Pumpkin Syllables and an Awesome Halloween Craft Book

Greetings everyone. I hope your day is going well. Wow, tomorrow is already Friday! Today, we rearranged our classroom and wiped down all of the counters. It is always a good feeling to do that. Tomorrow, the kids are going to organize the inside of their desks. I think this is important, even in First grade. I have 2 things to share with you today. One is a "Pumpkin Syllables" freebie and the other is a cool craft book, that has nothing to do with anything, but I love it anyway!

Here is the freebie . . .

Click here to download and print

Here is the book . . .this is the most delightful book to look at if you like crafts and Halloween. I don't know if I will even make anything out of it, but I LoVe LooKiNg at it AnYwAY!!! I saw it in a bookstore this weekend, and then promptly went home and ordered it from Amazon, (and saved about 6 bucks!) You can preview it on Amazon . . .

 

 The next time I post, I am going to have a very important organization question for you. . .Have a great evening!

Fall Craft Ideas

Something about September rolling around makes me start anticipating the crisp, cool  feeling of Fall. It also makes me start thinking about pumpkins, apples and such. I just love it! I found a couple of fun craft ideas on  All Kids Network. I think they would be fun to do in class. Here are some pictures and links to instructions. . .

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Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Student Birthdays Idea!

Hi everyone! Gosh, I'm still out of the loop! I haven't had time for anything but I want to say I appreciate all of the nice comments and the awesome things you are putting on your blogs. I am seeing the wonderful stuff but haven't had time to visit and comment lately. I know things will settle down soon though! 

 I can't believe we start school (with students) this coming Thursday. Wow! Time flies by. I also have my first student birthday on the first day of school. I've been busy making sure I am ready. As part of what I do for school birthdays is that I allow other students to ask questions of the birthday boy or girl. I find in first grade it helps to have a bank of questions to draw from. I have done this for a couple of years and it is great and eliminates the "I forgots" after someone is picked to ask a question. I am including my printable in case it is helpful to someone else.

 I used flower punches to make a flower shape and also punched a slightly larger flower to use as a mat for each flower. I then hot glued them together and used hot glue to attach to colored drinking straws that I found at Big Lots. I poured pop corn kernels into the little wooden box I am using, in order to hold the straws upright. Probably a picture would make more sense . . .

and here are the questions I used . . .

Click here to download and print

Have a great evening. :)

Washi Tape Newbie and Crafty Linky Party!

Greeting everybody! Did you know that there is something called "Washi Tape" that is great for crafts? I think most everyone but me knew about this nifty item! Once again, late to the party! Well, I saw some on TV the other day and decided to give it a try. I ordered a set that has various colors in it, it looks like fun. While I am waiting for it to arrive in the mail, I have to know, "What do I do with it?" 

Have you ever used Washi Tape for any kind of craft or project?

Here is one idea I found from LittleLucyLu.com

I think it would be cute for ink pen storage on my desk.

  Show me your idea . . .

So then I thought, lets have a Crafty Linky Party! 

If you have a craft you love either with or without Washi Tape then come on and link up. It will be fun. :)

Here's what you need to know:

1. Share a favorite craft idea. It can be school or non school related. It can be a description or a photo, original or an idea you've seen somewhere else and think looks interesting, and hope to try one day.

2. Link up below.

3. I have included a graphic for you to use in your post, so that others can find their way over here to join in.

4. One person will be chosen by Random Number Generator at the end of the Linky Party to win 1 set of clip art, of your choice from Melonheadz Illustrating.

Link up below! Yay!

Friday Find on Sunday! {again} Craft

Hey everyone! How are you? Thanks for the great response to our Melonheadz giveaway! If you haven't entered yet, you still have a couple of days! Also, I am doing it again! I'm posting my Friday Find on Sunday! I really do know the days of the week, sometimes it just works out this way. :) Anyway, I recently discovered this awesome new blog called eighteen25.blogspot.com  It is full of wonderful projects and ideas. Here is one that was recently re-posted for Valentine's Day. It is so awesome because they also include detailed instructions and downloads.

Click here to visit the blog and access their instructions and downloads

Friday Find on SuNdAy!

As you can see, I am posting my Friday Find on Sunday! I had a whopper of a headache on Friday and didn't get it done. Anyway, this is darling! You can find this craft idea and a bunch of others on dollarstorecrafts.com