Join Us For The 2019 Global Traveling Mural Project, Friends!

Dear Friends, 

It’s time for the 2019 Global Traveling Mural Project! 

Our first annual Traveling Mural Project was a huge success and such a special project for over 150 schools around the world to be part of. It has been such a special experience sharing it with all of you, my students and community.

Here are the steps: 

1. First, go to the 2019 Global Travel Mural Google Doc. 

This year, we have been signing up for several months so I started putting the groups together already. 

If you haven’t signed up yet, please do so here.

You will be in a group of 10, 9 others and you! 

This is also where you sign up if you haven't already. Just keep adding to the bottom and we can add as many groups as we need.

2. Create a 10 foot mural with your community on butcher paper.  You can use paints, crayons, markers, pencil, mixed media, photos, etc.. 

It can be as simple as putting up a 10 foot piece of butcher paper and having your students contribute to it over the course of a week or two to having it all drawn out for them to color in too.  Anything goes with this mural project. 

There are lots of wonderful picture and nonfiction books to use when talking about and creating murals.  This is the Padlet with several….please feel free to add more. 

Here is a Google Slide presentation that our related arts team used last year to kick off this project at

Van Meter.  You are welcome to use it or make a copy and add your own slides too.

3. Cut the mural into 10, 1 foot long pieces and send them to the 9 other places on your list.  Make sure to include the name and location of your school somewhere on the mural. Keep one of the pieces for your mural. Send the mural pieces by November 30, 2019. 

4. Once you have all 10 pieces of the mural, put it together with your students to create your traveling community mural. 

5. Post pictures & videos using #travelingmural on Twitter & Instagram. Let's all post these by the end of 2019. 

6. Make connections throughout this project with the others in your group. This project is about creating global connections and community with others around the world.  

Remember, you can find your groups here.

You can also visit our Traveling Mural Google Slide Book to see pictures and stories of those who were part of this amazing journey in 2018.

Together, think of the impact and difference we can make for our students, library, school, community and throughout the world. 

Let me know if you have questions.  My email is shannonmcclintockmiller@gmail.com. 

With love and friendship, Shannon McClintock Miller