New Blog

I am so excited Alicia at Dreamlike Magic has redone my blog. I am really loving the new look and I finally have a button, Alicia was also great to work with and very fast.

Cheers

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Cheers Stickers

I am trying so hard to learn how to upload documents to blogger, I know most people can do this but I just haven't sat down long enough to do the research to figure it out. I really hope I have done it right if not please let me know.

Here are some cheers stickers that I hope you can use in your classroom. I have gotten these cheers from workshops and heard them over the years. I used avery label#8867 to print these then I added them to popsicle sticks so the children can pull them.
When the children have to say anything in front of the class or present their work to the class we pick a cheer and everyone does it for that student, they love these.

Please click on the cheer to download.
Cheers Stickers

project

Here is another project that I have pinned on pinterest. This one was very inexpensive and easy to make. I used clothes pins ($1.00), spray paint ($2.88), and yard sticks (.62), I already had the hot glue. I spray painted all the clothes pins to match the color scheme in my room and left the yard sticks alone, my husband suggested painting them white after I was done so I might go back and do that. I wanted to make sure I could hang up the paper in both directions so I measured using the paper both ways then I hot glued each clothes pin to the ruler, I just used that ruler and measured all the rest. I then drilled a small hole at the end of each ruler and used some sting to hold up the rulers. I am going to use command hooks to hang these from in the hallway outside my classroom. I only have one bulletin board and just hate the way the walls look after years of stapling on them over and over again so this is a way that will leave no damage to the walls.




When I hang them in the hallway I will use a ribbon and make it smaller so you won't see so much and the ribbon will cover up the command hook.

Random thoughts

I so have got to stop looking at other blogs that have Target buys. I look at them and just have to have one thing then go to the store and well I end up walking out with more than just one thing that I just had to have. Here is a picture of my recent purchases, I was really surprised about the table pocket chart I have been wanting one of those for awhile.



I used my cricut to fancy up the purple bins from Target and I will be using these for my lessons for each day.




I also used my cricut to make a few other things, I am really enjoying the time off and being able to make things for my room.



Since I am changing grades and will probably have the same kids (not sure) I want to change my room up a bit so it doesn't look exactly the same as last year but I don't want to spend a fortune doing it. I have been taking some old things and adding or changing them to make them look different. This is my writing table from last year, all I did was staple fabric around it and gave it a whole new look.

Crafts

I just love the summer time and having the time to create. Here are a few projects I have finished for my room, the crayon wreath will go outside my door, the flowers are pens for my desk, the suckers are going to be reward and the notebooks is for my summer to do list I just got a cricut and hope to have many more projects done since I have started my craft/teacher room YEAH.

I of course didn't come up with the idea of the crayons, I wanted to give credit but it seems a couple different ladies have them on their blogs and they both did it different ways. I used a styrofoam ring and wrapped fabric around it then just hot glued the crayons on.

Summer

My new passion is pinterest, I'm so addicted. I recently had to put my computer in the shop and all my crafts for the summer where in my favorites so I have had to put some on hold (uggg). So wish I would of heard about Pinterest and Box.net a few weeks ago, they are both online storage so if you find yourself without your computer for awhile it will not be a problem. My username is http://pinterest.com/sandragun/ if you would like to follow me, if you have an account please let me know since I am so new I could use some help.

On a happy note I went to Salvation Army and was able to find this beauty (it will be when I get through painting it), and these books (21 books for .99 Wish I would had gone there before half priced books, Salvation Army was half the price.