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It can be difficult trying to figure out how to display student work in cute and creative ways throughout the school year.  If you are having trouble figuring out a fun and easy way to display student work, then this post is for YOU!

This display will make each of your students take great pride in what they complete.  They will absolutely love showing off all their hard work and effort. My students loved our display for student work and honestly, kids from other classrooms enjoyed it too.

Fun idea to display students' work in the classroom or at home

It is fairly easy to set up and can easily be reused year after year. It is also something that you can easily prep during the summer and have everything ready to go. What is not to love?!

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Watch Student Work Display

Want to see a quick video about this? When you are done scroll down for more details.

Materials Needed to Display Student Work

Preparing to Display Student Work

  1. First you will need to print and cut the hands template (shown below).
  2. Next, you will trace the hands either onto file folders or foam sheets. You will need to do this for each kid in your class.
It can be difficult trying to figure out cute and creative ways to display student work throughout the school year. You want something that will make each of your student's take great pride in what they complete and absolutely love showing off all their hard work and effort. If you are having trouble figuring out the a fun and easy way, than this post is for YOU! My student's loved our display for student work and honestly, kids from other classrooms enjoyed it too.

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3. Next you will glue a clothespin to the end of each hand. I found it best to glue the clothespin on the side that has markings from where you traced.

It can be difficult trying to figure out cute and creative ways to display student work throughout the school year. You want something that will make each of your student's take great pride in what they complete and absolutely love showing off all their hard work and effort. If you are having trouble figuring out the a fun and easy way, than this post is for YOU! My student's loved our display for student work and honestly, kids from other classrooms enjoyed it too.

4. Next print off clothes clip art or an image from the Internet. For this post I used Whimsy Clips, but there are many options to pick from. Print out the clothes and laminate for extra durability.

When teaching, my classroom had a zoo theme.  I found a cute zookeeper outfit online using only the shirt and shorts. Find what works with your taste and classroom theme.

(If you use the clipart above or something similar here are the exact dimensions that I used: Make the pink shirt dimensions 6.6 height by 8.18 width. Make the green shirt dimensions 8.54 height by 8.22 width. Make all shorts 4.93 height by 6.2 width.)

After you get the clothes printed, attach the shirt and shorts together and laminate for extra durability.

5. Glue hands to the clothes. You will want the clothespin to be hidden behind the hands once the display is all set up so glue accordingly.

It can be difficult trying to figure out cute and creative ways to display student work throughout the school year. You want something that will make each of your student's take great pride in what they complete and absolutely love showing off all their hard work and effort. If you are having trouble figuring out the a fun and easy way, than this post is for YOU! My student's loved our display for student work and honestly, kids from other classrooms enjoyed it too.

Before the school year began, I had the kids set up in the hallway (like picture above). When spacing the first few, I made sure that I had enough room to clip a large piece of construction paper sideways. Obviously, you may not have that much space. Just do what works for you and your classroom.

I found the best way to attach the kids to the wall was using Removable Mounting Squares. They can withstand the weight and last throughout the school year. They can also easily be removed without making a mess and/or tearing up paint from the surface it was attached to.

I took head shots of all my kids the first week of school.  You will want them to be quite large so adjust using PowerPoint or a similar program. I usually make the faces huge so that they fill the entire 8.5 x 11 inch page. I think it makes it look funny and the kids LOVE it. All that is left is to print them out the faces and laminate.

It can be difficult trying to figure out cute and creative ways to display student work throughout the school year. You want something that will make each of your student's take great pride in what they complete and absolutely love showing off all their hard work and effort. If you are having trouble figuring out the a fun and easy way, than this post is for YOU! My student's loved our display for student work and honestly, kids from other classrooms enjoyed it too.
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Once the heads are cut out, attach them to the bodies and your student display is ready to go!

It can be difficult trying to figure out cute and creative ways to display student work throughout the school year. You want something that will make each of your student's take great pride in what they complete and absolutely love showing off all their hard work and effort. If you are having trouble figuring out the a fun and easy way, than this post is for YOU! My student's loved our display for student work and honestly, kids from other classrooms enjoyed it too.

As your students compete work, you can have them hang it up for all of their friends to see.

