Shelf makeover

Have a shelf that is past its prime?  Contact paper shelf liner can be your best friend.  This shelf needed some help a few years back, and I was pleased with the end result.  Note: That particular pattern of contact paper was great for this project because it hid imperfections including when I needed to cut some extra to fix minors errors.

Earth Craft

I saw this Earth craft done by a primary teacher, and I love the simplicity of it.  It can be used for Earth Day and/or a Space Unit.  Glue, squares of blue and green tissue paper, and a circle to glue them on, and you're pretty much done.  

Go Away Big Green Monster

So, I borrowed the idea from this website  in order to make adorable Big Green Monster faces with the kids in my class.  They ended up being one of my favorite art projects of the year!

I decided to make masks for our library center, and I used the same concept with the painting and the pre-cut shapes from construction paper.  After they were done, I laminated and cut out the faces.

The next trick was reinforcing them.  I used a combination of hot glue, large popsicle sticks, and packing tape.

I cut out some masks to give the kids a place to peek through.  Honestly, they kind of remind me of Wilson from Castaway.  Oh, well.

I got a little more creative with my stick placement on these.

No, we can reenact our own stories as the Green Monster!  Enjoy!

Fall Leaves poem

A quick and easy fall literacy resource for you!  I borrowed the Fall Leaves poem from this blog.  I used diecuts to make the leaves.  The combination of writing the numerals, having the color word written in the color that it is, and the number of leaves out to the side seemed to help the four-year-olds read it with me after we practiced a few times.  Once it was finished I laminated it and put in on the board (second picture).