Celebrate Valentine's Day with a bulletin board display that involves the students. Students in any grade level can trace their hands on red, white or pink paper, and cut out their tracing. The bulletin board can be covered in white paper with a very large heart drawn in the center. Staple all the hands in random directions to fill the inside of the heart. Around the outside edge of the large heart, write this quote by Robert M. Persig in red marker, "The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands."
Celebrate President's Day with this creative bulletin board display lined in light blue. Purchase or print from a website a silhouette of President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln. Under George Washington, write the year 1789, representing the first year he was elected to office. Under Abraham Lincoln, write the year 1860. A parent volunteer may assist you in creating silhouettes of students by shining a flashlight onto the wall of a darkened room and tracing the outline of students' profiles onto black paper. Cut out and mount these silhouettes onto blue or red paper. The silhouettes can be stapled in another area of the board and write a future year under the silhouettes.
Honor Black History Month and President Barak Obama with this bulletin board display. Line the board in light blue paper. The border, made of light purple paper, must be about 15-inches wide. Invite students to place one hand in a plate of dark-colored paint and the other hand in a plate of light-colored paint. Each hand is then placed side-by-side on the purple paper, which creates a handprint stamp. After the students wash their hands, a red heart can be stamped with red paint in the center of the hands. Fill the purple border with contrasting handprints side-by-side. When the paint is dry, staple this border around the edge of the bulletin board. In the center, staple a portrait of Barak Obama. In red lettering, label the board "I Have a Dream" above Barak Obama and "We Are One" below.
Celebrate Dental Health Month with this bulletin board display for early elementary students. Line a bulletin board in black. A four-inch wide strip of red paper that runs nearly the length of the board creates the handle for a toothbrush. White strips of paper curled at the tips create the look of the bristles. Cut out white squares representing teeth and staple them throughout the board. As students walk by, take a picture of them smiling and showing their teeth. Print and staple one picture inside each white square. In large, red lettering write "We Take Care of Our Smiles" on the bulletin board.