Colorful Resources & Ideas for Teachers with a Teaching Heart
It’s that time of year… when teachers and homeroom moms frantically look for some fun ideas to use on Halloween with their little monsters. Here’s an easy craft. Beaded Pipe Cleaner Spiders. You need four black pipe cleaners and 24 beads of an any color. For each spider, gather four pipe cleaners in a bunch. […]
My daughter went to a craft birthday party last week! Such a great party – if you know me, you know how I love a great party! I learned about two new easy and functional crafts that I have to share! Fun summer crafts to do under a shady tree or on a rainy day! […]
Finished up an insect unit today and did some Firefly activities. Click here to see the other Insect Ideas! Had to read my 2 favorite firefly books. These are must have! Leo the Lightning Bug (with Audio CD) [Hardcover] and The Very Lonely Firefly (Penguin Young Readers, L2) We also counted up some fireflies and put […]
How cute is this fun craft? FINGERBEES!!! Use the kids fingerprints to make little Bees around a Beehive! Color or paint the Beehive. Then add Honeycomb cereal to the hive for an extra touch! I wrote a poem and made a little sheet as seen below (sorry about the toes in the picture) for you […]
Still working on Rainbows in Pre-K. Perfect fit for a little Rainbow Fish Fun!!! We made our Rainbow Fish for old CD’s. The template is in our Rainbow Fish Pack. Get it here! Great fine motor practice… beading a rainbow bracelet! Hungry for a Rainbow? Mmmm… Rainbow Cupcakes. There is a Rainbow on the outside […]
Here he is… My new friend, Mr, Modge Podge. I love saying those two words for some reason… Modge Podge! I first noticed this little guy at Skip to My Lou on this post. She takes a plain boring clipboard and with some scrapbook paper and some modge podge, she creates…. So pretty… Wouldn’t these […]
I am a busy elf… Getting ready for a Christmas Eve Celebration at my home. Christmas Eve is so much fun to plan. I am having 12 for dinner. It will be an appetizer dinner. I am working on a few surprises for my family. I thought I would share one surprise before the event […]
These are shirts I made my kids for Thanksgiving last year. I LOVE iron on computer paper and I make all kinds of shirts, pillowcases, totes, and even underwear with it. For this shirt I found paper that the kids can color with regular crayons before you iron on the image (found it at Michael’s). […]
Snowman Soup is basically hot chocolate with a cute snowman twist. A poem like the one below is attached to a bag with a hot chocolate packet, candy cane, and marshmallows. When it’s so cold thatyou holler and whoop,It’s time to bring outthe Snowman Soup!Pour the packet in a mug.Add marshmallows too.And throw in these […]
My favorite man turned 36 the other night… The kids had fun making the hand print frame above. They both made a hand print and selected a favorite picture to place on the frame… I wrote the poem and printed it on a printable overlay: Ten fingers waving to say, “Yeah!”Our Daddy is 36 today! […]
