I really love helping people, and I have a friend that is a teacher that wanted to do a Disney themed classroom. I was so happy to help her with this, since it also allowed me to create some new tutorials to teach other Cricut owners how they could create a Disney classroom. Today is the Disney classroom birthday board project.
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Supplies Needed:
- Fabric
- Sewing machine
- HTV/Iron On vinyl (see links at the end of this post)
- Heat Press
I have seen other people making these out of wood and typically the words are applied with vinyl or painted on to the wood. Since I needed to ship this I wanted to keep it very light weight. I had some light colored fabric I decided to use that to make a banner and then iron on the words with my Siser vinyl.
In Cricut Design Space, I found two different fonts that I liked and used one for the main Classroom Birthdays part of the sign. Then I used a thin font to type up all of the months of the year. Once I had everything designed I hit Make It to start to cut all of the pieces out. Remember to hit Mirror when doing a project with iron on vinyl, otherwise your words will all come out backwards.
When pressing the words on to this banner, I did have to work in sections since it was longer than the size of my Heat Press. I tried to keep everything in a straight line but I think the titles for August and September moved slightly. Looking back, I should have used a heat resistant tape to hold things in place while pressing.
This whole banner was then attached to a bulletin board. I also cut Mickey Mouse head icons. The teacher will write each child’s name on a Mickey Mouse head and then hang that under the corresponding month for their birthday.
Check out all of my Disney Classroom project through the links below
Disney Classroom Calendar
Mickey’s Helping Hands Board
Disney Classroom Birthday Board
I prefer to use Siser brand vinyl for my iron on projects. I feel that is the best quality brand of iron on vinyl out there, and it weeds the easiest. For permanent vinyl I like StarCraft vinyl. People have asked me why not Cricut brand, since I use a Cricut machine. Personally I just do not like the way the Cricut vinyl cuts or weeds. I think you should find the brand you love and work with that product. Test things out for yourself. Sometimes it is just a personal preference like how some people would rather have Pepsi products over Coke products.
So once you find your brand of vinyl, where should you buy it? If your favorite brand is sold at the local craft store, then you are lucky in the fact that you can pretty much garantee that you can run to the store and pick up vinyl when ever you need it.
For me, Siser was not always sold in the stores, as it is now, so I had to get it from online retailers. Again, this is where you can either go with your personal preference of stores or go where the best deal is. One day the best price might be at one store, and then the next week it might be from a different retailer. We all do this when we sometimes pick up toliet paper at the grocery store, but then we also get it at Target when it is on sale.
I also love that I can order large rolls or small sheets when ordering Siser online. This can give you a larger variety of choices and allow to to save money on larger orders. To make sure you are getting the best price for your vinyl, make sure to check out my Vinyl Buyers Guide. Because of that, I will always share all of the different resource I am connected to and you can choose which one is best for you!
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Heat Transfer Warehouse is another supplier that I love, and they are actually somewhat close to me. Their headquarters are in North Dakota and I am in Minnesota. They even have their own line of vinyl, and they are partnering with other companies to really bring you a wide variety of products.
You may have noticed that there are a lot of retailers that only ship to places in the United States. This is because shipping prices can really add up. I want to be able to help my followers find their products no matter where they live and that is why I was happy to find some retailers that ship world wide! That is where the next two compnaies come in as options.
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