Marlee is so excited to be running for student council! Each class room gets to vote two council members and they get to hang two campaign posters and they have to give a speech before election day. She ran last year but she was pretty nervous and didn’t give it much thought. But this year, she is all excited and was mapping out her poster ideas when she brought the sign up sheet home!
Election Preparation
We got her all approved and signed up and then it was poster time! I must say, this is right up my alley! (Hello Pinterest!) It was so fun to browse the internet with her and brainstorm ideas. The very next night we got some supplies and got started!
Vote Me Maybe?
The first poster we did was the ‘Call Me Maybe’ poster. She was nervous about everything, making straight lines, tracing the stencils right, coloring it…it was hard not to do too much for her! She took a quick shower that night while me and Dad laid out the lines and stencils. By time she got out, I had two lines stenciled so I gave her a pep talk and got her coloring! The finishing touch was her handwriting on the bottom. I told her it would make it more personal!
A Bright Idea
The light bulb poster was next and Marlee was more willing to do more with this one! (I think she gained a little confidence from her first one!) I cut out the shape and added the foil. She planned out the rest! I helped her cut out the ‘Bright Idea’ letters but she did all of the gluing and hand wrote the rest of the message. She added some inspirational stickers the next morning and couldn’t wait to get them to school!
Read more about Marlee here!
Final Prep
When she returned from school the next day, I asked what everyone thought of her posters. Everyone LOVED them so she was off to a great start! Now Dad is going to help her with her speech then we will hope for the best! I don’t think there are too many politics that go into voting in 4th grade. Here’s to hoping her awesome posters and winning smile get her elected!
UPDATE: Marlee won her 4th grade student council election!
Other Poster Ideas
Here is a quick list of other sayings and ideas we thought of using for her election posters before deciding on the two above:
- Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the best vote of all?
- I mustache you a question…will you vote for me?
- Donut forget to vote for ‘Name’!
- Don’t be a sucker, vote ‘Name’!
- I don’t run often, but when I do it’s for president!
- Why did the chicken cross the road? Who cares? Vote ‘Name’!
Good luck with all of your election endeavors!