Even though there it takes a little bit of time to get this display ready to go, I promise that it is definitely worth it!

It can be difficult trying to figure out cute and creative ways to display student work throughout the school year. You want something that will make each of your student's take great pride in what they complete and absolutely love showing off all their hard work and effort. If you are having trouble figuring out the a fun and easy way, than this post is for YOU! My student's loved our display for student work and honestly, kids from other classrooms enjoyed it too.

When you are done with the displays you can store the materials for next year or give the displays to your kids at the end of the school year.

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Download Your Student Display Template Below!

Can you not find a resource that you would LOVE to have for your classroom? Contact me and I would be happy to make it for you.

Click the picture below to download. You will immediately be redirected to the freebie.

I hope that you and your students enjoy this fun way to display their hard work this year!

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136 Comments

  3. Paula Mooney

    Absolutely adorable! Did you print the photo heads at home or at the photo lab? They turned out perfectly! I love the little girl’s expression. Thanks for all the details! I have myself a fun project!

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  5. Jackee

    Hi, I located all items, I found the shirts /pants for boys and blouses/ shirts for the girls. My question is
    do I cut the hands from the foam or cardstock, before I run outside to pick up the balance of my material.

    thanks so much this is awsome

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  13. Kristi

    Thank you so much for sharing this adorable idea! Would you happen to have the boy/girl short/shirts available via TpT? I have been trying to make my own using free clipart on line and I am really making a mess!

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  16. Autumn Vandiver

    I wonder if you have options for kids with darker skin tones? There are multicultural tempera paint sets so that the arms don’t have to be all white (or manila folder colored.) They include skin-tone colors such as bronze, brown, mahogany, peach, olive, terra cotta, beige and tan. I think it’s a great idea and adding these paints could make it more inclusive. Thanks for posting!

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  24. Fran

    Such a cute idea! I Drew shirts, pants, and dresses and copied them on plain white card stock so that the children can decorate and color their own outfit on the first day of school. Cant wait to see how they turn out.

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  31. JOanna Jackson

    Hi. I have downloaded the pdf converter but every time I try to click on the green download button it keeps bringing me back to that, and won’t take me to the file with the hand template. Any way to send it to me via email? Many thanks. This is so adorable!

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  41. Jen

    I can’t find the template of the arms to download. I see the same photo of the arms and the video but I can’t find a file that I can actually download to use. Would you be able to post it or email it to me? I love this idea and would love to use it this school year. I think the students would really love it too! Thank you!

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  44. Nisha

    Hi Jennifer! I am so excited to use this in my hallway display for KG. I purchased and downloaded the Whimsy Clips and I’m struggling with how you changed the dimensions. I see that you put the exact dimensions (THANK YOU!) but I think I am technologically challenged because when I click on “Change Size” and try to input the width, it automatically adjusts the height and I can’t change it. What am I doing wrong?! And did you just print it on regular size printer paper or did you enlarge it on the photocopier?

    Also, I cannot download the arms for some reason. Would you mind emailing it to me? 🙂

    Thanks again for sharing this idea… I know it will be a hit!

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    • Jennifer

      Hello!

      I am so sorry that you are having issues with the editable fields. There are two things that can usually cause this.
      1) Adobe Acrobat is not updated.
      2) The font for the resource needs to be downloaded and installed in order for you to get the correct font. Here is a great article on how you can do this.

      I now have new software that allows me to embed the fonts into the PDF so you do not have to download the fonts. I hope to get this done sometime soon and will send an email to my list letting people know when everything is updated.

      Again, I am sorry for the inconvenience and I hope that this helps.

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    • Jennifer Hamilton

      Hi there Elena, so sorry for the late replay. We were having some technical issues so the download should be working now 🙂 Please let me know if it’s not and I’ll get it emailed to you.

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    • Jennifer Hamilton

      Hi there Angela, I’m so happy you like this activity. Scroll down to the bottom of the post and you’ll see a button that says click here to download. Hope you enjoy it!

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  55. Chelsie

    HI Jennifer,

    Could you please send me a link for the arms. I have tried to request it via the download button but I must be doing something wrong. Thank you for this printable and awesome bulletin board.

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