Classroom Birthdays Sign

This Classroom Birthdays Sign is a great weekend project for teachers that will make every child's birthday special. You will not forget any birthdays with this sign because it indicates which person has a birthday in which month. This bright decoration may take some time, but it will be well worth the effort when you hang it up in the classroom. You could also use this adorable sign as a learning tool for preschoolers to learn the months in the year. Nothing is more important to a child than his or her birthday, so keep this sign up as a fun reminder.

Primary TechniqueGeneral Crafts

Intermediate

Materials:

FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors -
Sawgrass, 2 oz.
Summer Peach, 2 oz.
Jamaican Sea, 2 oz.
Whicker White, 2 oz.
Licorice, 2 oz.
FolkArt ® Chalkboard Multi-Surface Paint - Black, 8 oz.
FolkArt ® Peel & Stick Painting Stencils™ - Alphabet - Old School, 5/8"
Woodpile Fun™ 8” popsicle sticks
Stretched canvas 16” x 20”
Wooden circles
Eye screws
Wire
Wire cutter
Small hand drill
White chenille stems
Gold glitter foam sheet
Scissors
Glue
Flat brush ½”
Liner brush #1
Stencil brush ¼”
Chalk
Black permanent marker
Water basin
Foam plates
Paper towels

Instructions:

Paint twelve wood sticks with Sawgrass, Summer Peach and Jamaican Sea. When dry, paint Wicker White stripes diagonally to create candles.
Stencil abbreviated months of the year on the candles vertically using Licorice and Peel & Stick alphabet.
Drill small holes in both sides of wood circles. Paint using same colors as candles. Write children’s names with marker.
Cut chenille stem into small strips for wicks. Cut out twelve gold glitter flames. Glue flames to wicks, then to backs of candles.
Apply several coats of chalkboard paint to canvas allowing dry time between coats. When dry, condition the surface by rubbing side of chalk over canvas and wipe with paper towel.
Insert twelve eye screws along one side of canvas. Create small ‘s” hooks from wire.
Glue candles along opposite side of canvas.
Write saying with chalk on canvas.
Attach wood circles together with “s” hooks under appropriate months.