It’s no secret that Taylor Swift is a whole vibe right now. But, actually, when isn’t she? Whether you’re a Swiftie or not, your students will be obsessed with this friendship bracelet bulletin board. This blog post is all about how you can use this bulletin board set to build class community by taking input from your students on the bulletin board message.
Use Anytime of Year
The friendship bracelet bulletin board includes letters a-z and numbers 0-9 so you can create any message you, or your students, decide on. That means that this board set can be used as a back to school bulletin board, an end of year bulletin board, or anytime in between!
Bulletin Board Message Ideas
Some board message ideas to create an inspired by Taylor Swift bulletin board are:
- In Our [Grade] Era
- [Grade] Friends
- Welcome Back to School
- Peace Out School
- Peace Out [Calendar Year]
- Welcome [Calendar Year]
- Best Year Ever
- Best Class Ever
- Best School Ever
- Best Class Ever
For a different approach, you can use 1-4 adjectives that describe the class such as kind, brave, resilient, strong, smart, leaders, etc. Each adjective can be made into one bracelet in a stack of bracelets for the Taylor Swift bulletin board.
Student Input for Friendship Bracelet Bulletin Board
To get students included, there are two templates to gather student input. The first template encourages submissions for a short positive message for the friendship bracelet bulletin board.
The second template is for students to share an adjective that they feel describes the class. Afterwards, the class can vote on submissions, and the one with the most votes can be used for the bulletin board. To simplify the process, you can choose your favourites among student submissions.
Putting It Up
Once you’ve decided on the board message, all that’s left to do is print out the beads that you’ll be using, cut them out, and put them up. I suggest starting with the letter beads and then filling in the fun decorative beads afterwards.
Friendship Bracelet Student Activities
Since friendship bracelets are all the rage right now (but also timeless) there are two friendship bracelet student activities included. Students design their own friendship bracelet by drawing it and sharing how the message and symbols on the beads represent them.
This would make a great activity for students to share more about themselves during back to school season or, anytime!
Taylor Swift Bulletin Board Run Down
To recap everything that’s included in the friendship bracelet bulletin board… If you grab this bulletin board set, you’ll get:
- Teacher instructions & tips
- Over 150 different bead elements in total
- Friendship bracelet bead letters A-Z & digits 0-9
- 130 decorative bead elements (bows, disco balls, colour pony beads, bead daisies, etc.)
- 2 Student templates to design their own friendship bracelets
- 2 Templates for board message ideas from students
Why Use This Board?
Your upper elementary students will LOVE this friendship bracelet bulletin board. They will be excited to see it in the classroom environment and even more stoked if they are part of choosing the board message with the templates provided.
Not only that, but it’s an opportunity for a classroom community building activity to have students give their board message submissions, reflecting on what represents them as a class, as well as an activity to design their own friendship bracelet.
Bulletin Board Ideas
Looking for other bulletin board ideas? Check out this back to school bulletin board and end of year bulletin board.
