With H going back to school, we wanted a way to capture some of her favorite things so we could see how her tastes evolve as she gets older.
I bought these cool mdf quote boards from an Etsy seller and painted them in black chalkboard paint
Then, I used painters tape to section off where I wanted to draw lines. 
I used my chalk ink markers to trace lines against the painters tape. Then, I wrote in my “categories” based on what H wanted to talk about. My bubble isn’t very big so I just wanted to capture her basic likes so I included: food, color, song and movie.
From there, I just got H to give me the answers to the questions and I filled it in. I was a little surprised by 2 of her answers but it is her bubble so we went with it. Once the answers were all filled in, we headed outside for a photo shoot.
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| Wow, MDF must be a lot heavier once you add chalkboard paint. |
We’ll do another photo session on the actual first day of school. Who knows…her answers might change by then. She is 5 after all.
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Love the chalkboard speech bubble! What a fun prop for 1st day pictures.
Sarah
This is sooo cute. Congrats and good luck to your little one with school. I am a new follower from the hop. I’m going to follow on facebook.
Irish
So adorable! What a great find and loved how you added all their favorites which are sure to change by next year! These would be perfect for any other kinds of photo opps too! Thanks for linking up to Gettin’ Krafty With It!
Best Idea Ever! Love it!
Great idea to have fun facts along with the regular name & grade info. I need to remember this when my daughter starts school. Luckily, that’s not for a few years 🙂
What a great idea! I’ve seen posts with poses for back to school pictures and others with back to school interview ideas…this is a fun way to combine the two!
So cute! I love it! I’d love for you to come share this at our Pinteresting Party!
So cute! I love it! I’d love for you to come share this at our Pinteresting Party!
Seriously adorable!! 🙂 Fantastic idea!!
I love this idea so much. Seriously, so cute! Thanks for linking to the party. I tweeted about it!
LOVE this….where do you find chalk ink markers?
Lots of email questions on where I get the Chalk Ink Markers so I thought I would add a comment in to help 🙂
The Chalk Ink Markers come from http://www.chalkink.com. To save on shipping, I usually buy them from Amazon.com though.
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That’s a fantastic idea!!! So cute.
Thanks so much for linking up at I Gotta Create! <3 Christina
Shannah-
I’ll be featuring both of your back-to-school projects at my site next week!
Thanks for linking at Creative Juice…
🙂
Nicolette
Super fun idea and it warms my heart that Star Wars is her fav movie:)
Love this! Such a great idea! I would love to make some for my baby’s 1st birthday. I saw your comment about the Chalk Markers, where can I find the MDF quote shaped boards?
Thanks soooooo much for this adorable idea!
awesome idea for the first day of school!! Your “model” makes it cuter too 🙂
I featured this on my blog today:
http://christinasadventures.com/2012/08/sunday-features-87.html
And I pinned it too:
http://pinterest.com/christinasadven/20-below-features/
What a cute idea!
What a cute idea!
Alengirl – I hope you come back to find this answer. You are registered as a no-reply blogger so I couldn’t email you back.
I got the mdf quote boards from Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/WoodCraftCutouts?ref=seller_info). They come in a set of 3.
This is adorable! Thanks for sharing on Sumo’s Sweet Stuff!
LB
http://www.accordingtol.com
This is too stinkin’ cute! I’m obsessed with chalkboard anything these days. So, I’m pinning this right now!
What a great idea, and what a cute girl!
May have to copy this!
Crystelle
http://www.crystelleboutique.com/
This is so darn cute!!!! haha Let us know if her answers change 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
Oh my gosh. I love this…so cute! What a great tradition.
Thanks for sharing on Show & Tell at SNAP!
xoxo, Tauni
How cute is that! Hope she’s having fun in school. Thank you for sharing this at Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Hope to see your prettiness again on Monday. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
SUCH a cute idea! And how adorable is she?! Love this; I’m so glad you shared at Shine on Fridays. In fact, so much so that I’m featuring you in the Top 10 Thursday tomorrow at One Artsy Mama!
such a lovely idea. It will be so good for you to see how her answers change the older she gets and you’ll have a lovely collection of keepsafe photos.
You’re a STAR at I Gotta Create! Featuring you: http://igottacreate.blogspot.com/2012/08/week-15-wildly-original-party-features.html
Thanks so much for linking up!
<3 Christina
Such a cute idea! Thanks for linking up!
This is such a sweet idea. My oldest starts Kindergarten on Wednesday, and I’d love to do something like this for him.
I would love to have you add this to a collective link party I co-host, Eat Make Grow: http://www.hideousdreadfulstinky.com/2012/08/eat-make-grow-thursday-5.html
I host along with two other bloggers, so one link shows up on all three blogs, and we feature a couple of bloggers each week. We’re always looking for great content like this! Hope to see you over there.
I love this idea! So cute!! We’d love for you to link up to our party! http://housewivesofriverton.blogspot.com/2012/09/riverton-housewives-round-up-31.html
Oh my goodness I LOVE this! I’m featuring you tomorrow!!! Thanks for sharing at It’s Overflowing!
XO, Aimee
http://www.itsoverflowing.com
This is so darling. I wish I had pics like these for my two–but one is now a freshman in college, and one a college graduate. Hmmm, maybe I could get them to do it anyway? lol
Call them up and tell them to get started on answering your questions. 😉
What a cute idea!
Thanks so much! We had such a great time with this. I can’t wait to do it again this year.