Attention Getters for Teachers to Use

I love the call and response strategy to pull kids in, get them organized or simply to get their attention.  I've seen a few different attention getter lists floating around the internet and it inspired me.  Here's one I created, I tried to make it cute in case anybody else wanted to save it.  I'm kind of curious to see who will download this, leave me a comment if you do!

Click the picture to grab my very first freebie.

I noticed that it looks a little weird in Google docs, but it will download as what you see above.  Enjoy!

Jungle Party Class Reward

I am finally updating with a few pictures from my Kinders' fabulous Jungle Party.  It was a blast.

Here's some pics of the decorations I hung...

Pin the tail on the elephant game, vines, sun and clouds on the ceiling.

Trees and bushes.

More trees and bushes

Waterfall

Here are some pics of the party.

Snacks: Goldfish, Peanuts, & Bananas

Getting ready for the puppet shows.

"The End"

Watching The Jungle Book (cleverly using masks as snack plates).

DIY Message Board

Introducing the inaugural craft of the monthly(hopefully) Ladies Craft & Wine Night.  I found the inspiration original message board here.  With Valentine's day around the corner, I thought this would be a very cute gift to make and give.  Not all my friends are in a relationship so it was nice that this craft was versatile enough to make in a non-lovey dovey way. :)  The girls did such a great job letting their creative juices flow!

Supplies and Materials for this craft:
8x10 frame
scrapbook paper
felt
hot glue
scissors

Each lady was to bring their own 8x10 frame and then I provided the rest.  First they each choose one or more scrapbook pieces of paper and cut them to size.  I laid out a couple different versions of sayings to print on the scrapbook paper and the girls got creative with it.  You'll see in the pictures below that not all say, "I love you because...".  Yay for crafty friends!

After the message was printed on the chosen paper and put in the frame, the girls got a quick tutorial from yours truly on how to make felt rosettes.  I learned how from this tutorial. Some of the girls experimented with making ribbon rosettes, I still have not mastered that skill...but I will!

Here are some of the finished products:

 

 

 

Sorry some of them are sideways/upside-down - the uploader is giving me grief, but you get the point with a little head tilt ;)

DIY Wine Glass Charms

My "Ladies Craft & Wine Night" necessitated this DIY project.  I kinda wanted to do something cute to help the ladies differentiate between each others' wine glasses.  I had previously seen wine glass charms in stores and figured they'd be easy enough to attempt on my own.  I went on an internet search and surprisingly didn't find much.  I was hoping for some tutorials or cute ideas for inspiration - nada mucho.  So I attempted it and here they are...

I was able to raid my craft supplies and find a bunch of semi-coordinating beads.  I went to Michael's and purchased the earring wires you see in the picture above.  The pack came with 60 earring wires and was only about $1.50 after using a weekly Michael's coupon 40%.  I made various patterns with the beads so that each wine charm would be different and laid them out.  I strung the beads on the earring wire, then all I had to do was bend the earring wire end 90 degrees (*used a jewelry tool) so that the beads wouldn't fall off and voila!!! So easy!

Finished set, aren't they purdy?

Put them in a jewelry box...

and put a little sign next to them.