Simple and inexpensive! :0)

In the wonderful project of redoing my kids' room, I knew I wanted to put up bulletin boards. I considered magnet boards (to avoid tacks in their room) but bulletin boards were a much cheaper route.

I started with a bulletin board my friend gave me that she didn't want anymore. It was just your basic, big bulletin board. Looked like this:

I kept my eye open for another one (two kids = two boards) and mind open for what I would do with them.
I found this one at Hobby Lobby, on the clearance aisle (one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE PLACES!) , for less than $4!!!!

I LOOOOVED the nice frame around it, I loved that it was white...I just loved it!
For $3.99 I knew I had to get it! Who wouldn't right?

Can you believe it??? It was perfect! Well, it was perfect for me... it was less than $4 because it had a chipped corner. Who am I to care about a chipped corner though? I knew I was going to personalize the boards so I would probably be able to cover the broken piece. SO.... YEA! :0)

So...my next task was to find one for my son. I already had the bulletin board part (the one my friend gave me), so I just needed to figure out a nicer way to frame it.
I went to Michael's and found this:

A huge gorgeous frame on sale cheap because the glass was gone. Since I knew I didn't want glass anyway, it was perfect! :0) And only $4.99!!!

First I took the frame off of the bulletin board. It just sort of fell right off, no problem at all. (this wasn't a very expensive board) Then I cut the bulletin board (the inside part) down to the right size. I simply used a box cutter and it was super easy. (I thought I took photos of the next steps but I can't find them...??? so maybe not)

I bought some letters from the craft store...just plain letters, I think they were around $1.50 each. Then I dug out some clothes that we were going to donate, clothes that didn't fit the kiddos anymore. I found some that were the colors I wanted and then cut some strips of the fabric. I didn't measure, I didn't worry about if I was cutting straight, didn't make it super difficult...just grabbed the scissors and cut. Then I let my daughter help me wrap the letters with the fabric. :0) We put a dab of hot glue on and started wrapping, overlapping the starting/ending points with a new strip of fabric so it would hold it all in place. At the end we put another dab of hot glue to hold it down. That was it...two dabs of glue and wrapping...super easy and my daughter had fun. :0)

(Caleb's board is bigger than Georgia's so it makes his letter look smaller...)

I think they turned out perfect!
Here they are hung up...giving my kiddos a place to put the art work that they used to tape all over their walls (and bed, door, etc!) :0)