DIY Where Are We Board

I have seen so many cute “where are we?” boards on Pinterest and I’ve been wanting to make one for my room all summer! I always thought it was a good idea to let people know where we are when we’re not in our classroom, in case of an emergency, ya know?! Here’s what I came up with!

I just love it so much, I can’t get enough!!

And it was super simple to make! Here are the materials you will need:

 Cardboard

{I used that lined whiteboard that I picked up at Target in the dollar section! It is sturdy and already in the shape that I was looking for, but any type of card board piece would work!}

Scrapbook Paper

Stickers

Ribbon

A Clothespin

Mod Podge {my bff!}

*not pictured*

Hot Glue Gun

Acrylic Paint

Paintbrush

To start, I laid the scrapbook paper down onto the whiteboard until I liked the way it looked, then I turned the whiteboard and paper over and traced along the back before cutting. I mod podged the paper on using a layer as an adhesive and a layer as a sealant. Then I cut the ribbon to fit and mod podged that on too! {see..bff!}

While the mod podge dried, I painted the clothespin with acrylic paint. Have you seen this trick on how to paint clothespins!? Clip it onto something sturdy and paint both sides at once!

 Then I used a q-tip and pink paint to add the polka dots.

While the clip was drying, I stuck the stickers onto the top half of the board and sealed them with a layer of mod podge.

{I had every intention of using the green polka dots as the bottom half of my board, but when I subconsciously painted the clothespin green, and couldn’t see the stickers when I had them on the pink part, I just flipped my board around!}

When everything dried, I adhered the clothespin using, you guessed it, mod podge!

Finally, I hot glued two pieces of ribbon onto the back of the board and tied them into a bow at the top. Then I printed, laminated and cut out my “where are we” cards and clipped them on!