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[Childcare] Transfers or Resignations | A Collection of Handmade Message Board Ideas
Spring is the season when teachers transfer to new schools or retire.
Farewells can be lonely, but let’s show our gratitude by giving a message board so that the teachers who are leaving can do their best in their new places.
However, when it comes to making a message board by hand, it’s easy to run out of ideas or end up with something ordinary.
Since it’s a special gift, you want to create something that will truly make the teacher who receives it happy.
This time, we’ll introduce ideas that will help you make a handmade message board.
Please use them as a reference!
[Childcare] Transfers or Resignations | A Collection of Handmade Message Board Ideas
Message board on a bouquet
Here’s a handmade message board idea that really stands out with lots of colorful bouquets.
Make as many bouquets as you have messages to write.
You can freehand the flowers, but a flower-shaped craft punch makes it easy to create lots of flowers.
Even if the flower shapes are the same, changing the colors gives a different feel.
Glue the pieces in layers to finish them as bouquets.
You could also design it so cute animals appear to be holding the bouquets.
You can stick them onto a store-bought message board, or depending on the number of bouquets, make a larger base and the board itself using construction paper.
Message card ideas
Simply sticking a message card onto the shikishi board as-is can feel a bit plain, right? Here are some ideas to transform it just by making the message card a little more creative or decorated.
Cut colored construction paper into circles or ovals, write your message on them, and stick them onto the shikishi to make balloons; connect round message cards to create a cute caterpillar; even just adding a strip of masking tape along one edge of a square message card can completely change the look.
On top of that, decorating the shikishi itself with illustrations or ribbons will make it even more festive.
Shikishi message card ideas
When a large group is creating a single message board, it’s common to hand out message cards to members and collect what they’ve written.
Store-bought message cards are cute enough, but since it’s a special occasion, why not try making them cute by hand? Even without special tools, you can create adorable cards with just a ballpoint pen and some colored pens.
It’s perfectly fine to copy illustration ideas.
Since you’ll be making many, it can be fun to gather a variety of ideas.
Hopefully the finished cards will convey your heartfelt feelings to the recipient.
Message book for a present
How about giving an exciting collage-style message board decorated with an array of colorful presents? Wrap a ribbon around a square sheet of paper that will serve as the base for the presents, leaving a bit of slack, and fasten it on the back.
Attach a decorative ribbon on top with wood glue or similar.
Create the card parts using origami or other papers in various colors and patterns.
Fold them in half, slide them under the present’s ribbon, and your message cards are complete.
Arrange and adhere them to the base board, balancing the colors and patterns.
Stick-figure group message icon
A group message icon made of stick figures that even people who aren’t good at drawing can try.
They’re stick figures, but they’re very expressive and cute—some are smiling, some are crying because they’re lonely, some are cheering, and more.
It’s super easy: draw a round face, use two lines for the body and arms, add a facial expression, and you’re done.
This is a helpful idea when you want to make an illustration-style message board, or if you’re not confident in your handwriting, or want to convey a message in just a few words.
Please use it as a reference and give it a try!
Illustration Frame Shikishi (art board)
Here’s an idea for an illustration frame on a shikishi board: draw an illustration with color pens on the board, then add messages on and around it.
You might feel that drawing is difficult, but try expressing flowers and leaves with colorful dot pens.
Simply dab color onto the board; by varying the size of the dots or flicking the pen sideways, you can easily create leaves.
Draw a line with a ballpoint pen and write your message along it to make the text stand out.
How about choosing colors that suit the season?
Mini colored paper with a gimmick
A themed message board with a fun twist: when you open the fluffy, floating, colorful balloons, you’ll find messages from everyone inside.
The balloons are made from colored construction paper.
Cut two sheets of colored paper into the same shape, place a fold at the top of one piece, and glue them together.
Then cut another piece of colored paper in a slightly darker shade one size larger, glue it on, and layer them—now you’ve got a balloon you can write messages in.
Balloons look cute in all sorts of shapes like circles, hearts, flowers, or stars.
Try decorating around the balloons with colored paper and pens, too.