Preschool Welcome Center Reveal

For the last 3 years I have taught the 2-and-3-year-old class at my church’s preschool.

I absolutely loved it!

But there was one thing about teaching that always kept me with one eye open for another job.

(And it had nothing to do with trying to potty train 12 toddlers.) 😉

Singing is my number one favorite thing to do.  It’s my first ministry with my Worship Pastor hubby.  We love singing and leading together on Sundays.

As a teacher, you talk and talk and talk all day long.  By the end of the first week of school my voice would be so raw and raspy you would have thought I was either 90 years old or I smoked like 3 packs a day.  It was awful.  And then my voice would stay that way for the rest of the 9 months of school.  I couldn’t wait for summers because I knew I would finally be able to get back on the worship team and sing again!

I didn’t talk about this too much on the blog, but it was a really trying season for me.  Every time I would open my mouth to sing out a praise song in church or in the kitchen or car or shower and nothing would come out, I had to learn how to quietly surrender that part of me that longed for my voice.  It’s that whole “He gives and takes away… Blessed be the name of the Lord,” thing. 🙂 (Job 1:21)

So when our little preschool decided to add an Administrative Assistant to their positions, I dropped my name in the hat right away.  Not only would I get to preserve my voice a little more, but also I could still be with the kids and help/serve/bless this amazing ministry in a new and different way!  Total win-win!

God is good.

(But He would still be good even if I didn’t change jobs and had no voice.) <3

This summer the school underwent some remodeling to help facilitate the new position.  I was going to need a desk and a space to welcome the families.  I wish I had some before pics of what the space used to look like because y’all it was a total transformation!  They literally removed a couple of closets, built a desk, repainted, added some super fancy technology, and they let me have some fun decorating!!

Today I am sharing the big reveal of our new Preschool Welcome Center AND a special exclusive surprise for my Happy Home Fairy readers!

Ready to take a peek???

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What do you think?!

Basically I just went to Target and Hobby Lobby and bought one of everything. 🙂

By FAR my top favorite things about this space are the felt animal heads!  They are my friends.  We hang out.  They check my emails for grammar errors.  And the kids come by to wave at them and name them all each day.  The whole thing just makes me so happy.

The animal heads are hanging above some special photos that share our faith and mission as well as depict fun moments that are specific to our preschool.

The second thing I am obsessed about in this space are the adorable **wall decals** that say ‘Hello’ and ‘Jesus Thinks You’re Awesome’!  I discovered the cutest little etsy shop called The Lovely Wall and knew that our preschool welcome center needed some of what The Lovely Wall has to offer.  I am not even kidding that I could barely narrow down what I wanted because I wanted EVERYTHING.  Giant whimsical trees, polka dots, unicorns, inspirational sayings – you MUST check it out!  And the owner, Megan, is just the sweetest.  She custom made me the wall decal about Jesus and it makes me smile so big whenever I look at it!

If you want to make a HUGE statement and you are not an expert mural painter (ha!), I totally recommend getting one of The Lovely Wall’s decals!  They can transform the whole look and feel of a room!

And GUESS WHAT?! Megan is offering Happy Home Fairy readers 25% off ANY of her AMAZING WALL DECALS!  Just enter code happyhomefairy25 at checkout!!  Click HERE to shop!

My goal for the welcome center was to have a place that was warm, inviting, fun, and full of Jesus!  I feel Him in this place and I hope all of our precious preschool families do too!

If you’re interested in the specifics, here they are…

• Felt Animal Heads – Target
• Large Chalkboard – Pier 1
• Hello Wall Sticker – The Lovely Wall
• Oh Happy Day Banner – Hobby Lobby
• White bookshelf – IKEA
• Black and White Chevron Storage Boxes – Target
• Jesus Thinks You’re Awesome Wall Sticker – The Lovely Wall
• White picture frames – IKEA ($6.99 each!!!)
• Bookworm Teacher Workroom sign – Designs by Ashley Nichole
• Be Happy sign – Target
• Have Fun pillow – Hobby Lobby
• Pencil vase – instructions HERE
• White framed bulletin board – Hobby Lobby

I hope you found some inspiration here. <3

Joyfully,

Julie 🙂

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Photos by 1313 Photography <3