Recent Projects

I wanted to pop on here and share a few of the things I've worked on since I last posted.

My classroom theme ended up being owls somehow.  It started with a small side project and it exploded all over my room :)

This Box Tops holder was my first project with owls and it's been my favorite.  I used Hoot n' Holler for all these projects.

These book bins have come in handy in my classroom as well.  This first one is a book hospital.  When my students find a book that is in need of repair, they put it in here instead of running to me to fix it at that moment. 

I also needed a bin where I could put the books I'm planning on reading within the week.  This keeps the books from being misplaced and I can find them the moment I need them.  I can't tell you how many times I've been running around the classroom looking for books!

I even made an objectives board with my Cricut!  These objectives are what we are focussing on learning for the day or week. 

I found this compliment jar idea on Pinterest.  I cut the jar from "From My Kitchen" and the stars were from "Create a Critter."  Any time my class earns a compliment from someone for being quiet, or walking in line nicely etc... they earn a star.  I had to add some cuteness with these PKS faces.  They are from the Princess Assortment.

I needed some table number signs for my classroom and decided to use my Rosette Die from SU! This was perfect!  So easy and they add so much to my room.

Well, that's it for my classroom, I think...I will be back with some pictures of some baby shower invites I made for my BFF.

Thanks for visiting and see you soon!

Student Birthdays

I have been working hard on my student birthday gifts for the year.  I will be the first to admit that I have slacked in the past on birthdays but that is about to change!  The projects you see here were in the works for several years.  Thanks to my broken foot, I actually had time to sit down and make everything :)

The first thing I had to make were birthday cards.  They are small (3X3) and they were pretty quick to put together.  I made some last year and my students went crazy over them.  I noticed that my kids kind of took them apart by accident because they had some dimension and kids can't help but to mess with dimensional things.  Here are the new cards:

All items on this card are from SU!  They were quick and easy but still cute.  I'm thinking these flowers are going to come off pretty easily but the kids can glue them back on.

Birthday Buttons/Pins

This is something that I've been thinking about for a few years.  They were made possible thanks to my new SU! Rosettes Die.  They ended up so cute!! The inside stamps are from My Creative Time.  These rosettes were SO easy to put together.  No scoring, measuring or cutting.  Love this die! Now I have to find pins that I can glue to the backs.  I hope my kids like these!

Present

One of my past projects was this SU! Blossom Box.  I wanted to make one for each child but I didn't know what I wanted to put inside.  Maybe some candy??  Well these buttons ended up fitting perfectly inside this box! I might throw in some candies too.

Total Package

So this is what they are going to get for their birthday.  I am definitely going to have to do this for my own kids, once I have kids that is :)  My goal is for my students to feel special and happy to be at school on their birthday.

Supplies Used:

Stampin' Up Dies: Blossom Box, Rosette Die

Paper: Stampin' Up

Stamps: Stampin' Up and My Creative Time

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