It’s that time of year again - Back to School time! Are you all sitting down for this news? LittleBookLover is now in sixth, that’s right SIXTH grade . Lol, it’s hard for me to wrap my head around.
Once again, I spent waaay more time than I care to admit on filling out this chalkboard. All summer long, LittleBookLover has been pushing the “go for a walk” button on his communication device (his communication device is an iPad with a communication program that allows him to ‘say’ a variety of words and phrases. He pushes the word/phrase icon and the iPad will say the words for him). He likes to push certain buttons repeatedly. So, all summer long I’ve heard ‘go for a walk go for a walk go for a walk go for a walk…’ on repeat. Hence the square I want to “go for a walk” - complete with a picture of the icon from his communication device.
I picked up this Back to School chalkboard from Target back when LittleBookLover first started attending preschool and have used it for every back to school photo since then. I wasn’t going to give this it’s own post, but heaven knows I spent an exorbitant amount of time on this project (I don’t even remember how many times I redid the word ‘communication’ alone ) and I need 3 Art projects to get my chameleon badge. So, why pass up the chance to make my first art post when I have an art project just waiting to be shared?
I often get stumped on what style of writing to use for all the different categories, so I turn to Google. I’ve gotten ideas by searching things like chalkboard numbers, chalkboard lettering, chalkboard flourishes, etc. This year, I used a few computer fonts for guidelines (special thanks to Clarendon Wide Regular for giving me the inspiration for the fancy ‘g’ I wanted ). I will very likely continue to use the font strategy in future years.
@AIMR, he really has grown so much! I do love the seeing the pics of all his past years and enjoying the memories. I put all the years in a little photo collage on my phone and it’s so nice to be able to look through them all at once!
Thank you, @wittychild! I also love typography, so I really appreciate the compliment!
Love the way you are capturing the memories. Also love the checkerboard under the Favorite book prompt. Your dapper little man looks excited to start a new year!
It is fun to look back on all the little details and also interesting to see the ways that he’s grown and the ways he’s stayed the same .
I remember being in fifth grade, I felt like such a big kid! Which is funny, because when I look at LittleBookLover, he still seems so little (despite having gotten so big, lol).
Thanks! That was an easy prompt to fill in, so I wrote it out before filling out the one next to it or above it…as a result, that checkerboard had to be fixed a few different times, lol.
You did an amazing job on the board - the colours and the various fonts are just perfect. Littlebooklover looks thrilled and raring to take on fifth grade!
. Lol, it’s hard for me to wrap my head around.
) and I need 3 Art projects to get my chameleon badge. So, why pass up the chance to make my first art post when I have an art project just waiting to be shared? 
). I will very likely continue to use the font strategy in future years.
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