Back to School Classroom Decoration
A great Back to School sign made with crayons, a pizza pan, ribbon, spray paint and colorshot paint pens!
Keyword: Back to School, Behr Spray Paint, Classroom Decoration, Colorshot Paint Pens, Crayon Wreath
- 1 Aluminum pizza pan
- 1 Reception sign Dollar Tree- unless you choose to add more!
- 2 boxes Crayons- 48 Dollar Tree
- 1 can Black, Behr Spray paint
- 1 can White, Behr Spray paint
- 1 packet Colorshot Paint pens I used primary colors
- Floral wire
- Ribbon, to match colors
- Velcro
- Gorilla glue
- Glue gun and glue sticks
- 1 1" wooden block
Drill a hole for the wire hanger and to attach ribbon on the top of the pizza pan.
Sand down the letters to remove the "reception" wording of the sign and remove the legs from the back to leave a flat arrow sign.
Spray the pizza pan white. (I used 2 coats.)
Spray the arrow sign black.
After arrow sign is dry, add lettering with the teacher's name, "welcome", or "be kind", etc. onto the arrow.
After the pizza pan has dried completely (I let mine dry overnight), add polka dots to the inside of the pizza pan.
Use a glue gun to glue the crayons with the points out onto the edge of the pan. Leave a 1" space without crayons at the top directly above the hole. TIP: Lay your crayons out in the order you want to glue before you begin. TIP: To keep the circle even...line your crayons with the same letter on the edge and apart enough to line up the circles around the end of the crayons as you glue them. They will then be the same distance from the edge and keep the inside circle round. Create a bow and attach with wire through the hole at the top of the pan. Loop the wire to create a "hanger" behind the bow.
Attach a block of wood to the center of the sign with gorilla glue for extra strength to hold it in place.
Add velcro to the back of the sign and the block of wood so that they line up to be able to be added and removed when desired. Feel free to make more signs with different messages to change out!
A great gift idea for a teacher's classroom.
TIP: If you can match colors or design to their classroom, you win EXTRA POINTS!
TIP: If you are making this for a teacher in a specialized area, consider replacing the crayons with something that relates to their teaching area.
TIP: Make additional arrow signs as the year progresses for the teacher to change out that sign! Genius! You can gift all of them at the beginning or as the "seasons" or "sentiment" word on the sign needs a change!
You will now be that teacher's new best cheerleader and friend!