Fun Winter Projects

Ok I can't find those popcorn compositions i was gona post. will post if I find them yet! Anyway here is just a few fun winter projects we've been doing in the last few weeks! Yesterday for art we did Frosty the Snowman paper bag puppets! They loved them! Just a Frosty head glued on front & back of bag!

Last week for art we made Borax Snowflakes(snowflags as my 1 lil girl calls them!) Anyway cut a pipecleaner in 3 equal pieces & twist together in the middle to make a 6point star. Tie thread to 1 point then move around star wrapping around each point. Next take a wide mouth quart jar & fill with boiling water. Mine had all boiled but had cooled abit before I filled their jars. Disolve 3 TBSP of Borax per cup of water. There might be some white stuff not disolved. Hang snowflake off pencil & hang in Borax water. Leave over night & by the time you remove them the next day your snowflake should be covered in crystals! Beautiful! After mine dried I hung them from the ceiling! We did all colors or you can do just white or add food coloring to the water to tint it...

Now does anyone have craft ideas to use Kool-Aid Jammers?! I'm thinking of lunch bags & using this cool duct tape you can get instead of sewing.

Popcorn Day!

Did you all know January 19 is popcorn day?! I only found out a couple weeks ago but it sure added a lil fun to being back in school after a cold day! You know chase away those i wana be lazy blues?!:) Well we did do a couple fun things for it...In my class we looked up some info on popcorn and I gave them each a kernal to look at. Then they wrote about their favorite popcorn or what flavor they'd invent! I'll try n post some of them yet so you can see the way we made it look like popcorn in bags[or tried to!:) ] Then at the end of the day the whole school had a popcorn and hot chocolate party!:) Fun times!
Now I must get some sleep so my bunch has a cheerful teacher and I can keep up with th lively tag games we've been having which gets more exciting as the teacher actually slides down the slide!:-|

Ideas Needed!

We have our school craftsale coming up in March...the children make crafts and then we have an auction with the proceeds going to school. Any ideas for craft for grades 1-3? I like something that doesn't take tons of supplies and not to hard but looks real nice in the end!! Something that we can actually auction!

Brrrrrr...

Brrrr its so cold outside here!! But that means I get the day at home with a warm fire & in my pjs! I'm actually gona make doughnuts n be lazy!! How are you all spending your cold day?!

Thought For Today

Act HAPPY, feel HAPPY, be HAPPY, without a reason in the world! Then you can LOVE and do what you will.~Dan Millman

How I Spent My Christmas Break!

Yes Christmas break is over but was it ever wonderful! And I'm ready to see my bunch tomorrow!

Here's some of my highlights of my break:

~Spending almost a week in sunny Phoenix with my big sis & bro-in-law!

~SHOPPING in Phoenix!

~scrapbooking & using my new cricut & cricut tools

~Seeing Grand Canyon & many other beautiful places

~I loved the palm trees & cactus

~Lots of good, relaxing family time!

See how everyone else spent their break over here!