Mary Ann Mulroe, librarian at Heritage Middle School in Lansing, IL recently submitted several fantastic bulletin board designs – this one included – that would add a touch of color and thematic fun to your classroom this spring and summer! We just love this adorable campfire/s'more themed design! While originally created as a window display, we think it can be turned into a wall display with relative ease and be tailored to fit your classroom needs.

• Use the board to display student recommendations for summer reading.
• Keeping with a similar theme, invite your kiddos to do a "s'more" book report {i.e. write a brief discussion of the characters, thematic events, symbols, etc. on the graham cracker, chocolate, and marshmallow cutouts}, arranging the finished products on the bulletin board for their classmates to peruse - "S'more Great Books!"
• Give your classroom helpers board a summer 'face-lift', displaying the various job titles on the graham cracker/chocolate cutouts and assigning duties by adding marshmallow cutouts that have student names scripted on them - "S'more Fantastic Helpers!"

These are just a few ideas - there are obviously many more applications for this bulletin board - it just depends on what your needs are!

S'more Books for Summer Bulletin Board Display

• Background: Light colored bulletin board paper.
• Title: "S'more Books for Summer!" - or another title that fits your needs. We love how Mary Ann replaced all of the o's in the title with cutesy marshmallow cutouts to go along with the theme!
• Border: Complimentary solid color trimmer.
• Decoration: 1) The S'mores. Here's how Mary Ann created the accents...

  "The s'mores are made with clipart of chococlate and graham crackers [printed onto card stock and] glued to cardboard, and soft white craft foam for the marshmallows."

  2) The Campfire. Cover paper towel rolls with brown tissue paper or bulletin board paper to create three-dimensional logs for the fire. To add a more realistic feel, use a brown or black marker to add bark detailing on the logs and arrange them in a 'pile' at the bottom of the bulletin board. Add 'flames' using red, orange, and yellow tissue paper. When put together, the overall 3D effect is pretty cool!