Student Picture Displays

For several years I displayed students work by attaching it to the cork strips or taping it to the walls. I found though that sometimes, in the effort of putting it up and taking it down I might damage the work or it took so long to change the display it became outdated. I decided I needed a quick (but nice) way to display each student’s work in the hallway. The next year I took blue, green, and purple 12”x18” pieces of construction paper (the calming colors!) and attached them outside my wall in a rectangle. To account for new students arriving during the school year, I generally made it about seven pieces across and four down for 28 squares. I left a space between each piece of paper to avoid looking like it was a patchwork quilt.

At the start of the school year, I would take each child’s picture. I usually made several copies since we would use them on our name chart and for other projects through the year, but one picture I would glue at the top of the large construction paper sheet. Then I would print each child’s name with a fun font and attach two paper clips, spaced about 6 inches apart under the photo. That way whenever I wanted to display a project or a student’s super work I would run out to the hall and attach it to their construction paper page using the clothes pins. Anyone who came down the hallway could easily see whose project or paper it was by the name and the picture. Because it was so easy to use I was able to constantly keep it updated and have current work out in the hallway. A win-win for everyone.