute favorite, it would be pens. I love pens...all pens....lots of pens...I have more pens than I could ever use. But I still buy more! Flair pens are top on my list.

My favorite books to read to my students are the "If You Give...." series by Laura Numeroff. This was also a tough choice, because I love children's literature.





I follow so many teacher bloggers...it was hard to choose one. But if I have to, I would say my fave is Kindergarten Smorgasbord, by Greg Smedley. I have gotten so many great ideas from him and his blog posts! You can easily see Greg's passion for teaching Kindergarten...he has a spunk like no other!



 Finally, the reason I love teaching Kindergarten......Kindergarten is a grade level like no other. The students enter Kindergarten at SOOOOO many different ability levels. By the end of Kinder, you see so much growth in EVERY. SINGLE. STUDENT.....no matter where they started. Seeing a child learn to read, is an experience like no other. It is ridiculously rewarding to see your hard work and dedication pay off! THAT is why I love Kinder....plus the kids are so stinking cute! :)

First Post for a First Time Blogger

Eeeeeeek! I cannot explain my excitement for getting my blog up and running - although if you're a blogger, I'm sure you understand! I am working on designing the blog all by myself, but this is a first for me. I like to think I'm "techy," but designing a blog is something I've never tried. It will be a work in progress for a while I'm sure....but I'm soooooo ready to start blogging! So, I apologize for the lack of substance in my blog, but I promise I'll be adding more soon - very soon! Woooohoooo! This little dream of mine is taking off, slowly but surely. I can't wait to see where this ride takes me. Until next time.....