Last week for my little G man’s at home preschool was T week. This week was ‘U’ and one of the days we did ‘United States’. We did a few other activities, but this is what we ended with. A map of the United States on a bulletin board, with pictures of family so he can see where everyone lives.
To make this, I started with a regular bulletin board, from Target (less than $10) and painted it ‘espresso’ to match the rest of the furnishing in their bedroom.
Then I used my Silhouette (as always!) and cut out a map outline of the U.S.A. out of vinyl. I had to do it in two sections, because my Silhouette is only 9” wide (not the cameo).
I peeled away the lines and applied the transfer tape (see the two sections together).
Then I put it on the bulletin board and covered all the other areas I didn’t want yellow.
I sprayed the outline with ‘sunshine yellow’. I probably should have done a better job at covering the other areas because there was a tiny bit of paint on the board where I didn’t want it. Luckily pictures will cover those areas, no problem.
I took everything off and pinned where his aunts, uncles, cousins and a few friends live. I haven’t printed all the pictures yet, so this map still has some work.
I was also thinking of adding some pictures of important places – like where Grant and I got married (Portland, OR temple), and things like that. Our map is a little one sided…looks like the family needs to branch out a little more ;)
Project details:
*spray paint: Rustoleum - Espresso & Sunshine Yellow
*vinyl: GreenStar Intermediate Vinyl (white, but color doesn’t matter)
*transfer tape: DigiClear plus Clear Digital Transfer Tape, low tack
