D.I.Y Crafts
I wanted to share some crafty things I have been doing this summer to get ready for my classroom. I am really obsessed with Pintrest and TPT right now, so that is where I got most of my ideas.
This crate seat is the first craft I tried. Honestly this was a little harder than I thought, though totally worth it. I couldn't have done it with out my hubby though! I bought the crates at Walmart for $3.50, the ply board for the seat was about $15 (which made 6 seats), I bought the foam from Goodwill for $7 (still new), and the fabric from Walmart for about $7. I was seriously thrifty though and bought everything of super sale.
For the ply wood, I asked them to cut it to fit the crate and to make sure it wouldn't fall through. They where really nice and did not charge us the $1 per cut. Then I traced the foam from the wood and cut it. Lastly we wrapped the fabric around the board. This was the hardest part because if it is too loose it won't look good, and it needs to be an even tightness all the way around. My husband used upholstery nails, but I wish we would have spent the $20 for the staple gun because it was a pain! But after a couple hours of work here is our seats!
Next craft I did was the Poms. I love these so much! they just brighten up a room, and they are so cheap and easy to make. I bought tissue from the dollar tree. I used 10 pieces to make it fuller. Tons of You-tube videos online.
These are whisper phones. turned out super cute! I bought PVC pipe for a couple dollars, elbows for about $7 dollars, and spray paint for $4 dollars. I did buy liquid cement but found we didn't need it. We cut the PVC pipe in 3 and 1/4 in, but I wish we would have done it a little smaller because the phones are the right size for me, which makes me think they will be too big for my kinders... These were super easy too.
The latest thing I have done is Brain Break sticks from 3rd grade Thoughts. I printed mine on normal paper, then glued them to construction paper to give them some color. Then laminated it. It was kinda a big project though, lots of cutting. But she does give you 64 of them! So the kids will never get bored of these!
Yesterday I went to the Dollar store and they had some awesome things, I went a little crazy there, ooops. But as a new teacher I have a lot of things to buy, so I have been doing a lot of shopping! My husband keeps telling me I should slow down a little hehe. But I just wanted to share some of the awesome stuff. Sorry some of the pictures aren't so good. I'll figure it out in time!
The first is an apron for little kids from the dollar store. These are so cute! They have them in about 4-5 different colors and animals. I thought this would be great for crafts and science.
These are white boards from Target. So cheap, $1 for each item. These were great for me because my school is also a newer school that does not have a lot of money to buy extra things
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These were from the Dollar tree too. I thought they would be fun for the slap game, where in small groups I call a letter or sight word and students slap the right one.
Lastly, these are from Walmart. Either fun to write stories together, or for older kids they can write their own in here and it can be a classroom book.
There is so much I want to write! But I heard it was blog etiquette to not post more than once a day lol... so now I have to wait for tomorrow=( I have been very crafty making crate seats, hanging poms, and whisper phones. Can't wait to share them!
~Amber Lee
This cutie is from Deanna Roth's Collection.
Well hello blogging world! I am a first year teacher and have been obsessed with blogs and TPT this summer. I just started making my own materials, so I thought why not create a blog and share it with everyone else. Teachers have to trade, barrow, and steal. I figure it is time for me to give my dues=) Hope everyone enjoys and that I will be able to post as much as I want to in my first year. Wish me luck!
~Amber Lee
